Publications & Presentations

  • Hansl, N., and Paul, K. T. (2025). ‘My baby does not even drink water yet’: risk work in vaccination consultations. Health, Risk & Society, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2025.2601968
  • Zhikharevich, D. and Paul, K.T. (2025) From jurisdiction to veridiction: Expertise and economization of immunization policy in the United States, Economy & Society, 54(2), pp. 310–333. doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2025.2517951.
  • Paul, K. T., Pichelstorfer, A., and Zhikharevich, D. M. (2026). Making vaccines investable in preclinical vaccine R&D. Journal of Cultural Economy, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2025.2585116
  • Hansl, N. and Paul, K.T. (2025) “That’s a tricky question”: perceptions of mandatory vaccination among parents and paediatricians in Austria, Health Policy, 157, pp. 105331–105331. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105331.
  • Paul, K.T. (2025) Towards a new policy analytical methodology in the study of vaccination governance: from values to valuations, Policy & Politics, pp. 1–21. doi.org/10.1332/03055736Y2025D000000069.
  • Radhuber, I., Kieslich, K., Paul, K.T., Saxinger, G., Ferstl, S., Kraus, D., Roberts, S., Varabyeu Kancelová, N., Prainsack, B. (2025) Why ‘Inclusive Policymaking’ Is Needed During Crises: COVID-19 and Social Divisions in Austria, Social Science & Medicine Qualitative Methods. Qualitative research in health, 7, p. 100539. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2025.100539.
  • Paul, K.T., Pichelstorfer, A., Hansl, N., Martin, M., Pucker, P.M., Zhikarevich, D. (2024) “’I can’t see the forest for the ticks, uhm, trees …”: The role of online forums in parents’ vaccination trajectories, Social Science & Medicine, 357, p. 117183. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117183.
  • Druglitrø, T., Paul, K. T. and Pichelstorfer, A. (2023) Tracing data flows in Norway and Austria: A Comparative Study of Vaccination Data Governance, Science & Technology Studies, 37(4), pp. 2–20. doi.org/10.23987/sts.120252.
  • Zimmermann, B.M., Paul, K.T., Janny, A., Butt, Z. (2023) Between information campaign and controversy: a quantitative newspaper content analysis about COVID-19 vaccination in Switzerland and Austria. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 52(3), pp. 253–261. doi.org/10.1177/14034948231195388.
  • Zimmermann, B.M., Paul, K.T., Araújo, E.R., Buyx, A., Ferstl, S., Fiske, A., Kraus, D., Marelli, L., McLennan, S., Porta, V., Prainsack, B., Radhuber, I.M., Saxinger, G. (2023) The social and socio political embeddedness of COVID-19 vaccination decision-making: A five-country qualitative interview study from Europe. Vaccine, 41(12), pp. 2084-2092. doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.012.
  • Radhuber, I., Haddad, C., Kieslich, K., Paul, K.T., Prainsack, B., El-Sayed, S., Schlogl, L., Spahl, W., Weiss, E. (2024) Citizenship in times of crisis: biosocial state–citizen relations during COVID‑19 in Austria. BioSocieties, 19, pp. 326–351. doi.org/10.1057/s41292-023-00304-z.
  • Paul, K.T. and Haddad, C. (2022) The Pandemic As We Know It: A policy studies perspective on ignorance and nonknowledge in COVID-19 governance. in: McGoey, L. & M. Gross (eds.) Routledge International Handbook Of Ignorance Studies, p. 221-233 (Open access).

Earlier relevant publications by the team

  • Attwell, K., K.T. Paul and M. Rizzi (2022) Consolidating a Research Agenda for Vaccine Mandates, Vaccine (online first).
  • Walcherberger, C. , J.-M. Eberl, J. Partheymüller, K.T. Paul, and T.A. Stamm (2022) COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and gender. European Journal of Politics and Gender (online first).
  • Pichelstorfer, A. and K.T. Paul (2022) Unpacking the Role of Metrics in Global Vaccination Governance. International Political Sociology (online first).
  • Paul, K.T., B. Zimmermann et al (2021) Anticipating hopes, fears and expectations towards COVID-19 vaccines: A qualitative interview study in seven European countries, Social Science & Medicine Qualitative Methods (online first).
  • Lehner, L., Gribi, J., Hoffmann, K., K.T. Paul, and R. Kutalek (2021) Beyond the “information deficit model” – understanding vaccine-hesitant attitudes of midwives in Austria: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 21, 1671 (online first).
  • Paul, K.T., A. Janny and K. Riesinger (2021) Austria’s Digital Vaccination Registry: Stakeholder Views and Implications for Governance. Vaccines 2021, 9(12), 1495.
  • Paul, K.T., J.-M. Eberl and J. Partheymüller (2021) Policy-Relevant Attitudes Toward Covid-19 Vaccination: Associations with Demography, Health Risk, and Social and Political Factors. Frontiers in Public Health (vol 9 2021).
  • Datta, S., Kieslich, K., Paul, K.T., Samuels, G., and B. Prainsack (2021). Rethinking value construction in biomedicine and health care. Biosocieties, online first.
  • Paul, K.T. and Loer, K. (2019). Contemporary vaccination policy in the European Union: tensions and dilemmas. Journal of Public Health Policy, 4(2), 166–179.