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Their core work

EHESP is France's leading graduate school for public health, training public health professionals and conducting applied research on health policy, epidemiology, and population health. They bring strong expertise in statistical modeling, public health governance, and evidence-based policy analysis. Their research connects health outcomes with social determinants such as housing and migration, making them a bridge between health science and public policy. Based in Rennes, they contribute specialized public health methodology to European research consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

EHESP's early H2020 involvement (2015-2018) centered on social sciences and youth participation research through PARTISPACE, with no health-specific keywords recorded. From 2020 onward, they shifted decisively toward health-focused work — pandemic epidemiology (PERISCOPE) and the intersection of housing policy with public health (MERGING). This trajectory reflects a tightening focus on their core public health mandate, particularly where health meets governance and social policy.

EHESP is converging on the intersection of public health, governance, and social determinants — expect future work on health equity, crisis preparedness, and evidence-based policy.

How they like to work

EHESP consistently joins projects as a partner or third party — they have never coordinated an H2020 project, indicating they contribute specialized expertise rather than lead consortia. With 47 unique partners across 17 countries from just 3 projects, they operate within large, pan-European consortia and appear comfortable in multi-partner research environments. This makes them a reliable, low-friction partner to bring into existing project structures.

Despite only 3 projects, EHESP has built connections with 47 partners across 17 countries, reflecting their involvement in large pan-European consortia. Their network spans Western and Southern Europe with no single dominant geographic cluster.

What sets them apart

EHESP occupies a distinctive niche as a public health graduate school — not a medical faculty, not a general university, but a specialized institution focused on health systems, policy, and population health. This gives them a governance and policy lens that most health research partners lack. For consortium builders, they fill the gap between clinical researchers and policy implementers, bringing feasibility analysis and public authority engagement to health-related projects.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PERISCOPE
  Large-scale EU pandemic response project studying COVID-19 impacts across Europe — EHESP contributed statistical modeling and epidemiological analysis.
• MERGING
  Interdisciplinary project linking housing policy with immigrant integration — unusual crossover between public health institution and migration/urban studies.