Mag. Julia Fischer, PhD
Research Scientist at the Department for Ethics and Law in Medicine
Research Scientist at the Department for Ethics and Law in Medicine
Kontakt
E-Mail: julia.fischer@meduniwien.ac.at
Short biography
- PhD in political science
- Lecturer in politics of death and dying, and in political gerontology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Associate member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Research at the University of Augsburg
- Co-coordinator of the International Research Network on Citizenship and Dementia
- Previous affiliations with the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Freiburg, the University of Innsbruck, and the Technical University of Munich
- Apprenticeship and working experience as paramedic
Research area
- Politics and policies on death and dying (with special focus on legislating assisted dying, palliative care, withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment)
- Political dimensions of end-of-life care and non-intervention
- Adult guardianship
- Social science dementia studies
- Political gerontology
- Health movements and advocacy
- Qualitative (interpretative) research methods
Publications
The full publication list can be found here.