[citation needed] From 2008 to 2019, Kickbusch served as director of the Global Health Programme[7] at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
[8] Today, Kickbusch teaches regularly at several academic institutions including the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
She also advises organisations, government agencies and the private sector on policies and strategies to promote health at the national, European and international level.
[10] Also since 2018, she has been serving on the joint World Bank/WHO Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), co-chaired by Elhadj As Sy and Gro Harlem Brundtland.
She was the founding editor of the journal Health Promotion International (Oxford University Press) and serves as the chair emerita of the editorial board.
In 2007, she was appointed Adelaide Thinker in Residence[14] for the subject area 'Healthy societies' at the invitation of the Premier of South Australia Mike Rann.
During this residency, she developed a special 'health lens' approach to Health in All Policies, which has been implemented in South Australia for several years now.
[citation needed] Kickbusch has been a leader in developing the concept of health literacy and seeking to strengthen it through research and programmes.
She has been an advocate for citizen participation in health and has been instrumental in creating the new European Network On Patient Empowerment (ENOPE).
Flagship courses are held regularly in Geneva, and have also been conducted in cooperation with local partners in China, Indonesia, Kenya, the USA and Canada.