Thomas Resch curriculum vitae · Public health
View Thomas Resch’s curriculum vitae, covering public health research, sociology, health equity, healthcare access, health policy, health economics and empirical social research.
Profile and current position
Thomas Resch is based in Austria. His research concerns health equity, healthcare access, redistribution, resource allocation, mental-health services and applied quantitative social research.
Current position: Project Researcher, pre-doctoral, Centre for Security of Supply, Department for Legal Studies and International Relations, University for Continuing Education Krems. Since June 2026, 34 hours per week.
Employment
Project Researcher, pre-doctoral
University for Continuing Education Krems · Krems, Austria · 34 hours per week
Centre for Security of Supply; Department for Legal Studies and International Relations.
Senior Scientist
Medical University of Vienna · Vienna, Austria · 30 hours per week
Department of Health Economics, Centre for Public Health. STREAMLINE: reference unit-cost catalogue for evaluating and planning mental-healthcare services in Vienna.
Research Project Assistant, pre-doctoral
University of Vienna · Vienna, Austria · 30 hours per week
Department of Economic Sociology · Austrian Corona Panel Project.
Visiting ResearcherGastwissenschaftler
GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences · Mannheim, GermanyGESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften · Mannheim, Deutschland
Conducted harmonised cross-national comparative panel analysis using methods such as survival analysis.Durchführung harmonisierter länderübergreifender vergleichender Panelanalysen unter Anwendung von Methoden wie der Überlebenszeitanalyse.
Lecturer
University of Vienna, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics
Economic Sociology – Introduction · Master’s level · 4 ECTS · 90 working hours per semester.
University Assistant, pre-doctoral
University of Vienna · Vienna, Austria · 40 hours per week
Department of Economic Sociology.
Education
Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences: SociologyDoktoratsstudium der Sozialwissenschaften: Soziologie
Faculty of Social Sciences, Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS), University of Vienna.Universität Wien.Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften, Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS), Universität Wien.
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr Bernhard Kittel. Ongoing; anticipated completion December 2026; no completion is claimed.Betreuung: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr Bernhard Kittel. Laufend; voraussichtlicher Abschluss im Dezember 2026; ein Abschluss wird nicht angegeben.
Examinations from the doctoral programme: Regression Models for Categorical Data; Current Debates in Political Economy; Advanced Topics in Regression Models; Social Stratification Research and Quantitative Methods.Prüfungen im Doktoratsstudium: Regressionsmodelle für kategoriale Daten; Aktuelle Debatten der Politischen Ökonomie; Fortgeschrittene Themen in Regressionsmodellen; Sozialstrukturforschung und quantitative Methoden.
Additional examinations from the Sociology master’s programme: Reading Seminar: Urban Challenges; Advanced Quantitative Methods: Data Analysis with R; Entangled Social Scientific Knowledge Production; Sociological Theories: Overview and Current Developments; Reading Seminar: Theories of Financialisation; Reading Seminar: Sociologies of Brexit; Cohort Analysis for Sociologists.Zusätzliche Prüfungen aus dem Masterstudium Soziologie: Lektüreseminar: Urbane Herausforderungen; Fortgeschrittene quantitative Methoden: Datenanalyse mit R; Verflochtene sozialwissenschaftliche Wissensproduktion; Soziologische Theorien: Überblick und aktuelle Entwicklungen; Lektüreseminar: Theorien der Finanzialisierung; Lektüreseminar: Soziologien des Brexit; Kohortenanalyse für Soziologinnen und Soziologen.
Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Political ScienceBachelorstudium Politikwissenschaft
University of Vienna. Specialisations: International Politics and Globalisation; the Political System of Austria and the European Union.Universität Wien. Spezialisierungen: Internationale Politik und Globalisierung; das politische System Österreichs und der Europäischen Union.
168 of 180 ECTS completed; anticipated completion February 2027. Ongoing; no completion is claimed.168 von 180 ECTS abgeschlossen; voraussichtlicher Abschluss im Februar 2027. Laufend; ein Abschluss wird nicht angegeben.
Master of Science (MSc) in Business AdministrationMaster of Science (MSc) in Betriebswirtschaftslehre
University of Vienna.
