Academic activities in public healthWissenschaftliche Aktivitäten im Bereich Public Health
Explore Thomas Resch’s academic activities in public health, including research presentations, health economics conferences, university teaching, international experience and academic service.Hier finden Sie Thomas Reschs wissenschaftliche Aktivitäten im Bereich Public Health, darunter Forschungspräsentationen, gesundheitsökonomische Konferenzen, universitäre Lehre, internationale Erfahrungen und wissenschaftliches Engagement.
Presentations and conferences
European Health Economics Association Conference
Vienna, Austria · “Opening up perspectives on health economics” · Presentation of own research.
Towards a theory of everything? Considering beliefs, attitudes, preferences, behaviours, and norms of pandemic prevention among health risk groups and the public with panel data evidence.

Wien, Österreich · „Perspektiven auf die Gesundheitsökonomie eröffnen“ · Präsentation eigener Forschung.
Auf dem Weg zu einer Theorie von allem? Betrachtung von Überzeugungen, Einstellungen, Präferenzen, Verhaltensweisen und Normen der Pandemieprävention bei gesundheitlichen Risikogruppen und in der Bevölkerung anhand von Paneldaten.

16th Annual Conference of the German Health Economics Association
Halle (Saale), Germany · “Ethics and Economics in Healthcare” · Three presentations of own research.
Living and persevering in the pandemic? Comparative evidence of unmet health care needs and their subjective reasons in a European survey.
Survival of the fittest? Beliefs in “Social Darwinism” and attitudes towards fair healthcare access.
Private health insurance and preferences for policies in the Austrian health care system: A case of mere self-interest?

Halle (Saale), Deutschland · „Ethik und Ökonomie im Gesundheitswesen“ · Drei Präsentationen eigener Forschung.
Leben und Durchhalten in der Pandemie? Vergleichende Evidenz zu ungedecktem Gesundheitsversorgungsbedarf und seinen subjektiven Gründen in einer europäischen Befragung.
Überleben der Tüchtigsten? Überzeugungen zum „Sozialdarwinismus“ und Einstellungen zu einem fairen Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung.
Private Krankenversicherung und Präferenzen für gesundheitspolitische Maßnahmen im österreichischen Gesundheitssystem: nur Eigeninteresse?

EuHEA Seminar Series
Online.
Provider and patient delay: Income, utilisation, and multimorbidity predict healthcare accessibility in Austria, the UK and the USA during the COVID-19 pandemic.
European Health Economics Association Conference
Oslo, Norway · “Health economics for sustainable welfare systems” · Two presentations of own research.
The Economics of Mental Health amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A two-way effect — Speaker, 7 July 2022.
Private health insurance and redistribution preferences in the Austrian health care system: A case of mere self-interest? — Speaker, 7 July 2022.


Teaching
Economic Sociology – Basics
University of Vienna, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics
Master’s level · 4 ECTS · March 2021–February 2023 · 90 working hours per semester
Teaching in introductory economic sociology at master’s level, covering the relationship between economic action, social institutions and sociological explanation.

Wirtschaftssoziologie – Einführung
Universität Wien, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Master-Niveau · 4 ECTS · März 2021–Februar 2023 · 90 Arbeitsstunden pro Semester
Lehre in der Einführung in die Wirtschaftssoziologie auf Master-Niveau mit Schwerpunkt auf dem Verhältnis von wirtschaftlichem Handeln, sozialen Institutionen und soziologischer Erklärung.

International experience
Research stay
GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany.
Summer University
Higher School of Economics, HSE University, Moscow, Russia.
Erasmus+ exchange
Henley Business School, University of Reading, United Kingdom.
Summer school
MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia.
Academic service
2022
Peer-review activity for the International Journal of Public Health, Swiss School of Public Health, SSPH+.
This records a specific activity and does not imply continuing reviewer status.
Memberships
- 2025 — Association of Social Democratic Academics, Intellectuals and Artists (BSA), Society for Humanities and Social Sciences (GGS).
- 2023 — Austrian Public Health Association (ÖGPH), Expertise Group: Early Career Researchers.
- 2022 — Austrian Health Economics Association (ATHEA).
- 2020 — Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS).
Collaborations
- Faculty of Social Sciences collaborations through the Austrian Corona Panel Project.
- Institute for Ethics and Law in Medicine, University of Vienna.
- European institutions involved in a Horizon 2020 proposal for the COCOVISS project.
- Collaboration with Prof. Dr Christof Wolf through GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and the University of Mannheim.
Institutional roles are not described as current unless verified.