Doctoral Student

vor 1 Woche


Bern, Bern, Schweiz Universität Bern Vollzeit
KPM Center for Public Management, University of Bern

Start of employment:
October 1, 2023 or by other agreement. The position is limited to three years and may be extended by one year.


The group on regulation in health care of the KPM Center for Public Management at University of Bern and the Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine (sitem-insel) is looking for you.


KPM, sitem-insel, and group on regulation in health care: The group on regulation in health care conducts cutting-edge research on current challenges in the approval and reimbursement of medical technologies and on health care systems.

The professorship of Prof. Dr.

Rudolf Blankart is embedded in the KPM Center for Public Management of the University of Bern, which is one of the leading centers for policy and administrative sciences in Western Europe.

It is tightly connected to the ecosystem of sitem-insel, a transdisciplinary center that promotes translation from idea to commercialization.

Your area of responsibility


As part of your dissertation, you will work on health policy and health care management topics including but not limited to market access regulation, reimbursement of pharmaceuticals or new digital health technologies or health care systems.

The professorship provides you with access to a national and international network of experts as well as research avenues to answer your questions.

As part of the team, you will build up expert know-how and represent your topic internally and externally, e.g., at international scientific conferences.

You actively contribute to the teaching and research activities of the professorship.

You bring


A 90 ECTS master's degree, preferably in health policy, law, business, (health) economics or equivalent, a genuine interest in regulatory challenges and the health care sector, quantitative methodological skills, experience with data analysis and statistical programs, very good German and English language skills or the ambition to learn them.

We highly value experience and familiarity with the Swiss health care system.

We offer


An interdisciplinary research experience at the interface of economics, management, medicine and law, exciting and varied activities with policy-relevance and significant societal impact, early project management responsibility, access to a strong national and international network of researchers, and continuous education and training.

Applications from students who are in the process of completing their master's thesis are encouraged. The doctoral position can be combined with additional paid assistantship.

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