Prof. Dr. Nadine Reibling

• Health equity
• Sociology of Health
• Health promotion as a municipal task

• Sociology of Medicine and Health
• Family, Health and Social Policy
• Health inequalities
• International comparison of health systems
• Energy poverty and health

• DFG project PARENTHEALTH: The effect of parenthood on health-related behaviour: A Longitudinal Study Considering Social and Societal Contexts

• Spokesperson of the Medical and Health Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS)
• Spokesperson and member of the extended board of the working group on health sociology and medical sociology of the German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS)
• Member of the German Society for Sociology (DGS), the German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS), the German University Association (DHV), European Society of Health and Medical Sociology (ESHMS)

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

• Linden, P. & N. Reibling (2022): Unemployed + Sick = More Deserving? A Survey Experiment on How The Medicalization of Unemployment Affects Public Opinion. Frontiers in Sociology
• Ariaans, M. & N. Reibling (2022): Constructions of Unemployed Individuals in German Parliamentary Debates on Active Labour Market Policy Reforms: A Comparative Analysis of 2003 and 2016. Social Policy & Society, forthcoming.
• Ariaans, M. & N. Reibling (2021): The role of health and illness in the German poverty discourse: A content analysis of the poverty and wealth reports. Journal of Social Reform 67(2): 123-152.
• Reibling, N., Spura, A., Dietrich, M., Reckendrees, B., Seefeld, L. & F. De Bock (2021): Vaccination attitudes after the first Covid 19 wave: results of a representative population survey. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International 118 : 365
• Krayter, S. & Reibling, N. (2020): Medicalisation and psychologisation of poverty? An analysis of the scientific poverty discourse from 1956 to 2017. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 28(3): 361-381- Krayter, S. & Reibling, N. (2020): Medicalisation and psychologisation of poverty? An analysis of the scientific poverty discourse from 1956 to 2017. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 28(3): 361-381
• Reibling, N., Ariaans, M. & C. Wendt (2019): "Worlds of Healthcare: A Healthcare System Typology of OECD Countries." Health Policy 123(7): 611-620
• Linden, P., Reibling, N. & S. Krayter (2018): "Better sick and unemployed than 'just' unemployed? The impact of the medicalisation of unemployed persons on stigmatisation processes'. Journal of Social Reform 64(4): 431-461.
• Reibling, N. & K. Möhring (2018): "Parenthood and Later Life Health: An Intergenerational Life Course Analysis of Parents and Childless Adults Aged 50 and Older." Swiss Journal of Sociology 44(2): 327-354
• Reibling, N., Beckfield, J., Huijts, T., Schmidt-Catran, A., Thomson, C. & C. Wendt (2017): "Depressed during the Depression: Has the Economic Crisis Affected Mental Health Inequalities in Europe? Findings from the European Social Survey (2014) Special Module on the Social Determinants of Health". European Journal of Public Health 27 (suppl_1): 47-54
• Thomson, K., Rennberg, A-C., McNamara, C., Akhter, N., Reibling, N. & C. Bambra (2017): "Regional Inequalities in Self-reported Conditions and Non-communicable Diseases in European Countries: Findings from the European Social Survey (2014) Special Module on the Social Determinants of Health". European Journal of Public Health 27, (suppl_1): 14-21
• Huijts, T., Bambra, C., Eikemo, T., Gkiouleka, A., Reibling, N. & K. Thomson (2017): "Educational Inequalities in Risky Health behaviours in 21 European Countries: Findings from the European Social Survey (2014) Special Module on the Social Determinants of Health". European Journal of Public Health 27, (suppl_1): 63-72.
• McNamara, C., Toch-Marquardt, M, Balaj, M., Reibling, N., Eikemo, T. & C. Bambra (2017): "Occupational Inequalities in Self-Rated Health and Chronic Disease in Different Regions of Europe. European Journal of Public Health 27, (suppl_1): 27-33.
• Reibling, N. (2016): "The Patient-Centered Medical Home: Will It Improve Quality and Equity Among the General Adult Population?" Medical Care Research and Review 73 (5): 606-623
• Schaller, A., Dintsios, C-M., Icks, A., Reibling, N. & I. Froboese (2016): "Promoting Physical Activity in Low Back Pain Patients: Six Months Follow-Up of A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing A Multicomponent Intervention with a Low Intentionality Intervention" Clinical Rehabilitation 30 (9): 865-877.
• Reibling, N. & Rosenthal, M. (2016): "The (Missed) Potential of the Patient-centered Medical Home for Disparities." Medical Care 54(1): 9-16
• Peters, F., Nusselder, W.J., Reibling, N., Wegner-Siegmundt, C., and J.P. Mackenbach (2015): 'Quantifying the Contribution of Changes in Healthcare Expenditures and Smoking to the Reversal of the Trend in Life Expectancy in the Netherlands'. BMC Public Health 15: 1024
• Schaffrin, A. & Reibling, N. (2015): 'Household Energy and Climate Mitigation Policies: Investigating Energy Practices in the Housing Sector'. Energy Policy 77 (2): 1-10,
• Reibling, N. (2013): 'The International Performance of Healthcare Systems in Population Health: Capabilities of Pooled Crosssectional Time Series Methods'. Health Policy, 112 (1): 122-132.
• Reibling, N. & Wendt, C. (2012): 'Gatekeeping and Provider Choice in OECD Healthcare Systems'. Current Sociology, 60 (4): 489-505
• Wendt, C., Mischke, M., Pfeifer, M. & N. Reibling (2011): 'Cost Barriers Reduce Confidence in Receiving Medical Care when Seriously Ill'. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 65 (11): 1115-1117.
• Reibling, N. & Wendt, C. (2011): "Regulating Patients' Access to Healthcare Services." International Journal of Public and Private Healthcare Management and Economics 1 (2): 1-16.
• Wendt, C., Mischke, M., Pfeifer, M. & N. Reibling (2011): "Confidence in Receiving Medical Care when Seriously Ill: A Seven-Country Comparison of the Impact of Cost Barriers." Health Expectations, 15: 212-224,
• Reibling, N. (2010): "Healthcare Systems in Europe: Towards an Incorporation of Patient Access". Journal of European Social Policy, 10 (1): 5-18 (ESPAnet/JESP Doctoral Researcher Prize Essay).
• Reibling, N. & Wendt, C. (2010): "Educational attainment and access to health services. A comparative analysis of access regulation and utilisation of specialist services in Europe'. The Health Service, 72: 447-454
• Reibling, N. & Wendt, C. (2009): 'Health status and use of health care services in a European comparison'. Journal of Social Reform, 55 (4): 329-346,

