The Minerva School addressed six key determinants of health and social networks. The related topics were addressed in the keynotes and presentations, building a basis for the subsequent work in small groups of three to four participants. The combination of different methods enabled the participants to develop concrete research questions that can be studied in subsequent research projects during the school and afterwards. Especially for PhD students, the Minerva School offered a unique opportunity to develop their research agenda and to get in contact with more advanced researchers in the field.
| Programme | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
| 9:00 -10:30 | Registration, coffee and snacks [9:00-10:00] and Welcome (P) [10:00-10:45] | Presentation: Dr. Ella Cohn-Schwartz Measurement of social networks | Keynote: Prof. Liat Ayalon Social networks in later life | Work on projects (G) |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Break | Break | Break | |
| 10:45 – 12:15 | Keynote: Prof. Martina Brandt Social inequalities in care, health and wellbeing in different contexts | Presentation: Dr. Alina Schmitz & Claudius Garten Inequalities in social networks and health | Data and measurement (G) | Presentation and discussion of group outcomes, planning of next steps (P) |
| 12:15 – 13:45 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 13:45-15:15 | Introductory session (P) | Theory/Finding hypotheses (G) | Keynote: Prof. Yaacov Bachner Caregiving networks and late life illness | End of the Minerva School |
| 15:15-15:30 | Break | Break | Break | |
| 15:30 – 17:00 | Introduction to work groups and division to groups (P) | Theory/Finding hypotheses (G) | Social programme | |
| Evening | Free time | Dinner | Dinner |
*(G) – Groups
*(P) – Plenary