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Global Working Group Annual Meeting, Viznau 2026

The Global Working Group on Salutogenesis recently met in Vitznau, Switzerland, from 25–26 June.

Abstract Submission Open for the 8th International Conference on Salutogenesis! / ¡Abierto envío de resúmenes para el VIII Congreso Internacional sobre Salutogénesis!

We are pleased to announce that abstract submission is now open for the 8th International Conference on Salutogenesis.

Conference Announcement & Call for Abstracts

We are happy to announce the 8th International Conference on Salutogenesis with the theme: Connecting Cultures, Weaving Wellbeing Concepción, Chile | January 13–15, 2027

We’re now on LinkedIn!

STARS is now on LinkedIn! With our new presence, we aim to strengthen connections within the global Salutogenesis community and to share updates on research developments, events, publications, and activities from STARS and its members.

1st Latin American STARS Webinar!

We are excited to invite you to our first Latin American STARS Webinar! Join us on December 4th, 2025, from 5:00-7:00 PM (CET) to learn about work experiences based on salutogenesis applied in research and community work in Latin America.

New edition of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Salutogenesis

We are very proud to announce the publications of the 2nd Edition of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to Salutogenesis – From the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion to Planetary Health and the related special STARS webinar.

Zeitschrift für Salutogenese und anthropologische Medizin (German only)

Neu Ausgabe „Der Mensch“ – die erste Zeitschrift für Salutogenese – ist ein multidisziplinäres Forum und Sprachrohr für Gedanken und Erfahrungen, die eine gesunde Entwicklung des Menschen samt seiner Lebenswelten im Auge haben.

PhD Health Literacy & Healthy Lifestyles: from theory to practice 

HeLiCA 2025 edition opens a PhD program that is driven by the salutogenesis perspective connecting both fields of health literacy and lifestyles. Join us on-line on a health promotion journey toward a lifestyle focused on wellness, sustainability and quality of life!

Zeitschrift für Salutogenese und anthropologische Medizin (German only)

Neu Ausgabe „Der Mensch“ – die erste Zeitschrift für Salutogenese – ist ein multidisziplinäres Forum und Sprachrohr für Gedanken und Erfahrungen, die eine gesunde Entwicklung des Menschen samt seiner Lebenswelten im Auge haben.

Symposium Salutogenese 2025 (German only)

Das Programm des Symposiums ist jetzt verfügbar. Der Dachverband Salutogenese e.V. führt in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Jugendarbeit Gauting vom 29.5. bis 1.6.2025 ein Symposium das durch eine Präkonferenz für Nachwuchswissenschaftler eingeleitet wird. 

STARS webinar series 2024

We are excited to announce that after the successful STARS webinar series in 2023 organized by the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis, we offer you new webinars in 2024. The first webinar of the series takes place on Wednesday, 8th May (1 – 3 pm CEST) via Zoom.

100th anniversary of Aaron Antonovsky

Today, the founder of the concept of Salutogenesis would become 100 years old. Aaron Antonovsky was born on the 19th of December 1923, and raised in New York. He earned his PhD in sociology at Yale University in 1953. In 1960 he immigrated to Israel. During his time as Professor for Medical Sociology at Ben Gurion University, he developed the concept of Salutogenesis.

Online course on Salutogenesis: Health promotion and coping

Do you want to learn more about salutogenesis and health promotion? Sign up for an online course offered by the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The course takes place in March 2024. Registration deadline is 1st February.

7th International Conference on Salutogenesis: Submit your abstract before November 30th

The 7th International Conference on Salutogenesis on June 19 to 20, 2024, in Lodz, Poland. The conference is preceded by the 12th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion on June 17-18, 2024.

International Congress Promoción de la Salud in Chile

Join this exciting event at the Faculty of Medicine, UdeC in Chile on 17th-19th January 2024. You can find more information on the flyer of the event (in Spanish).

Health Literacy & Healthy Life Styles (10 ECTS) – register today for the HeLiCA Chair Academy

Join us on-line on a health promotion journey toward a lifestyle focused on wellness, sustainability and quality of life! Explore the role of Health Literacy and Salutogenesis and immerse yourself in this culturally diverse group at the University of Education Freiburg (Germany). Participate in the Healthy Lifestyles & Health Literacy Chair Academy University Program (HeLiCA).

A new publication on Sense of Coherence from Japan

We have been studying how workers in research institutions feel about their lives and work since 1986. These institutions are part of the Tsukuba Science City Network (TSCN) in Japan.

7th International Conference on Salutogenesis

We are delighted to announce that the 7th International Conference on Salutogenesis will take place in Lodz, Poland from June 19th-20th, 2024.

STARS Webinar Series, Feb to Nov 23

Members of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis have prepared for you a series of interactive webinars for 2023.

Salutogenesis & Holistic Health: An international webinar series

From March 9 to April 27, 2023, the Institute of Salutogenesis and Complementary Medicine organizes an international webinar series in collaboration with the Indian Yoga Association.

A tribute to Prof. Jürgen M. Pelikan

With sadness, we say goodbye to Prof. Jürgen M. Pelikan who passed away last month. He has been part of our IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis from the very beginning in 2007.

Recordings of the 6th conference on Salutogenesis

The 6th Conference on Salutogenesis took place online in June 2021. We are pleased to offer you all recorded presentations online.

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

After the success of the first edition released in 2017, the 2nd edition of the Handbook of Salutogenesis by the IUHPE Global Working Group on Salutogenesis has been published by Springer, again as an open access book!

Salutogenesis and Coping

This Special Issue aims to explore the concepts of stress, coping resources, and coping strategies, which are rooted in several theories, such as the stress and coping theory and the salutogenesis theory, and…

Nuevos desafíos en Salutogénesis – A webinar in Spanish

On October 26, 2022, Dolors Juvinyà, director of the Chair of Health Promotion at the University of Girona introduced the concept of salutogenesis.

Multisystemic Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Contexts of Change

Edited by leading Canadian resilience scholar Michael Ungar. The book is of high relevance to all who are interested in salutogenesis, with its focus on particularly vulnerable segments of society.

Architecture and Salutogenesis: Beyond Indoor Environmental Quality

Sustainability – an international Open Access journal which provides an advanced forum for research findings in areas related to sustainability and sustainable development has a Special Issue on Architecture and Salutogensis.

Salutogenese kennen und verstehen

Kompakte Darstellung des aktuellen Wissens zur Forschung und Praxis der Salutogenese in deutscher Sprache…