Judith Tragesser mainly works in the subject fields health care policy, social policy and economic policy. She is specialised in evaluations, economic analyses and socio-empirical research (surveys as well as descriptive, multivariate and causal-analytical analysis methods).

She studied Economics with focus Social Sciences at the University of Cologne (DE). During her studies, she did several internships in the areas market research, opinion research and economic research. Subsequently, she worked as a junior project manager at the market research institute DocCheck. Alongside her work for INFRAS, she successfully completed the Master's Programme of Public Health (MPH) at the Universities of Zurich, Berne and Basle (CH).