• 2025 – now: Mixed Methods study and literature review on impact of US Executive Order on HIV services in Kenya, South Africa and Malawi (PI)
• 2025 – now: Qualitative Study on felt impact of US funding cuts on HIV programs in Sub-Saharan Africa (PI) – online interviews with key stakeholders in 13 African countries
• 2024 – now: Exploring epidemic decision-making and the role of the public health institute in Germany (PI: Prof Bärnighausen). Own role: Supervision of qualitative work; interviewing, FGDs, analysis and writing
• 2024 – now: DZPG „Mechanismus-basierte, modulare Psychotherapie für traumatisierte Adoleszente und junge Erwachsene: Eine Machbarkeitsstudie“ (PI Prof. Herpertz). Own role: Supervision of qualitative work; training of research assistants; debriefs; support for both main study with psychotherapists and patients and sub-study on patients’ experience of TMS and ABM
• 2024: DAAD Teaching Exchange Programme. Teaching qualitative methods course at a Jordanian University
• 2025 – now: Co-moderating Public Health Anthropology Course, HIGH
• 2023 – now: Co-moderating Human Rights and Health Course, HIGH
• SS 2022/SS2023: Teaching course on Applied Anthropology, South Asia Institute  
• 2019 – now: Mixed methods study in Malawi on men and antiretroviral therapy with follow-on research on design-thinking for tailoring service delivery to men’s needs and a longitudinal study on service provider/implementers’ understanding of U=U
• 2022 – 2024: NUM “CollPan – Collateral effects in pandemics: mapping and monitoring of collateral effects (CEs), risks and vulnerabilities” (PI Prof. Bärnighausen). Own role: Coordinating work package 1 with 10 participating research institutes –  analysis and publication of qualitative study with children and parents on Covid-19; netnography study of a parental internet forum on Covid-19. Analysis and publication
• 2022 – 2023: NUM “CoverChild - Comprehensive multicenter platform for COVID-19 research in children and adolescents” (PI Prof. Till Bärnighausen). Own Role: Planning and Conducting a qualitative study with children and parents on Covid-19 experiences in the state of Baden-Württemberg
• 2018 – 2021: Wellcome Trust “The ethics of health policy experiments: a global framework for design and oversight” (PI: Prof Bärnighausen) Own role: Coordination of 4-country team (USA, Tanzania, Bangladesh, Germany), literature and stakeholder research in Germany; deliberative workshop in Bangladesh and online workshops; publications
• 2018 – now: Teaching units on Master Course, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (ethics and informed consent, HIV, PrEP, introduction to anthropology, design-thinking, case studies, masculinity and HIV, ontology, epistemology, access to medicines and patents, human rights and health, advocacy, qualitative interviews and interview styles, FGDs, participant observation, research with children)

COVID-19 research

Berner-Rodoreda, A., Baum, N., Ganten, M. K., Hoegl, H., Zangerl, K., & Bärnighausen, T. (2025). “I THINK, SHE DOES NOT KNOW THIS ANY MORE”: CHILD AGENCY NEGOTIATED THROUGH THE DYNAMICS OF FAMILY INTERACTIONS IN GERMANY DURING COVID-19. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 16(4), 99-120.

Böhm-González, S.T., Detemple, S., Gruß, J., Kribs, A.,  Berner-Rodoreda, A., Härtel, C., Dötsch, J. and Weyersberg, A. "“A word that describes it well is ‘lonely’”–Experiencing preterm birth during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: A qualitative study." Early Human Development 204 (2025): 106229.

Nguyễn, V. K.*, Berner-Rodoreda, A.*, Baum, N., & Bärnighausen, T. (2024). “Empathy for children is often missing”: a mixed methods analysis of a German forum on COVID-19 pandemic measures. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 2795. *joint first authors

Berner-Rodoreda A, Baum N, Wachinger J, Zangerl, K et al. 2024. Taking emic and etic to the family level: interlinking parents’ and children’s COVID-19 views and experiences in Germany. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1595.

Berner-Rodoreda A, Baum N, Zangerl K, Wachinger J et al. 2023. “I couldn’t see my friends; the internet was bad, and I hardly went out”—Insights into children’s and adolescents’ experiences of COVID-19 in Germany. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 18(1)
 

HIV-related research

Berner-Rodoreda, A., Chione, B., Ngwira, E., Dambe, R., Phiri, S., Bärnighausen, T., ... & Neuhann, F. (2025). Stakeholder communication and client understanding of viral load suppression in Blantyre, Malawi—What role did U= U play before the flip the script campaign?. PLoS One, 20(12), e0334337.

