The University of Passau owes its strong visibility and good repute to excellent research,
innovative teaching and its tight-knit international academic networks. Some 11,000 students
and doctoral researchers as well as more than 1,300 staff, study and work on our university
campus, which is located a stone’s throw from the historic Old Town of Passau and combines
state-of-the-art technical infrastructure with award-winning architecture. Internationally
successful high-tech companies and a vibrant start-up scene, coupled with a rich culture and
Lower Bavarian traditions, give Passau and the surrounding area a special appeal that makes
it a great place to live and work.
The School of Business, Economics and Information Systems at the University of Passau
invites applications for the tenured civil-service post of:
Chair of Health Economics and Prevention Strategies (pay grade W3)
The Chair of Health Economics and Prevention Strategies will be concerned with the design
and empirical evaluation of measures to promote health and prevent disease. Its research
interests will be centred on the economic aspects of the healthcare system, the incentives
guiding the behaviour of key actors within it, and population-wide health-related behaviour.
The successful candidate will be able to bridge health economics research with issues in public
health, prevention and health promotion. A key emphasis will be placed on the causal analysis
of individual and societal impacts of healthcare interventions and reforms, with particular
attention on the health of children and young people. Within the Lower-Bavarian Medical
Campus (MCN), the chair will oversee teaching in the cross-disciplinary areas of health
economics, healthcare systems and public health, prevention and health promotion, as well as
occupational and social medicine.
We are seeking candidates who can demonstrate outstanding expertise and experience in the
fields of health economics and public health. The successful candidate will be skilled in
advanced quantitative research methods, particularly in applying (quasi-)experimental designs
or structural econometric models. Applicants should have a strong publication record in leading
international journals, along with proven teaching skills and experience in acquiring and
implementing externally funded research projects. The chair’s research will be required to
exhibit a close connection to medicine, as demonstrated by relevant scientific publications in
medical, health science and similar contexts. Moreover, the chair will actively contribute to the
Institute of Health Sciences (IGW) at the University of Passau and play a pivotal role in the
institute’s development, ensuring its successful launch, academic growth and recognition as a
scientific institution. In this capacity, the chair will contribute significantly to the integration of
medical, health-science and economic perspectives, thereby strengthening the University’s
interdisciplinary profile in the field of health and medicine.
The successful candidate will be educated to doctoral level and have demonstrated both
pedagogical aptitude and academic excellence, whereby the latter is generally established on
the basis of the quality of his or her doctoral research and subsequent academic achievements.
He or she will, furthermore, possess the German formal postdoctoral habilitation qualification
or an equivalent body of academic achievements garnered whilst employed at an institution of
higher education, for instance as a juniorprofessor or in a comparable position with a different
title (e.g. assistant professor or lecturer), insofar as the duties and qualification profile
correspond to those of a juniorprofessor position, or by leading a junior research group under
the conditions specified in Art. 98(10) sentence 5 of the Bavarian Higher Education Innovation
Act (BayHIG); the habilitation-equivalent achievements may also have been attained outside
the higher education system. In accordance with Art. 60(3) sentence 1 BayHIG, candidates
must not be more than 52 years of age at the time of their appointment.
The University of Passau actively promotes equal opportunities for all genders as well as
diversity in the workforce; therefore, applications are welcome from all candidates who fulfil
the requisite qualifications, without regard to gender, cultural or social background, religion,
world view, disability or sexual identity. As the University wishes to raise the proportion of
women in research and teaching, female academics are expressly encouraged to apply. This
position is suitable for candidates with disabilities. Those who are registered disabled are given
preference over non-disabled applicants who do not otherwise have statutory preferential
status if their overall personal aptitudes, skills and qualifications are equal.
Applications, including all relevant supporting documents (CV, lists of publications and courses
taught, teaching evaluations etc.), should preferably be submitted electronically as a single
PDF file by 15 July 2026 to the Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Information
Systems at the University of Passau, Professor Suleika Bort, Faculty of Business, Economics
and Information Systems at the University of Passau, 94030 Passau, Germany; e-
mail: bewerbung.wiwi@uni-passau.de. E-mailed applications are kept on file for six months
after the conclusion of the appointment procedure, whereupon they are deleted from our
systems.
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