Mag. Julia Fischer, PhD

Executive Director and Research Scientist at the Department for Ethics and Law in Medicine

Short biography

PhD in political science. Executive director of the Department for Ethics and Law in Medicine since 2026. Associate member of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Research at the University of Augsburg. Co-coordinator of the International Research Network on Citizenship and Dementia. Previous affiliations with the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Freiburg, the University of Innsbruck, and the Technical University of Munich. Apprenticeship and working experience as paramedic.

Research area

Julia Fischer's research focuses on healthcare provision and policy, with attention to how legal and other regulatory frameworks are implemented in everyday healthcare practice and to the ethical challenges that arise from their implementation. In particular, she is interested in end-of-life care, including the withholding or withdrawal of treatment, assisted dying, surrogate decision-making, etc. Her work is grounded in empirical social science and primarily employs interpretative methods.

Publications

The full publication list can be found here.