A cup with the President – Episode 32: Prof. Dr. Simon Reif

Prof. Reif and Joachim Hornegger are walking through the Economics Faculty together, talking.
(Photo: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)

Visiting Prof. Dr. Simon Reif, Professorship for Economics focusing on Health Care Markets

Each semester, FAU President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger visits professors in their institutes. He visits them there to talk about their research, to discover what is close to their heart and to get to know them better.

Our series introduces you to the researchers and gives an impression of the President’s meeting with them.

In episode 32, the President visits Prof. Dr. Simon Reif. He is the Chair of Economics focusing on Health Care Markets.

Joachim Hornegger and Simon Reif are sitting on a couch, speaking.
Prof. Reif analyses health markets and evaluates public health measures. He focuses, for instance, on health care services and their digitalization. (Image: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)1/41/4
Hornegger and Reif are sitting in front of a laptop and looking at something on the screen.
He would like to find out how health systems can become as efficient as possible with the long-term aim of financing high-quality health care for all. (Image: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)2/42/4
Prof. Reif in profile. He is holding up his hands and explaining something. He is looking at someone who is not visible in the photo.
Previously, Simon Reif was employed at the Leibniz Center for European Economic Research. (Image: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)3/43/4
FAU President Hornegger, Prof. Dr. Reif and Prof. Reif’s team are standing around a table eating ice cream.
Prof. Reif has always wanted to spend one day working as an engine driver, for example in an ICE 3 train. (Urheber: FAU/Giulia Iannicelli)4/44/4

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Are you interested in learning more about our scientists and their meetings with President Hornegger? All episodes of A cup with the President can be found here.

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