Die deutschsprachige Debatte um den Ansatz der Aktionsforschung unterscheidet sich wesentlich von der angloamerikanischen Debatte. Dort wurde der action research Ansatz in den 1940er Jahren von dem Sozialpsychologen Kurt Lewin entwickelt und erfreut sich als Forschungsstrategie auch heute noch...

Study on Legislative Proposals on Patients Rights in Cross-Border Health Care. Analysis of the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of patients rights in cross-border health {COM(2008) 414 final} and of the Communication from the Commission A...

Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors that associated with...

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries, including the U.S., adopted intervention policies aimed at averting the spread. However, these policies may have led to significant changes in public health behaviors. We use Google search queries to examine how state government actions are...

Infectious diseases are is currently the main cause of mortality in the world and have been even more important historically. This paper reviews recent research in economic epidemiology. Specifically, it discusses the occurrence of infectious diseases and the effects of public health...