Behavioural and Social Scientist focusing on health and social policy.
Dr Christoph Henking is a Behavioural and Social Scientist at the JRC Competence Centre on Behavioural Insights. His work focuses on public health, employment, and social inequalities.
Christoph holds a PhD in Social Policy and Intervention from the University of Oxford, combined with his background in Social Psychology with an MSc from the London School of Economics. His research integrates experimental methods and large-scale secondary data to examine how human behaviour interacts with health and public policy.
Christoph’s expertise spans mental health (e.g., prevention, social determinants and healthcare systems), as well as cardiovascular health, vaccination, cancer screening, tobacco, and emergency preparedness. Further, he studies how labour market dynamics and benefit conditionality shape health inequalities and wellbeing across European countries. Throughout his work, Christoph also examines the implications of emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, for mental well-being.
Prior to joining the JRC, Christoph was a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Society and Mental Health at King’s College London. He has also worked with the Behavioural and Cultural Insights team at the WHO Regional Office for Europe and at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and as a public sector consultant and advisor in Berlin, focusing on organisational reform, digital transformation, and behavioural insights in policy.