Research Training Group
Application for the 2nd Cohort
The call for applications for the second cohort will begin in October, and applications will be accepted until mid-November 2025. Further information on the topics covered by the second cohort can be found here.
Managerial and economic dimensions of health care quality
The Research Training Group “Managerial and economic dimensions of health care quality” is a structured PhD program in health economics (a so called Graduiertenkolleg (GRK)) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Our programme will enable PhD students with a background in economics, business administration or closely related fields to do research on how to influence the quality of health care in various settings using very large data sets that have only recently become available.
Research visits
The doctoral students of the research training group can work on their research topic abroad for several months, in collaboration with international health economists.
Julius Herzig
From September to December 2025, Julius Herzig will be a guest at the University of California in San Diego with Suhas Vijaykumar, Assistant Professor of Economics. There, he will work on his research project. The focus is on the share of individuals who benefit from interventions in randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Janice Schönfeld
From September to November 2025, Janice is a guest at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary, in Canada. At the Chair of Insurance & Risk Management held by Prof. Dr. Anne Kleffner, she will work on her project on the health insurance market in North America.
Malin Hüllemann
In September 2025, Malin Hüllemann will spend a two-week research stay at the University of St. Gallen at the Chair of Healthcare Management. There, she will collaborate with the research group “Value in Healthcare” led by Dr. David Ehlig. During her stay, she will participate in the Research Seminar, gaining insights into ongoing research projects and receiving feedback on her own research.
Benedikt Langenbeck
From February to the beginning of May 2025, he will be conducting research at the Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy in Sydney at the chair of Prof. Yuanyuan Gu. He will also be presenting the results of his project “Impact of Surgical Experience on the Quality of Care: Learning-by-Doing in Cardiac Surgery”.
Lea Bullenkamp
From March to May 2025, Lea will be a visiting researcher at GATE (Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique) in Lyon (France). While there, she will work with Research Professor Izabela Jelovac. She will also have the opportunity to present her research project in a research seminar and to take a course for doctoral students.
Julia von Hanxleden
During her stay at Kyoto University in Japan from March to June 2025, Julia will work with Prof. Yuichi Imanaka from the Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management. She also plans to present the results of her experiment on the relationship between intrinsic motivation, altruism and the quality of care under different compensation systems.
Isadora Mathevet
From January 31 to February 28, 2025, Isadora will be conducting research at the KU Leuven, Belgium. There she will work together with Associate Professor Edoardo Ciscato on the paper: “In sickness and in health: The role of assortative matching for spousal health dynamics”.
Carolin Brinkmann
For the final project of her dissertation, Carolin Brinkmann attended the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management in Rotterdam between August and October 2024. The project compares two theories of well-being with regard to the implications for health policy decisions.
