Nils Fietje Germany/Denmark
Technical Officer, Behavioural and Cultural Insights Unit, WHO Regional Office for Europe. Co-founder/Co-director, Jameel Arts & Health Lab.
Nils Fietje is a Technical Officer within the Behavioural and Cultural Insights (BCI) Unit at the WHO Regional Office for Europe. As part of the BCI Unit, he is leading efforts to understand how cultural contexts affect and interact with health and well-being across the life-course and throughout the continuum of care. This work includes a particular focus on arts and health, having published the first-ever WHO report on the evidence base for arts and health interventions. Additionally, Nils is a co-director of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab, a globally leading arts and health think-tank focusing on arts and health research, policy development, engagement, and capacity building. Together with fellow Lab co-director Nisha Sajnani, Nils is currently leading the first ever Lancet Global Series on arts and health.
Meet the other speakers
Kornelia Kiss
Kornelia Kiss leads Culture Action Europe's work on Culture and Health and co-authored the CultureForHealth Report, advocating for culture as key to health and well-being on an European level.
Mohamed Ridouani
Mohamed Ridouani is the mayor of the city of Leuven, Belgium. He is dedicated to transforming Leuven into a thriving and caring community. He strongly believes in the power of collaboration and the importance of building future-proof communities based on hope and trust, as opposed to polarization and distrust.
Bert Cornillie
Bert Cornillie is the alderman for culture, events, arts education and staff at the city of Leuven. Ex officio, Bert is the president of Museum M, Leuven’s cultural center 30CC, and festival organiser LEF.
@ The conference
Nils Fietje will deliver the closing remarks of the conference on Friday. Together with Glenn Micallef, Caroline Gennez, Mohamed Ridouain and Bert Cornillie. Moderated by Kornelia Kiss.
