We are seeking candidates who can demonstrate outstanding expertise and experience in the fields of health economics and public health. The successful candidate will be skilled in advanced quantitative research methods, particularly in applying (quasi-)experimental designs or structural econometric models. Applicants should have a strong publication record in leading international journals, along with proven teaching skills and experience in acquiring and implementing externally funded research projects. The chair's research will be required to exhibit a close connection to medicine, as demonstrated by relevant scientific publications in medical, health science and similar contexts. Moreover, the chair will actively contribute to the Institute of Health Sciences (IGW) at the University of Passau and play a pivotal role in the institute's development, ensuring its successful launch, academic growth and recognition as a scientific institution. In this capacity, the chair will contribute significantly to the integration of medical, health-science and economic perspectives, thereby strengthening the University's interdisciplinary profile in the field of health and medicine. The successful candidate will be educated to doctoral level and have demonstrated both pedagogical aptitude and academic excellence, whereby the latter is generally established on the basis of the quality of his or her doctoral research and subsequent academic achievements. He or she will, furthermore, possess the German formal postdoctoral habilitation qualification or an equivalent body of academic achievements garnered whilst employed at an institution of higher education, for instance as a juniorprofessor or in a comparable position with a different title (e.g. assistant professor or lecturer), insofar as the duties and qualification profile correspond to those of a juniorprofessor position, or by leading a junior research group under the conditions specified in Art. 98(10) sentence 5 of the Bavarian Higher Education Innovation Act (BayHIG); the habilitation-equivalent achievements may also have been attained outside the higher education system. In accordance with Art. 60(3) sentence 1 BayHIG, candidates must not be more than 52 years of age at the time of their appointment.