Tom Stargardt

The University of Hamburg is offering 12 funded PhD positions in the DFG Graduate Program "Managerial and Economic Dimensions of Health Care Quality." The program is hosted by the Business School in collaboration with the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). Research topics span health care quality, health economics, management, digital health, long-term care, deep learning for treatment effects, patient-physician interaction, health insurance, informal care for chronic conditions, provider incentives, and experimental studies. The positions are funded at EGR. 13 TV-L (75%), for three years, starting April 2026. Applicants should have a relevant master's degree and strong interest in health care quality, economics, or management. Experience with quantitative methods or experimental design is advantageous. The application deadline is November 15, 2025. For more information or questions, contact Andrea Bükow or Prof. Dr. Tom Stargardt. Applications should be submitted via the provided portal link.

The Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) at the University of Hamburg is recruiting PhD students for its DFG Research Training Group "Managerial and Economic Dimensions of Health Care Quality," starting April 2026. The program offers an interdisciplinary environment combining economics, business administration, and medicine, with training in experimental and econometric methods. Research topics include decision-making in physician-patient interactions, adoption of new technologies in care, digital health contacts, health insurance impacts, informal care, provider incentives, post-acute infection syndromes, and more. Supervisors are leading professors in health economics and related fields. Applicants should hold a research-oriented Master’s degree in economics, business administration, or health economics with above-average results and ideally 300 ECTS points. Candidates from other disciplines with relevant qualifications may also apply. The program provides opportunities for seminars, conferences, and research stays abroad. Funding is typically provided through the DFG, covering stipend and tuition. The application deadline is 15 November 2025. For further details and to apply, visit the HCHE recruitment page.