Dr Piotr Ozieranski
Research affiliations
- Social Science Applied to Healthcase Improvement Research (SAPPHIRE) Group
- Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
- Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw
Profile
Piotr joined the Department of Social and Policy Sciences as a Prize Fellow in March 2013. He previously worked as a Research Associate at the Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research (SAPPHIRE) Group at the Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester.
Piotr earned his PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge (2007-2012). Prior to this, he did an MA in Sociology at the University of Warsaw (2002-2007).
Piotr’s research looks at decision-making mechanisms, especially in policy areas with important implications for public health. He is interested in how expert knowledge is generated, supplied, and utilised in the policy process. In analysing these themes, he considers complex relationships between public institutions, private economic actors, think-tanks and non-governmental organisations.
Research interests
- Sociological theories of the state
- Theories of the policy process
- Governance of scientific expertise
- Regulation of risk
- Better regulation
- Lobbying
- Pharmaceuticals
- Health technology assessment
- Postcommunist transition
Publications
Articles
Ozieranski, P., McKee, M. and King, L., 2012. The politics of health technology assessment in Poland. Health Policy, 108 (2-3), pp. 178-193.
Ozieranski, P., King, L. and McKee, M., 2012. Pharmaceutical lobbying under postcommunism : Universal or country-specific methods of securing state drug reimbursement in Poland? Health Economics, Policy and Law, 7 (2), pp. 175-195.
Ozieranski, P., 2006. O zwiazkach ewaluacji i socjotechniki. Polityka Spoleczna, 382 (1), pp. 18-22.