Reviews

• Reibling, N. & Wendt, C. (2010): "Area review of health and health care systems." Sociological Review, 33 (2): 230-242.

Articles in anthologies and further publications

• Reibling, N., Kriwy, P. & J. Behrens (2022): Medical and health sociology in the German Sociological Association. pp. 45-65. In: Siegrist, J., Stößel, U. & A. Trojan (eds.): Medical Sociology in Germany: Emergence and Developments.
• Reibling, N. (2021): Sociological perspectives on health and illness. In: Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA) (ed.): Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention. Glossary of concepts, strategies and methods
• Reibling, N., Ariaans, M., Bleckmann, L., Hamel, L., Krayter, S. & P. Linden (2020): Sick unemployed - Same benefits but fewer sanctions. FIS Briefing No. 7
• Reibling, N. (2019): "Engine and Brakes: European Welfare States and the Medicalization of Social Problems". Europe Now
• Bambra, C., Reibling, N. & C. L. McNamara (2019): "States of Health: Welfare Regimes, Health, and Healthcare". Pp.254-266. In: Greve, B. (ed.): Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State (2nd edition). London/New York: Routledge.
• Reibling, N. & C. Wendt (2018): "Health system typologies." In: Jungbauer-Gans, M. & P. Kriwy (Eds.): Handbook of the Sociology of Health. Wiesbaden: Springer.
• Reibling, N. & Schaller, A. (2018): "Increasing use of health services?", pp. 98-109. In: Brähler, E., Hoefert, H.-W. & C. Klotter (eds.): Changing perceptions of health and illness: a historical sketch. Lengerich: Pabst.
• Reibling, N. (2017): "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Health Inequalities in Germany", Europe Now.
• Reibling, N. & Jutz, R. (2017): "Energy poverty and health: an environmental epidemiological review of the importance of housing conditions for social inequalities in health status", pp. 157-184. In: Großmann, K., Schaffrin A. & C. Smigiel (eds.): Energy and social inequality: on the social dimension of the energy transition in Germany and Europe. Wiesbaden: Springer-VS Verlag,.
• Reibling, N. & Mischke, M. (2014): "Maternity Regimes in Germany". P.205-231, In: P. Kennedy & N. Kodate (Eds.): Maternity Services and Policy in International Context: Risk, Citizenship and Welfare Regimes. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis.
• Kennedy, P., Kodate, N. & N. Reibling (2014): 'Welfare States, Health Care Regimes, Maternity Services and Policy: A Comparative Perspective'. pp. 4-19, In: P. Kennedy & N. Kodate (eds.): Maternity Services and Policy in International Context: Risk, Citizenship and Welfare Regimes. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis.
• Reibling, N. & Wendt. C. (2012): "Health and health care of older people in international comparison: What role does the health care system play?", pp. 273-294. In: J. Schröder & M. Pohlmann (eds.): Gesund altern: Individual and societal challenges. Heidelberg: Winter.

• Philipp Linden

Student Assistants

• Kim Steding