Dr. Louise Biddle

Dr. Louise Biddle

Research Associate of the

German Socio-Economic Panel study Research Infrastructure

Contact

+49 30 89789 - 380
lbiddle@diw.de
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Research Topics and Working Areas

Louise Biddle joined the Socio-economic Panel (SOEP) in 2023 as a post-doctoral researcher on the project SUARE (Longitudinal study on refugees from Ukraine in Germany), focusing on aspects of discrimination and health. She holds an MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a PhD in Public Health from Bielefeld University. Her research focuses on the social and contextual determinants of health for refugees and migrants, including housing, social networks, discrimination, regional deprivation, health systems and asylum policy.

Publications

SSM - Population Health

Effect of Area-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation on Mental and Physical Health: A Longitudinal Natural Experiment among Refugees in Germany

2024 | Biddle LR, Bozorgmehr K
EClinicalMedicine

Context, Health and Migration: A Systematic Review of Natural Experiments

2023 | Biddle LR, Hintermeier M, Costa D, Wasko Z, Bozorgmehr K
PLoS ONE

The patient journey of newly arrived asylum seekers and responsiveness of care: A qualitative study in Germany

2022 | Biddle LR, Ziegler S, Baron J, Flory L, Bozorgmehr K
Journal of Health Monitoring

Monitoring the health and healthcare provision for refugees in collective accommodation centres: Results of the population based survey RESPOND

2021 | Biddle LR, Hintermeier M, Mohsenpour A, Sand M, Bozorgmehr K
DIW Berlin - Politikberatung kompakt 204 / 2025

Lebenssituation und Teilhabe ukrainischer Geflüchteter in Deutschland: Ergebnisse der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung

2025| Herausgeberinnen: Yuliya Kosyakova, Nina Rother, Sabine Zinn, Autor*innen: Susanne Bartig, Louise Biddle, Matteo Jacques Büsche, Adriana Cardozo Silva, Philippa Cumming, Jan Eckhard, Kseniia Gatskova, Theresa Koch, Yuliya Kosyakova, Andrea Marchitto, Silvia Schwanhäuser, Manuel Siegert, Elena Sommer, Felix Süttmann, Kerstin Tanis, Nina Rother, Sabine Zinn
DIW Weekly Report 12 / 2024

Extended Restrictions to Health Care Entitlements for Refugees: Negative Health Consequences without the Anticipated Savings

2024| Louise Biddle
DIW Wochenbericht 12 / 2024

Verlängerte Leistungseinschränkungen für Geflüchtete: Negative Konsequenzen für Gesundheit – erhoffte Einsparungen dürften ausbleiben

2024| Louise Biddle
Refereed essays Web of Science

Impact of Social Isolation on Mental Health Changes by Socio-Economic Status: A Moderated Mediation Analysis among Non-migrant, Migrant, and Refugee Subpopulations in Germany, 2016–2020

In: SSM - Population Health 31 (2025), 101822, 16 S. | Victoria Touzel, Doreen Reifegerste, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Louise Biddle
Refereed essays Web of Science

Health System Resilience in the Context of Forced Migration: A Qualitative Framework Analysis of Germany’s Crisis Responses in 2015 and 2020

In: Social Science & Medicine 381 (2025), 118174, 10 S. | Rosa Jahn, Clara Perplies, Eilin Rast, Louise Biddle, Andreas W. Gold, Kayvan Bozorgmehr
Refereed essays Web of Science

Primary Healthcare Models for Refugees Involving Nurses: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis

In: BMJ Global Health 10 (2025), e018105, 17 S. | Andreas W. Gold, Clara Perplies, Louise Biddle, Kayvan Bozorgmehr
Refereed essays Web of Science

Perceived Discrimination Among Migrants in Germany: Does Social Capital Moderate Harmful Effects on Mental Health?

In: Social Science & Medicine 370 (2025), 117854, 13 S. | Louise Biddle, Barbara Stacherl, Ellen Heidinger
Refereed essays Web of Science

Housing and Health: A Multidimensional, Qualitative Analysis of the Experiences of Asylum Seekers and Refugees Living in German Reception Centres

In: SSM - Qualitative Research in Health 5 (2024), 100407, 10 S. | Eilin Rast, Maren Hintermeier, Kayvan Bozorgmehr, Louise Biddle

Lectures

Vortrag

Discrimination Against Migrants in Germany: Does Social Capital Moderate Harmful Effects on Mental Health?

Luise Biddle
Dresden, 08.09.2024 - 13.09.2024| Gesundheit – gemeinsam denken, forschen, handeln: Kooperationstagung der GMDS, DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS und DGPH
Vortrag

Pre- & Post-migration Determinants of Health among Ukrainian Refugees in Germany: A Cross-sectional Comparative Analysis with Recently Arrived Refugees from Other Countries of Origin

Luise Biddle
Dresden, 08.09.2024 - 13.09.2024| Gesundheit – gemeinsam denken, forschen, handeln: Kooperationstagung der GMDS, DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS und DGPH
Vortrag

Potential for Analyses - Health Literacy

Luise Biddle
Berlin, 16.05.2024 - 17.05.2024| Kick-off-Event for the Project “Longitudinal Study on Refugeesfrom Ukraine in Germany (SUARE)": Kooperationstagung der GMDS, DGSMP, DGEpi, DGMS und DGPH
Vortrag

Using Natural Experiments among Migrant Populations to Elucidate Causal Effects of Neighbourhood and Policy Contexts on Health

Luise Biddle
Heidelberg, 14.04.2024 | Global Health Economics Seminar, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
Vortrag

Effect of Regional Deprivation on Mental and PhysicalHealth: A Longitudinal Natural Experiment among Refugees in Germany

Louise Biddle, Kayvan Bozorgmehr
Cottbus, 29.02.2024 - 01.03.2024| The Power of WhereSpatial Insights from Survey Data: Joint Spring Meeting of BBSR, BTU & SOEP RegioHub

Research Projects

Research Project

IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees in Germany

Current Project| German Socio-Economic Panel study
Research Project

Longitudinal Study of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany (SUARE)

Current Project| German Socio-Economic Panel study
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