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Janina Kehr is a University Professor of Medical Anthropology and Head of the Global Health Institute at the University of Vienna's Faculty of Social Sciences. She leads the Health Matters research team and directs the Health in Society research network. As Co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Social and Behavioural Research in Antimicrobial Resistance, her work integrates global health challenges with anthropological perspectives.
Dr. Kehr holds a doctorate from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (Paris) and Humboldt University Berlin, with prior roles at the University of Zurich and University of Bern. Her research focuses on the political anthropology of health, global infectious diseases, hospital spaces, and biomedicine's environmental impacts.
Research Interests:
- Political economy of healthcare in austerity contexts
- Pharmaceutical consumption and deprescribing strategies
- Public health infrastructure resilience
- Biopolitics and planetary health frameworks
- Healthcare activism and moral economies
Her current project 'Less is More' investigates sustainable pharmaceutical practices in Austria, combining ethnographic methods with policy analysis. Recent publications explore universal healthcare aspirations, pandemic hospital infrastructure, and migrant healthcare access.
Grants & Leadership:
- Leading the 2023-2026 'Less is More' research project funded by...
She advises a team of pre-doctoral researchers including Sofie Kronberger and Lucia Mair. Her work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health equity and environmental sustainability.