Goymann, H., Berner-Rodoreda, A., Mavuso, M., McMahon, S., Matse, S., Jahn, A., & Bärnighausen, K. (2025). “If I wasn’t a pastor, I would be telling them about condoms, contraceptives and PrEP”—conflicts, dilemmas and credibility: qualitative insights from religious leaders and the promotion of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Eswatini. BMJ Global Health, 10(4).

O’Bryan, G., Huwa, J., Sande, O., Thawani, A., Berner-Rodoreda, A., Tweya, H., ... & Feldacker, C. (2025). “If he returns, receive him because he has realized that he needs assistance”: A qualitative study exploring preferences for retention on antiretroviral therapy support in Malawi among Lighthouse Clinic clients. Plos one, 20(5), e0324273.

Bärnighausen K, Berner-Rodoreda A, McGowan M, Reñosa MD et al. 2024. ‘You Can Get That Person on ART but You Can’t Give Them Back Their Social System’: A Qualitative Analysis of Voluntary Assisted Partner Notification for HIV for Marginalised and Vulnerable Populations. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), 23, 23259582241272059.

McGowan M, Bärnighausen K, Berner-Rodoreda A, McMahon SA et al. 2024. “The targets…are driving the agenda and that probably needs to change": stakeholder perspectives on HIV partner notification in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Public Health. 24(1):521. 

Kiruthu-Kamamia C, Berner-Rodoreda A, O’Bryan G, Sande O et al. 2024. “We have been so patient because we know where we are coming from” Exploring the acceptability and feasibility of a mobile electronic medical record system designed for community-based antiretroviral therapy in Lilongwe, Malawi. medRxiv.

Orii L, Wilson, KS, Huwa J, Kiruthu-Kamamia, C….Berner-Rodoreda, A et al (2023). “They provide the right kind of support.” A qualitative study of preferences for differentiated service delivery location among recipients of antiretroviral therapy at Lighthouse Trust in Lilongwe, Malawi. medRxiv, 2023-12.

Berner-Rodoreda A, Vandormael A, Bärnighausen K, Mavuso M, .; Dlamini, P; Matse, S.; Hettema, A.; Bärnighausen, T; and McMahon, S.A. 2023. “Cultural Repertoires and Situated Selections as an Alternative Framework to Hegemonic Masculinities: Findings From Eswatini.” American Journal of Men’s Health 17(1): 15579883231152110. https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883231152110.

Berner-Rodoreda, A.; Ngwira, E., Alhassan, Y; Chione, B.; Dambe, R.; Bärnighausen, T.; Phiri, S.; Taegtmeyer, M. and Neuhann, F. 2021. “‘Deadly’, ‘Fierce’, ‘Shameful’: Notions of Antiretroviral Therapy, Stigma and Masculinities Intersecting Men’s Life-Course in Blantyre, Malawi.” BMC Public Health 21(1): 2247. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12314-2.

Berner-Rodoreda, A.; Geldsetzer, P.; Bärnighausen K.; Hettema, A.; Bärnighausen, T.; Matse, S. and McMahon, S. A. 2020. “It’s Hard for Us Men to Go to the Clinic. We Naturally Have a Fear of Hospitals.” Men’s Risk Perceptions, Experiences and Program Preferences for PrEP: A Mixed Methods Study in Eswatini“. PLOS ONE 15(9): e0237427.

Berner-Rodoreda A, Neuenroth C. 2016. The Burden of Breadwinning: Transformative Masculinities in the Context of HIV, Violence against Women and Gender Inequality. Berlin: Brot für die Welt.

Schüle, E, Berner-Rodoreda A. 2010. HIV & AIDS, Gender and Domestic Violence: Implications for Policy and Practice. Brot für die Welt/DIFÄM
 

Health Policies, Political Declarations and EU Global Health Policy

Skordis, J., Froeschl, G., Baldi, S. L., Berner-Rodoreda, A., Casamitjana, N., Cobelens, F., ... & Plasència, A. (2025). The EU global health strategy: from policy to implementation. Global Health Research and Policy, 10(1), 8.

Renganathan, E., Tediosi, F., Abecasis, A., Bassat, Q., Berner-Rodoreda, A., Casamitjana, N., ... & Skordis, J. (2025). Balancing Equity and Global Health Security Towards a Fair and Effective Pandemic Agreement. International Journal of Public Health, 70, 1608581.

