Professor of Psychological Gerontology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Born on 26 of August 1955 in Aachen, married to
Sylvia Kruse with two children. Study of Psychology,
Philosophy and Music at the universities of Aachen
and Bonn and the Academy of Music in Cologne. Doctoral
thesis in Psychology on 'Structures of experience
and behavior in chronic diseases' at the University
of Bonn, Habilitation in Psychology on 'Competence
in old age Ô relationships to objective and subjectively
perceived aspects of life situation' at the University
of Heidelberg. Foundation director, foundation professor
and chair of Lifespan Psychology and Pedagogical
Psychology at the Psychological Institute of the
University of Greifswald [1993-1997], since 1997
director of the Gerontological Institute and chair
of Gerontology of the University of Heidelberg.
International and national grants. 1st International
Presidential Award of the International Association
of Gerontology, Max B¹rger Preis of the German Society
for Gerontology and Geriatrics, 1st Intergenerational
Award of the federal state Rhineland-Palatinate,
medical and psychological awards. The Gerontological
Institute of the University of Heidelberg is a Collaboration
Center of the World Health Organization [Geneva].
Guest professorships at the universities of Jerusalem,
Copenhagen and Lund. Main research interests: Competence
in old age, productive aging, consequences of demographic
change, rehabilitation, intervention research, palliative
medicine and palliative care, ethical questions.Third-party
funds received from European Commission, German
Ministry for Science and Technology, German Ministry
for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth,
German Ministry for Work and Social Affairs, German
Ministry for Health and Social Security, German
Research Foundation, Federal Ministry for Science
and Arts of Baden W¹rttemberg, Robert Bosch Foundation. |
