„For all actors in the health sector, the principle ‘Do no harm’ applies, which must be widened in the Anthropocene. Harm to the environment must be avoided to safeguard (planetary) health, and prevention must be prioritized over cure.”
Research Associate
Mini CV
- Since March 2024 part time at the Institute of History and Health in Society, Medical Faculty, University of Augsburg
- At CPHP since April 2022, now part time
- 2020 — 2022: Research Associate at the Chair of Public Health and Health Services Research, University of Munich
- 2020 – 2022: Research Associate at The Lancet-Chatham House Commission on Improving Population Health post COVID-19
- MSc Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, graduation 2020
- 2018 – 2019: clinical work in foundation programme, Graz, Austria
- Medical studies, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, license to practice since 2018
Profile
Katharina Wabnitz is a Research Associate at the Centre for Planetary Health Policy and works on the transformative potential of health promotion and prevention as well as on questions of governance for planetary health. She also focusses on health effects of transforming various areas of society, in particular the economic turnaround and the sufficiency approach. She is also a researcher at the University of Augsburg, where she works on justice in societal transformation. She has methodological expertise in systematic literature searches and qualitative research.
Languages
German
English
French
Spanish
Focus Areas
Governance for health within planetary boundaries
Planetary health in all policies
Education for planetary health
Norms and values for planetary health