PhD Position "Business Models for Healthy Longevity and Scalable Disease Prevention"

Developing a Sustainable Business Model for Digital Disease Prevention in Switzerland. As a PhD student, you will lead and shape Subproject 5, which focuses on business model innovation for prevention. Your research will examine how digital precision prevention services can create value simultaneously for individuals, insurers, providers, public authorities, and society. You will be involved across the full project lifecycle: Stakeholder Co-Creation and Field Research, Health Economics and Business Model Analysis, Implementation and Scale-Up, and Academic Output.

As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 10'000 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3'500 researchers, educators and professional staff.

• Master's degree from a qualified university with a minimum grade of 5.0 (Swiss grading system)

• Excellent proficiency in German and English

• Strong interest in health economics, health technology assessment, and economic evaluation

• Ability to coordinate and communicate with diverse stakeholders, including senior decision-makers

• High intrinsic motivation to work on interdisciplinary, applied research with societal impact

• Business administration, management, economics, health economics, public policy, or related fields

• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods

• Interest in digital health, prevention, and healthy longevity