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Visit the employer pageWe are looking for a Ph.D. researcher to conduct research within the Interreg-funded multinational and interdisciplinary research project on cross-border resource sharing in healthcare service delivery (BRIDGE).
Hospitals in border regions face the challenge of delivering high-quality care under resource constraints. Also public health (crises) don’t stop at a border, as the Covid-19 pandemic has shown. Here cross-border resource pooling becomes essential. This form of cooperation between countries describes a range of tools and strategies for the matching and sharing of resources within and across health care provider systems. It is a strategy for diminishing gaps in the provision of resources and services while minimizing wasteful practices like doubling resources and unnecessary transportation costs. Pooling resources can help border region hospitals to rapidly access needed resources when demand spikes without having to stockpile them. The BRIDGE team will identify the opportunities for a more coordinated cross-border resource pooling in the region that covers multiple resources, test and implement a multifaceted resource pooling solution, identify (and realize) best practices, develop a digital platform to ease resource pooling and inform policy decisions on cross-border cooperation.
The challenge
The Ph.D. thesis aims to understand current cross-border cooperations in the field of healthcare and the barriers they face to eventually facilitate cooperation across European borders. The article-based thesis will (1) analyse the state of research on resource pooling across the Dutch-German border and other regions with a focus on the healthcare policy domain, (2) conduct a network analysis to examine how technology facilitates cross-border cooperation, (3) analyse innovation processes, capabilities and outcomes based on the implementation of a digital platform to pool resources and (4) help evaluate BRIDGE outputs. By the end of this project, you will have contributed substantially to our understanding of cross-border cooperation in general and in healthcare field in particular.
The thesis will take a broad methodological perspective to address the described goals, with a focus on qualitative research. It will investigate cross-border healthcare service delivery with an interdisciplinary lens and in an international team. This is also mirrored in the composition of the supervision team (Dr. Caroline Fischer, Dr. Le Anh Long, Prof. Dr. René Torenvlied, Prof. Dr. Oliver Treib). The Ph.D. researcher will also be part of the ‘Technology in Healthcare Transformations’ research community at the BMS faculty.
We encourage high responsibility and independence, while collaborating with colleagues, researchers, other university staff and partners. We follow the terms of employment by the Dutch Collective Labour Agreement for Universities (CAO). Our offer contains:
Are you interested to be part of our team? Please submit your application via the ‘Apply now’ button below before 29.01.2024 and include:
For more information regarding this position, you are welcome to contact Dr. Caroline Fischer, c.fischer@utwente.nl.
At the department of Technology, Human and Institutional Behaviour (HIB), we are specialists in the science of behaviour change and the interplay between human behaviour and technology.
Why do we behave the way we do, and how does our behaviour change? Why is it that some people can successfully adapt their diet or lifestyle, and others seem unable to? What drives behavioural changes among people and groups? How can our governments help us to behave in ways that are healthy, sustainable and inclusive, or that will make our countries, societies and cities a safer place to live? What role can technologies play – from virtual reality or artificial intelligence to human-media interaction and value-based design – in influencing our behaviour for the better? And, conversely, what does our behaviour tell us about how these new technologies should be developed? These are some of the key questions we deal with as researchers, educators and societal problem solvers at the HIB department.
The Faculty of Behavioral, Management and Social sciences (BMS) aims to play a key role in understanding, jointly developing and evaluating innovations in society. Technological developments are the engine of innovation. As a technical university that puts people first, we tailor them to human needs and behavior and use social engineering to integrate them into society. We also ensure adequate governance at public and private level, and robust, inclusive and fair organizational structures. We do this by developing, sharing and applying high-quality knowledge in Psychology, Business Administration, Public Administration, Communication Sciences, Philosophy, Educational Sciences and Health Sciences. Our research and education in these disciplines revolves around tackling and solving societal challenges. The research programs of BMS are closely linked to the research of the UT institutes Mesa+ Institute for Nanotechnology, TechMed Center and Digital Society Institute.
As an employer, the Faculty of BMS offers work that matters. We equip you to create new possibilities for yourself and for our society. With us, you will become part of a leading technical university with increasing, positive social impact. We offer an open, inclusive and entrepreneurial atmosphere, in which we encourage you to make healthy choices, for example through our flexible, adaptable benefits.
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