Health Economist

Health and behavioral economics

I am a Health Economist (PostDoc) at the University of Cologne's Department of Operations Management. I am currently working on a project funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 566667001) about "Understanding Donation Costs and Stem-Cell Donor Behaviour". This is in cooperation with DKMS Germany.

My research broadly covers the economic foundations of prosocial behavior in organizational and health contexts, leveraging data sets with behavioral measures (e.g. preferences and information), behavioral interventions (e.g. sorting and motivating stem cell donors), and prosocial and health outcomes (e.g. stem cell donations, helping). 

I am involved in ongoing work with DKMS Germany, the largest recruiter of stem cell donors in Germany, on the behavioral economics of stem cell donor availability. Here, I have worked on identifiying how behavioral interventions shape donor follow-through, once already registered to donate. We are currently researching the impact of narratives and donor information on donor follow-through. 

Prior to my current position, I was a PostDoc in Essen, Germany, at the Chair of Health Economics led by Martin Karlsson, and a PhD student supervised by Patrick Kampkötter and co-supervised by Valeria Merlo in Tübingen.

I was lead organizer of the Essen Health Economics Seminar for two years, which had a very broad range of international speakers.