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Professor of Health Sociology and Health Policy
Since September 2026: Professor of Sociology of Health and Health Policy, Bielefeld University
July 2022–August 2026: Professor of Health Promotion and Health Equity, Fulda University of Applied Sciences
2017–2022: Principal Investigator; University of Siegen, BMAS Young Researchers’ Group: Medicalisation and Psychologisation of Social Problems: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Policy (MEPYSO)
2021–2022: Consultant, Division Q4 (Research Coordination, Cooperation and Knowledge Transfer), Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA)
2013–2017: Academic Co-worker; Chair of Sociology of Health and the Health System, University of Siegen: NORFACE/DFG project: Health Inequalities in European Welfare States (HiNEWS), 2015–2017, DFG project: Healthcare-Seeking by Older Persons in Germany (HEALSEE), 2013–2015
2014: PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Mannheim; doctoral thesis: “How Healthcare Systems Matter: An International Comparative Analysis of Access to Healthcare and Its Implications”
2012–2013: Harkness Fellow in Healthcare Policy and Practice, Harvard School of Public Health (USA); Research project: The Patient-Centred Medical Home: Tackling Disparities Through Primary Care, Commonwealth Fund
2010: Temporary lecturer, University of Siegen
2009–2012: Academic co-worker, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research; research project: The Stratifying Effects of Healthcare Systems
2008: Diploma in Social Sciences, University of Mannheim
2002–2008: Studied sociology, political science, psychology and adult education at the Universities of Mannheim, Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Bloomington (USA)