Berner-Rodoreda A, Bassat Q, Rocamora A, Raviglione M et al. 2024. “Europe needs to urgently implement an outward looking Global Health Strategy”. The Lancet Regional Health–Europe, 45.

Berner-Rodoreda A, Cobelens F, Vandamme A-M, Froeschl G et al. 2024. “Transferable data exclusivity vouchers are not the solution to the antimicrobial drug development crisis: a commentary on the proposed EU pharma regulation”. BMJ Glob Health 9:e014605

Luchuo EB, Berner-Rodoreda A, McMahon SA, Sarker M, et al. 2022. “One Lesson of COVID-19: Conduct More Health Policy Trials.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(24): e2119887119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119887119.

Berner-Rodoreda A, McMahon S, Eyal N, Hossain P et al. 2022. “Consent Requirements for Testing Health Policies: An Intercontinental Comparison of Expert Opinions.” Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 17(3):346-361. https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646221076764

Villa S, van Leeuwen R, Gray CC, van der Sande M…Berner-Rodoreda A et al. 2021. HERA: a new era for health emergency preparedness in Europe? The Lancet, 397(10290), 2145-2147.

Berner-Rodoreda A, and Jahn A. 2021. “Commercial Influence on Political Declarations: The Crucial Distinction Between Consultation and Negotiation and the Need for Transparency in Lobbying; Comment on ‘Competing Frames in Global Health Governance: An Analysis of Stakeholder Influence on the Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases.’” International Journal of Health Policy and Management. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_4136.html

Berner-Rodoreda A, Rehfuess EA, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Cobelens F et al. 2019. “Where Is the ‘Global’ in the European Union’s Health Research and Innovation Agenda?” BMJ Global Health 4/5: e001559. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001559
 

Deliberative Interview Style

Sy F, Berner-Rodoreda A, Asnake T, Getnet M et al. 2023. “Exploring Computer-Aided Health Decision-Making on Cervical Cancer Interventions through Deliberative Interviews in Ethiopia.” Npj Digital Medicine 6(1): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-023-00808-9

Berner-Rodoreda A, Bärnighausen T, Eyal N, Sarker M et al. 2021.“‘Thought Provoking’, ‘Interactive’, and ‘More like a Peer Talk’: Testing the Deliberative Interview Style in Germany.” SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 1: 100007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2021.100007.

Berner-Rodoreda A,  Bärnighausen T, Kennedy C, Brinkmann S et al. From Doxastic to Epistemic: A Typology and Critique of Qualitative Interview Styles. Qualitative Inquiry. 2018 Nov 28:1077800418810724.
 

Other Research

Maina, T. W., Williams, C., Jaenisch, T., Bärnighausen, T., Berner-Rodoreda, A., & Bärnighausen, K. (2025). “Heat is a danger to my health even though I said I am used to it”: Qualitative insights of workplace heat among community health workers and health promoters in Kenya. PLOS Climate, 4(12), e0000748.

Schwerdtle, P. N., Devine, C., Berner-Rodoreda, A., McMahon, S. A., & Bärnighausen, K. (2025). Adapting to climate change: strategies and perspectives from humanitarian health workers–A qualitative study. The Journal of Climate Change and Health, 23, 100373.

Berner-Rodoreda A, Casamitjana N, Froeschl G, Kyobutungi C et al. 2023. Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity as Drivers of Global Health—Recommendations for Global Health Research, Education, and Practice. In Global Health Essentials (pp. 501-505). Cham: Springer Int. Publishing.

Berner-Rodoreda A, Kanyama C, Supady A, & Bärnighausen T. 2023. Cardiovascular Diseases. In Global Health Essentials (pp. 157-162). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Antia, K., Berner-Rodoreda, A., & Winkler, V. 2022. Parental migration and left-behind children in Georgia–school teachers’ experience and perception: a qualitative study. BMC public health, 22(1), 2077.

Schnieders E, Röhr F, Mbewe M, Shanzi A, Berner-Rodoreda A  et al. 2022. “Real-Life Evaluation of an Interactive Versus Noninteractive e-Learning Module on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease for Medical Licentiate Students in Zambia: Web-Based, Mixed Methods Randomized Controlled Trial.” JMIR Medical Education 8, 1: e34751. https://doi.org/10.2196/34751.