Events
May 2026
PhD-Course: Introduction to Health Sciences
This course introduces key concepts, methods, and research designs in health sciences, including measures of morbidity, observational and experimental study designs, effect measures, bias and confounding, sampling techniques, and data sources. In the second part, PhD students will present and discuss studies on quality of care using common reporting guidelines and quality assessment tools.
The...
June 2026
Research Seminar with Dr. Shushanik Margaryan
Literary Remedies? Reading and Child Well-Being
Dr. Shushanik Margaryan, Universität Potsdam
Lecture in English.
Research Seminar mit Prof. Pieter Bakx (new date)
Career effects of long-term care provision
Guest: Prof. Pieter Bakx, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lecture in English.
(The event has been rescheduled from 18 May 2026, to 8 June 2026.)
Research Seminar with Prof. Stefan Lipman
The Health Choice Questionnaire: a health-framed version of the most used measure of discounting
Guest: Prof. Stefan Lipman, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lecture in English.
Research Seminar with Prof. Vera Winter
Ready to discharge? Implementation and effects of discharge planning in cardiology care – Results from a patient survey in the R2D project
Prof. Vera Winter, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
This event takes place in German.
July 2026
PhD-Course: Empirical Evaluation of Economic Policies
This course focuses on the evaluation of economic policies in areas such as labour market, health, and education policy. It introduces empirical methods for policy analysis, including difference-in-differences approaches and instrumental variable estimation. In the exercise sessions, students will replicate selected research papers using Stata.
The course is offered as part of the Research...