From 25 – 27 September 2024, we had the pleasure to invite 24 researchers to an interdisciplinary workshop on “Causal Methods in Early-Life Research” in Bad Kreuznach. Together with researchers from economics, epidemiology, medicine, and the social sciences, we explored the complexities of establishing causality in early-life research and methodological synergies across disciplines. The workshop featured sessions on stress in early life, nutrition in early life and growing up in a changing climate, as well as a keynote by Maya Rossin-Slater, Stanford University which focused on the role of public policy in the early-life environment and life course trajectories. Funding for this workshop was provided by the German Alliance for Global Health Research (GLOHRA) and the German Research Foundation (DFG).
The report is now available online.