Improved hygiene and better prevention and treatment have diminished the incidence of infectious diseases particularly in industrialised countries. However, increasing antibiotic resistance, emergence of new pathogens, together with changes in pathogen distribution due to altered climate and mobility are global challenges for humankind. The Research Alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS aims to establish an interdisciplinary research agenda and opens up new avenues of communication across disciplines. New strategies and methods for early warning and outbreak management systems will be developed to control spread of pathogens.
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PhD Position in Global Health Economics open for Applications
The Research Alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy are inviting applications for a PhD position in Global Health Economics. This position is open to an ambitious early-career researcher with a passion for policy-relevant research on infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance in the context of heterogeneous health systems, aimed at international peer-reviewed journals.
Successful kick-off: Research Alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS launches new funding phase
On 29 and 30 October 2025, the members of the Research Alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS met for their 10th plenary meeting at the Research Centre Borstel, Leibniz Lung Centre (FZB). To mark the start of the new funding period, they presented the results of completed research projects and introduced new ones.
Antibiotics between shortage and overuse – new episode of the INFECTIONS podcast
Antibiotic resistance is a global problem. While the situation in Europe and the USA has been well researched, many regions of the world remain poorly understood. The research alliance Leibniz INFECTIONS is investigating the resistance situation in Sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately twice as many people die from resistant pathogens as in Europe. In episode 7 of the podcast ‘Mikroben im Visier’, we explore how resistance develops and spreads, and what appropriate countermeasures can be taken.
