Job Description

Working Student position at the Chair of Health Economics, Policy and Management (m/f/d)

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20 % (limited, by 01.10.2025 until 31.01.2026)

Your tasks

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This position is part of the research project "Swiss hospital capacity planning: An empirical evaluation of its impact on hospital service delivery, quality and costs", funded by the Swiss National Fund (SNF).



As a working student, you willSupport experienced researchers in data pre-processing, descriptive statistics, and data analysis using large datasets from the Swiss Federal Statistics Office (over 15 million observations of patient data) Support the team with data visualization) Have the opportunity to contribute to a research project with potential real-world impact Show initiative and drive your tasks with high motivation

Your profile

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We are looking for highly qualified and motivated candidates:Master or Bachelor student in a later semester in an economics or computer science program with a quantitative focus Solid quantitative skills including working knowledge of a programming language (e.g. R, python, stata, matlab) and a motivation to improve your technical skillset Experience with Ubuntu (Server) is a plus Result-oriented working style with a high degree of initiative, creativity, and team spirit Fluent in English, both written and spoken; German is a plus.

The School of Medicine and the Chair of Health Economics, Policy and Management were founded in 2020 and are the latest stage of the growth path of the University of St. Gallen. We offer the opportunity to conduct innovative research in an international, multidisciplinary team with high leadership involvement and in a dynamic environment. With our research, we inform health policy makers, payers, as well as clinicians and other providers. We derive implications in the fields of health economics, health care management, health systems, and health policy research - always with the goal in mind to improve the quality of care for patients.


We are looking forward to your online-application stating the

job ID

1566

apply here

Inspirational Work Environment

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Executive Education

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Network

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Family & Career

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Equal Opportunities

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Fit and Healthy

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Further information on working at the HSG can be found here.

For job-related questions

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Geissler

Professor


Charlotte Schneider

PhD

Your place of work

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University of St.Gallen

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A place where knowledge is created - 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.

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