Matthias Wismar

Programme Manager

Biography


Matthias is a Programme Manager at the Observatory based in Brussels.  

His work focuses on health policy, politics and governance, the health workforce, European integration and intersectoral action and the Sustainable Development Goals. He is developing studies, policy briefs, rapid responses and face-to-face dissemination and knowledge brokering formats, including policy dialogues, evidence briefings and webinars. 

Matthias holds a PhD in Political Science from Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany). 

Recent publications

1. Greer SL, Fahy N, Rozenblum S, Jarman H, Palm W, Elliott HA, Wismar M.
Everything you always wanted to know about European Union health policies but were afraid to ask: Second, revised edition. Copenhagen: WHO Regional office for Europe, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2019. (Health Policy Series, No. 54.)

2. Greer SL, Vasev N, Jarman H, Wismar M, Figueras J. It’s the governance, stupid! TAPIC: a governance framework to strengthen decision making and implementation. Copenhagen: WHO Regional office for Europe, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2019. (Policy Brief, No. 33.) 

3. Greer SL, Wismar M, Pastorino G, Kosinska M. Civil society and health: Contributions and potential. Copenhagen: WHO Regional office for Europe, on behalf of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2017. (Observatory Studies Series, No. 48.)



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