The new doctoral program "New Public Health" offers young scientists in the field of public health structured doctoral support. It creates an interdisciplinary research environment in which independent academic work is combined with targeted training and supervision.
The doctoral college, funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation, aims to scientifically analyze social and health inequalities and reduce them in practice. It is based on the New Public Health approach and focuses on the question of how living conditions can be designed in such a way that they promote health and enable participation - especially for disadvantaged population groups.
The focus is on the social, political, economic and ecological conditions under which health develops - across the entire life course. The research group investigates the structural causes of inequality and develops interdisciplinary, participatory and user-oriented approaches to health promotion in everyday life and in the living environment. Current social challenges such as the pandemic, climate change and digital transformation are taken into account, as are issues of social cohesion and democratic participation.
The aim is future-oriented public health research that not only explains why health inequalities exist, but also shows how they can be overcome - scientifically sound, practical and socially just.
Application deadline for a scholarship in the doctoral program "New Public Health": 02.11.2025
The framework conditions of the scholarship (duration, funding amount, criteria, etc.) can be found on the website of the Hans Böckler Foundation.
Structure and organization of the doctoral college
The research training group is headed by Prof. Dr. Christiane Stock (spokesperson) and Prof. Dr. Raimund Geene (deputy spokesperson) and is organizationally based at the Institute of Health and Nursing Science at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. It is organized on an interdisciplinary and cross-university basis. Depending on the supervision, doctoral students are enrolled at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Technical University of Dresden or the University of Vechta. Cumulative doctorates are encouraged, which are subject to the doctoral regulations of the TU Berlin (Dr. P.H.), the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Dr. rer. medic.), the TU Dresden (Dr. rer. medic.) and the University of Vechta (Dr. phil.).
Kick-off event: New Public Health Summer School 2025
An interdisciplinary summer school will be held to mark the official start of the program. The one-week event is aimed at scientists from the field of public health and related disciplines who are interested in researching, developing and evaluating health science programs and concepts. The aim of the one-week summer school is to enable prospective doctoral students to engage intensively with the content, methods and theories of the program. At the same time, detailed information about the application process and the selection criteria of the Hans Böckler Foundation will be provided.
Date: 21.07 - 25.07.2025
Location: Berlin Institute of Health and Social Sciences, Wilhelm-Kabus-Straße 39, 10829 Berlin or hybrid
Registration: via this link
Further information on the new doctoral program "New Public Health" and the Summer School can be found here. The exact conditions of application will also be published on this page shortly.
Contact:
If you have any questions, please contact the deputy spokesperson of the program, Prof. Dr. Raimund Geene (ASH Berlin).
