1. Cholera Epidemic in Bologna, 1855: Canal Networks and Women's Working Conditions • Cristina Munno , Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna; Francesco Scalone, Università di Bologna.

2. Where the High Infant Mortality Rate Trap Might Begin? • Barbora Janakova Kuprova , Charles University; Klára Hulíková Tesárková, Charles University in Prague.

4. A Competing Risks Analysis of Victims and Survivors: The Impact of Different Socioeconomic Factors on Cause-specific Early Childhood Mortality risks in Amsterdam, 1856-1865 • Mayra Murkens , Radboud University; Tim Riswick, Radboud University; Jeanine Houwing-Duistermaat, Radbou.

5. A Study on Wellbeing in the Western Mediterranean area between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age • Alessandra Tagini , University of Tuebingen.

6. Contextualizing the Global Burden of COVID-19 Pandemic. A Historical and Geographical Exploration of Excess Mortality in France, 1901-2022. • Florian Bonnet , Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Carlo Giovanni Camarda, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED).

7. Unravelling Belgium’s mortality transition: the Role of Diffusion (1851-1915) • Sylvie Gadeyne , Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Philippe Bocquier, UCLouvain; Isabelle Devos, Ghent University.