Prof. Dr. Melanie Böckmann
Research profile
- Qualitative and mixed-methods research in Global Public Health
- Research on climate change adaptation and health, focus on policy, gender and social justice
- Research on tuberculosis and tobacco use as well as smokeless tobacco in South Asia
- Research experience in Europe, Japan and South Asia
- International collaborative projects with the UK, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Japan and USA
Current activities and functions
Head of the Global Health Department at the Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research at the University of Bremen
Co-Speaker of the Gender & Intersectionality Department of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention
Member of the Steering Committee of Future Earth, Health Knowledge Action Network (Health KAN)
Consultant for the World Health Organization
Academic career
2015 | Dr. Public Health, Universität Bremen |
2011 | B.A. Public Health, Universität Bremen Health promotion and prevention |
2007 | M.A. English Studies, American Studies, African Studies, University of Leipzig Cultural and literary studies |
Professional career
Since 02/2023 | Associate Professor Global Health University of Bremen |
09/2022 – 02/2023 | Consultancy with World Health Organization (WHO) on heat governance in Europe |
10/2021 – 01/2023
| University of Bremen, BRISE project Scientific coordinator |
10/2021 – 12/2021 | Consultancy with World Health Organization (WHO) on heat governance in Europe |
03/2019 – 09/2021 | Bielefeld University, School of Public Health Assistant professor Sustainable Environmental Health Sciences |
| 03/2018 - 09/2021 | University of York UK, Department of Health Sciences |
11/2018 – 12/2018 | Visiting Research Fellow Appointment Consultancy with World Health Organization (WHO) on heat governance |
08/2016 – 02/2019 | Medical Faculty of the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Institute of General Practice, Germany Postdoc in the EU Horizon2020 project TB & Tobacco
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07/2016 | University of Bremen, artec Sustainability Research Center, Germany Visiting Researcher Gender and Climate Change |
04/2015 – 05/2016 | University of Bremen, artec Sustainability Research Center, Germany Research Fellow (Post Doc) Gender and Climate Change project GenderNETCLIM (“Equal opportunities under climate change”) funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research BMBF
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09/2013 – 06/2016 | University of Bremen, SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, Germany Research Fellow on European Health Policy in the EU Joint Action Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting, funded by the European Commission
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06/2012 – 06/2015
| Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany Doctoral Candidate (Dr. Public Health) on Climate Change and Health
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06/2013 – 08/2013 | National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Tsukuba, Japan Visiting Research Heat, Climate Change and Health, funded by JSPS
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07/2012 – 06/2013 | Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology – BIPS, Bremen, Germany Doctoral Studies Scholarship on Climate Change and Health |
04/2012 – 06/2012 | University of Bremen, SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, Germany Research Fellowon Health Workforce Planning |