09/08/2025

Change in the team:

Thank you Anna, welcome Lara & Tim

09/04/2025

New publication on communication patterns between older parents and adult children in Europe

How do older parents maintain contact with their adult children, given the many communication options made possible by digitalisation?

08/28/2025

New article by Robert Heidemann on the self-esteem of LGB individuals published

How does social change affect the self-esteem of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people in the second half of their lives?

08/21/2025

Summer activities at the department

While summer beckons outside, things are anything but quiet here:

08/14/2025

Today it's 34 degrees in Dortmund!

We're sending you a little cooling off with this winter photo!

08/07/2025

Coming Soon!

Look forward to an exciting special issue featuring the latest research in gerontology.

07/24/2025

Summer greetings

The lecture-free period is underway and summer vacation has also begun in North Rhine-Westphalia...

07/17/2025

First chair trip in 2015!

Today we take a look back at a special highlight: the very first chair excursion of our chair in 2015!

07/14/2025

50 years ParkAkademie Dortmund

On July 12, 2025, the ParkAkademie celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Ballet Center in Westfalenpark - and we were there!