Subjects: Economic Sociology; Strategic Management; Organisation and Personnel Economics.Fächer: Wirtschaftssoziologie; Strategisches Management; Organisations- und Personalökonomie.
Additional electives: Process Management; Organisational Behaviour; Data Analysis; Analytical Methods.Zusätzliche Wahlfächer: Prozessmanagement; Organisationsverhalten; Datenanalyse; Analytische Methoden.
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in International Business AdministrationBachelor of Science (BSc) in Internationaler Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna.Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Wien.
Subjects: Organisation and Management; Negotiations.Fächer: Organisation und Management; Verhandlungen.
Summer School ProgrammeSommeruniversität
HSE University · Moscow, RussiaHSE University · Moskau, Russland
Topics: Russia–EU relations; Russia’s soft power.Themen: Beziehungen zwischen Russland und der EU; Russlands Soft Power.
Erasmus+ ExchangeErasmus+-Auslandssemester
Henley Business School, University of Reading · Reading, United KingdomHenley Business School, University of Reading · Reading, Vereinigtes Königreich
Subjects: Strategic Human Resource Management; Strategic Management and Business Policy.Fächer: Strategisches Personalmanagement; Strategisches Management und Unternehmenspolitik.
Summer School ProgrammeSommerschule
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) · Moscow, RussiaStaatliches Moskauer Institut für Internationale Beziehungen (MGIMO-Universität) · Moskau, Russland
Topics: Russian energy policy; Russia in the world economy.Themen: Russische Energiepolitik; Russland in der Weltwirtschaft.
Matura (A-levels)Matura
Bundesgymnasium Tamsweg · Tamsweg, AustriaBundesgymnasium Tamsweg · Tamsweg, Österreich
Written examinations: German; English; Mathematics. Oral examinations: Geography; History; Russian.Schriftliche Prüfungen: Deutsch; Englisch; Mathematik. Mündliche Prüfungen: Geografie; Geschichte; Russisch.
Elective special-subject study (“FBA”): Domestic Russian politics.Fachbereichsarbeit („FBA“): Russische Innenpolitik.
Funded research
Vienna Public Health Equity Project (ViePHEP)
2022 research grant: City of Vienna, Department of Cultural Affairs, MA 7 · €10,000 · Thomas Resch, principal researcher and grant holder.
Teaching
Economic Sociology – Introduction, University of Vienna, March 2021–February 2023. Master’s level, 4 ECTS.
Presentations
Presentations at EuHEA conferences in Oslo (2022) and Vienna (2024), the German Health Economics Association conference in Halle (2024), and the EuHEA Seminar Series (2023).
Methods and software
Methodological experience
- Questionnaire design, cross-sectional surveys, panel-data analysis, survey weighting, scale construction and data documentation.
- Regression and panel models, generalised linear models, mixed-effects models, path analysis and structural equation modelling.
- Missing-data and causal-inference methods, dimensionality reduction and geographical analysis.
| Software | Recorded level |
|---|---|
| Stata | Expert |
| R | Basic |
| Microsoft Office, including ECDL | Expert |
| WordPress | Advanced |
| ArcGIS | Advanced |
| z-Tree | Advanced |
| ChatGPT, Codex and Claude | Advanced |
| Visual Studio Code | Advanced |
Languages
| German | Native |
|---|---|
| English | Fluent |
| Russian | Independent user |
| French | Elementary |
Further training
Basic Didactic Qualification for Humanities, Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Vienna. No completion date is stated where unavailable.
Academic engagement
Memberships and service
- BSA/GGS (2025).
- Austrian Public Health Association, Early Career Researchers group (2023).
- Austrian Health Economics Association (2022).
- Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (2020).
- Peer-review activity, International Journal of Public Health (2022).
Collaborations
Collaborations connected with the Austrian Corona Panel Project; the Institute for Ethics and Law in Medicine, University of Vienna; European institutions in a Horizon 2020 proposal for COCOVISS; and Prof. Dr Christof Wolf through GESIS and the University of Mannheim.
Publications and online profiles
Selected publications and datasets · ORCID · University of Vienna u:cris · ResearchGate · OSF
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