Josephine Jackisch

Josephine Jackisch is a Research Scientist (post-doc) at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, since October 2024. She is affiliated with the Research Group Lifespan Inequalities and the Population Health Laboratory.

• Bachelor and Master in Public Health Sciences (Maastricht University, Linköping University)
• Master in Social Sciences (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)
• PhD in Health Equity Studies (Karolinska Institutet/Stockholm University, 2022)
• Postdoc (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)

Her research focuses on social epidemiology, health inequalities, and life course approaches. She investigates how childhood adversity contributes to health disparities across generations, emphasizing cumulative disadvantage and resilience mechanisms. Her work combines quantitative methods with interdisciplinary frameworks.

Recent publications highlight her expertise in childhood adversity, mortality gradients, multimorbidity, and cardiometabolic health. She has collaborated on cohort studies and policy-oriented projects, including WHO initiatives on age-friendly cities and health equity.

Josephine previously worked at the Charité-University Hospital Berlin (World Health Summit coordination) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe on health policy for noncommunicable diseases and healthy ageing.