WEB FORUM Center for Israel Studies Vienna

Panel Discussion with Prof. Dr. Yael Hashiloni-Dolev and  Prof. Dr. Katharina T. Paul

Topic: “Vaccination for Covid-19: Public views and experiences in Israel and Austria”

When it comes to vaccination for Covid-19, it seems, Israel and Austria could not be more different: Vaccination programmes are progressing at very different paces, and vaccine skepticism is differently distributed as well. What are the reasons for this? And is everything really as different as it seems at first sight? Two experts in the sociology of health and vaccination policy respectively will answer these and any other questions that participants may have.

Welcome: Prof. Dr. Mitchell Ash, President Center for Israel Studies Vienna

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Barbara Prainsack, University of Vienna

Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 18:00 (6:00 pm, Vienna Time)

This event will take place in English. It will be broadcast live at the Center for Israel Studies FB Page. Our virtual panel will be recorded and will be available on our website and on our Youtube Channel after the event. Please register at: office@center-for-israel-studies.at (we will send you the link to our Zoom event)

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About the panelists:

Prof. Dr. Yael Hashiloni-Dolev is a sociologist of health and illness at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. She is a former member (2012-20) of Israel’s National Bioethics Council. Her areas of interest include new reproductive technologies, genetics, gender, bioethics, contemporary parenthood and posthumous reproduction. She is also a member of Israel’s vaccination prioritization committee.

Prof Dr. Katharina T. Paul holds a PhD from the University of Amsterdam and joined the University of Vienna in 2013. Her research on vaccination policy is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). She is affiliated with the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Solidarity (CeSCoS) and the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna, Austria.