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EAOHP 2026 Helsinki: ‘Mental health at work: From research to policy and practice’

Our 17th conference took place at the University of Helsinki in June 2026, in collaboration with the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and the University of Helsinki. About 900 delegates attended, making it our largest conference to date. Recordings now available:

• Conference Opening and Policy Special Session: Global Trends and the Future of Policy Making on Mental Health at Work. The conference opens with welcomes from Professor Stavroula Leka (EAOHP President), Professor Salla Toppinen-Tanner (Conference Co-Chair, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Laura Rissanen (State Secretary to the Minister of Social Security, Finland) and Vice-Rector Anne Portaankorva (University of Helsinki). This is followed by the policy special session, in which policymakers at global, European and national levels discuss the current policy landscape on psychosocial risks and mental health at work, and the priorities ahead. Chaired by Aditya Jain and Stavroula Leka, with a roundtable drawing on the Finnish and Italian governments, EU-OSHA, UNHCR, ICOH, PEROSH and the University of Bordeaux.
• Keynote: Employee Well-being, Threats, and Solutions – Research and Practical Tools. Professor Jari Hakanen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. Findings from the ‘How is Finland Doing?’ survey on the well-being of young and middle-aged employees, rising burnout among leaders and the dual nature of teleworking; recent research on work engagement, burnout, job boredom, loneliness and hope; and three freely available tools for assessing well-being at work.
• Keynote: Capturing Work Life in Real Time: Innovations in Intensive Longitudinal Methods for Occupational Health Psychology. Professor Sabine Sonnentag, University of Mannheim. An overview of daily-diary and experience-sampling methods: innovative study designs, tackling data-quality challenges such as compliance and careless responding, and advanced analytic approaches, with practical recommendations for researchers.
• Practice Forum: What Works in Psychosocial Risk Management – Lessons from Practice. Practitioners and researchers share applied examples of psychosocial risk prevention, what makes interventions succeed, and the real-world constraints involved. Contributions from Stavroula Leka, Suzanne Nobrega (CPH-NEW, University of Massachusetts Lowell), Jesper Kristiansen (National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark) and Miguel Muñoz-Harrison, followed by a panel discussion.
• Special Session: International Coordinating Group of OHP. The regional occupational health psychology associations update on developments and activities in their regions, following on from the Geneva Partnership Commitment, with the launch of the new global dashboard on psychosocial risks. Chaired by Jeannie Nigam.

View the Helsinki playlist on YouTube

EAOHP 2022 Bordeaux: ‘Supporting Knowledge Comparison to Promote Good Practice in Occupational Health Psychology’

Our 15th conference took place on 6–8 July 2022 at the University of Bordeaux’s Victoire campus, our first in-person conference since the COVID-19 pandemic. Recordings of the three keynote presentations are available:

• Leading for Safety: Understanding the Importance of Being a Leader. Professor Sharon Clarke, University of Manchester. How leadership shapes safety climate and culture, from adapting leadership style in high-risk settings to the importance of visible leaders on site and the leadership role of the regulator.
• Job Insecurity ‘After’ the Pandemic – Looking Back and Forward. Professor Hans De Witte, KU Leuven. What we know about job insecurity’s effects on health, well-being and performance, its often-overlooked societal consequences such as trust in government and political attitudes, and how it differs across countries.
• Employee Workaholism, Affective Commitment, and Well-Being. Professor Christian Vandenberghe, HEC Montréal. How work context, individual dispositions and need satisfaction explain the links between commitment, workaholism and strain, including how an overwork culture can turn good supervisor relationships into a driver of workaholism.

View the Bordeaux keynotes on YouTube

Policy events

Psychosocial Risks and Mental Health at Work in the Future of Work: Promoting Evidence-Based Policy Making – Geneva, October 2025

Held at the International Labour Organization in Geneva, this two-day EAOHP event shared knowledge, experiences and good practice in regulation and policy on psychosocial risks. The recordings cover the full programme:

• Day 1: Psychosocial risk management in the United Nations. Promoting policy making and practice on psychosocial risks and mental health at work in the UN, translating the UN 2.0 vision into action, and the way forward.
• Day 2: Policy and partnerships. The opening session on psychosocial risks and mental health at work in the future of work; working together to advance psychosocial risk management; a policy stakeholder roundtable on aligning policy approaches and building partnerships; and a forum on the future of policy making on work-related psychosocial risks.
• Geneva Partnership Commitment: remarks and signing. EAOHP, the Asia-Pacific Academy for Psychosocial Factors at Work, the Society for Occupational Health Psychology and the ICOH Scientific Committee on Work Organization and Psychosocial Factors sign a commitment to establish a global network for evidence-based policy and practice on psychosocial risks and mental health at work. Read more about the Geneva Partnership.

View the Geneva playlist on YouTube

Podcasts

EAOHP Spotlight: Healthy Work Podcast

In spring 2025, the Healthy Work Podcast, hosted by Keaton Fletcher, ran an eight-episode EAOHP Spotlight miniseries, funded by an EAOHP Small Grant awarded to him. Each episode features an EAOHP member discussing their research for a general audience.

Listen to the Healthy Work Podcast