Monika Habermann

Prof. Dr. Monika Habermann serves as a Full Professor of Nursing Science/Health Science at Bremen University of Applied Sciences since 1998 and founded the Center for Nursing Research and Counseling (2002-2021). Her work centers on health care quality improvement, care structures, and vulnerable population health.

Her academic foundation includes:

• Doctoral Degree in Social Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, 1984-1994)
• Nursing Education and clinical practice at Heidelberg University Hospital (1977-1985)

Research focuses on Health Care Quality, Care Structures, and Community Health Monitoring with specialization in elderly and migrant populations. Key projects include nurse migration analysis, missed nursing care studies, and community integration frameworks like the KUSTIS initiative for migrant services development.

Major research grants secured include:

• Language Mediation in Healthcare Scoping Review (2019-2021)
• Missed Nursing Care Perception Study (2017-2018)
• KUSTIS: Community Participation for Migrants (2011-2014)
• Nursing Research Network North: Error Management (2007-2009)
• Nursing Process Optimization (2004-2006)

She actively shapes policy through DAAD Commission membership (2022-2025), COST project leadership (2016-2021), and advisory roles in Germany's Migration and Public Health work group since 2006. Her journal reviewing spans Nursing Ethics and Care publications.

The Center for Nursing Research and Counseling (2002-2021) established her leadership in German nursing science, complemented by ongoing involvement in the European Transcultural Nursing Network and Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Association.