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Shruti Shukla and Manzura Jumaniyazova at the International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Congress in Bali, Indonesia

In July, Shruti Shukla and Manzura Jumaniyazova participated and presented their research at the 15th IHEA Congress in Bali Indonesia.

Luise Koch presents at the Conference of the European Network on Gender and Violence in Vienna

From the 17-19 September, Luise Koch contributed to the 2025 Conference of the European Network on Gender and Violence (ENGV) in Vienna, a gathering dedicated to advancing research and dialogue on gender-based violence.

Luise Koch presents at the Annual Conference of the Centre for Protecting Women Online

At the Annual Conference of the Centre for Protecting Women Online, held at The Open University in Milton Keynes from 10-11 September 2025, Luise Koch presented findings from her final PhD paper, co-authored with Macarena María Sfeir Sfeir, Angelina Voggenreiter, Thayna Yaredy, and Prof. Dr. Janina…

Professorship for Global Health presents research at the European Conference on Domestic Violence in Barcelona

At this year’s European Conference on Domestic Violence (ECDV) in Barcelona, Ines Böhret, Anushree Dirangane, and Shruti Shukla held a presentation on “Designing a Couple-Based Intervention to Address Economic Violence: A Gender-Transformative Approach”, showcasing first working results of the…

Prof. Dr. Janina Isabel Steinert and Dr. Adwoa Gyamfi acquired funding from the TUM Global Incentive Fund

Prof. Dr. Janina Isabel Steinert and Dr. Adwoa Gyamfi, a qualified nurse and senior researcher at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana, have won a TUM Global Incentive Fund grant for a joint research project exploring linkages between breastfeeding and intimate…

Luise Koch, Dr. Raji Ghawi, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pfeffer and Prof. Dr. Janina Isabel Steinert publish article on online misogyny and its deterring effect in Brazil’s 2022 elections

In a new article published in Information, Communication & Society, Luise Koch, Dr. Raji Ghawi, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pfeffer, and Prof. Dr. Janina Steinert analyse approximately ten million Tweets targeting female candidates during the 2022 Brazilian elections. Drawing on a newly developed…

Dr Manuela Fritz co-author of research article on community-based screening measures for non-communicable diseases

Indonesia founded a sreening and prevention system called Posbindu to tackle the prevalence of non-communicable diseases. This paper analyses the fit and usability of the program.

MD Nikolay Lunchenkov co-authored a new study providing important insights into HIV transmission dynamics in Kyrgyz Republic

MD Nikolay Lunchenkov, doctoral candidate at the Professorship of Global Health and Research Fellow at the Robert Koch Institute, has co-authored a new study published in PLOS ONE that provides important insights into HIV transmission dynamics in the Kyrgyz Republic.

PhD-student Luise Koch at the 9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms in Vienna

On August 1, 2025, Luise Koch presented two posters at the Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) 2025 (Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) 2025), held in Vienna as part of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL).

Prof. Dr. Janina Isabel Steinert in podcast discussion on gender-based violence

Prof. Janina Steinert is a guest on the podcast ‘In der Wirtschaft’ (In the Economy), which deals with various fields of economics. In it, she presents types of violence against women and research on the subject. The focus is on her research in Germany and Zambia.

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