Marvin Reuter has been Junior Professor of Sociology, especially Work and Health, at the University of Bamberg since March 2023. From 2017 to 2023, he was a research associate at the Institute of Medical Sociology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

Marvin Reuter studied German Studies and Sociology (B.A.) from 2012 to 2015 and Social Sciences (M.A.) from 2015 to 2017 at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. In 2021, he received his doctorate in Public Health (Dr. PH) from the university's Faculty of Medicine. His doctoral dissertation examined the relationship between precarious employment and health in Europe.

For his dissertation, he received the Faculty of Medicine Award at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf for the best doctoral dissertation of 2021. In 2022, he was awarded the Early Career Award of the German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS). In 2026, he received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for the research project FIELDS – “Fields of Education as New Drivers of Health Inequalities”.

Marvin Reuter's research lies at the intersection of medical sociology, social epidemiology and the sociology of work. His work focuses on how social, occupational and institutional conditions shape health across the life course and contribute to the emergence of health inequalities. A particular emphasis is placed on working and employment conditions as well as on the role of different educational pathways for health. Methodologically, he primarily works with large longitudinal datasets and quantitative methods for causal analysis.

FIELDS – Fields of Education as New Drivers of Health Inequalities (ERC Starting Grant, 2027–2031)
From January 2027, Marvin Reuter will lead the FIELDS research project, funded by the European Research Council with approximately €1.5 million. The project investigates how fields of study and vocational training influence physical and mental health across the life course. It focuses on three potential mechanisms: labour market conditions, health behaviours and social relationships. To this end, six large longitudinal studies from Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Korea and Australia will be analysed comparatively.

Occupational Epidemiological Analyses of Selected Infectious Diseases (BAuA F2597)
Since 2025, Marvin Reuter has led a research project commissioned by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) on occupational differences in the risk of various infectious diseases among the German working population. The project is based on longitudinal data from the German National Cohort (NAKO) and is conducted in collaboration with research partners at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and TU Dresden.

German National Cohort (NAKO)
Marvin Reuter is a member of Expert Group 16 “Social and Occupational Factors, Migration” of the German National Cohort (NAKO) and contributes to various analysis and publication projects on social, occupational and migration-related health inequalities.

2020–2022: Principal investigator of a BAuA-funded research project on occupational differences in the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease in Germany (BAuA F2515).

2019–2022: Research on health inequalities during the school-to-work transition within the DFG Research Unit 2723 “Institutional Contexts, Health and Health Inequalities among Young People”.

2017–2019: German-Italian collaborative research project on job insecurity and health among young employees in Europe (BRiC 47).

Marvin Reuter regularly serves as a reviewer for academic journals and research funding organisations. Since 2024, he has been a member of the Editorial Board of BMC Public Health.

As a reviewer of research grant proposals, he has served, among others, for the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture. In 2026, he also served as a Panel Member for the Research Council of Norway.

He has served or currently serves as a reviewer for, among others: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Das Gesundheitswesen, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Journal for Labour Market Research, Preventive Medicine, European Journal of Ageing, European Sociological Review, BMJ Occupational & Environmental Medicine, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Social Science & Medicine, Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Emerging Adulthood, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Acta Sociologica, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Indicators Research

Marvin Reuter is a member of the Executive Board of the Institute of Sociology and a member of the Examination Board for the Master's programme in Public Health. Together with Daniel Drewski, he has organised the Institute of Sociology's research colloquium since the winter semester 2024/25.

• German Society for Medical Sociology (DGMS)
• German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi)