Michael Berger from the Department of Health Economics has been awarded the prestigious Erwin-Schrödinger scholarship by the FWF for his research project “Mortgages, Household Economic Resilience and Health”. The Erwin Schrödinger program allows highly qualified postdocs to pursue career-enhancing stays at internationally renowned research institutions. Beginning on April 1, 2025, Michael Berger will join the Max Planck – University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health (MaxHel) as a visiting researcher for one year. In collaboration with Prof. Pekka Martikainen, a leading researcher in health inequalities and director of the MaxHel, he will use comprehensive data on household debt, employment, homeownership, and health from the Finnish population to deepen the understanding of the connection between wealth and health.
