Phd Position On Co-creation in Healthcare

**Institut für Biomedizinische Ethik und Medizingeschichte**
**PhD Position on Co-Creation in Healthcare 80 %**: Start of employment 01.09.2025, temporary

The Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine University of Zurich in collaboration with the Institute of Design Research, Zurich University of Arts - ZHdK, and the cross-institutional Digital Health Design Living Lab offer a PhD Position in a SNSF-funded Project on Co-Creation in Healthcare.

The institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME) belongs to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Zurich and hosts the medical track of the PhD program Biomedical Ethics and Law, a joint venture of the UZH Medical Faculty and the Faculty of Law. Since 2009, the IBME has been a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics, providing ethical advice on a range of issues related to global health.
The Institute of Design Research (IDR) at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) houses thematic clusters including Health Design and the Digital Health Design Living Lab (DHD LL). With a strong focus on design science in healthcare, IDR applies participatory, co-creative, and human-centered methods to develop innovative solutions.

**Your responsibilities**:

- The advertised joint PhD position between the IBME and IDR will be part of a joint, transdisciplinary project on Human-Centered Co-Creation of Care funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
- and system-level innovations in healthcare.

**Your profile**:
You offer:

- University master's degree in social sciences, preferably in nursing sciences, public health, or with a design research background with a focus on human-centered or participatory methods (ideally in healthcare contexts) including a master's thesis of 30 ECTS / 900 research hours
- Strong interest and previous knowledge in the field of Work and Health, Design and Human-Centeredness and Ethics
- Experience in planning, conducting, analyzing, and writing up empirical (mixed methods) research
- Very good knowledge of qualitative research methods and co-creative design thinking methods
- Fluent German language skills (essential for field research) and understand Swiss German
- Very good knowledge of English
- Enthusiasm for applied real-world research topics
- Commitment, independence, flexibility, passion for research, and ability to work in a team

The place of work will be both at the IBME and at the IDR/ZHdK

**What we offer**:
**Work-Life Balance**
- Flexible working models (such as part-time positions, mobile working, job-sharing)
- Childcare at the kihz foundation of UZH and ETH

**Learning and Development**
- Wide range of continuing education courses of UZH and the Canton of Zurich
- Language Center run jointly with ETH Zurich

**Food**
- Food and drinks at reduced prices in the UZH cafeterias
- Lunch-Check-card with UZH contribution

**Healthcare**
- Special conditions on the Academic Sports Association ASVZ
- Free seasonal flu vaccinations
- Rest and relaxation at the quiet room in the university tower

**Discounts**
- Private traffic: Carsharing, rent a vehicle, parking space
- Digitalization: Hardware, software, mobile phone subscriptions
- Special conditions on hotel reservations

**Conditions of Employment**
- Policies of the UZH
- Most UZH staff are employed according to public law

**International Services**
- Support for people from outside Switzerland

**Campuses**
- Campuses Zurich City, Zurich Irchel, Oerlikon and Schlieren
- Sites Zurich West, Old Botanical Garden, Botanical Garden and Lengg

**Location**:
**Institut für Biomedizinische Ethik und Medizingeschichte***:Winterthurerstrasse 30, 8006 Zürich, Switzerland

**Further information**:
**Questions about the job**:
**Andrea Glässel and Anna Martin-Niedecken**
- Co-Supervisor

**Michèle Heimgartner**
- Manager

**Working at UZH**: