People

Some of my current and former collaborations

My doctoral students and collaborators at the Department of Psychological Gerontology, University of Vechta: Jasmin Kreft and Sonja Radoš. Dr. Babatola Dominic Olawa, a Humboldt Foundation Fellow, is currently finishing his stay with us.

Matthias Lühr is my former doctoral student, who recently completed his cumulative dissertation. Maike Luhmann is Professor of Psychological Methodology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. We collaborated in my project on psychosocial benefits of civic engagement

Rainer Silbereisen, former Director of the Center for Applied Developmental Science (CADS) and former Chair of Developmental Psychology, University of Jena, Germany, now Professor Emeritus, has been my primary collaborator for many years

Klaus Rothermund, Chair of General Psychology II, University of Jena, and his research associates, with whom I am collaborating on a project "Expectations for active ageing: When and how do they influence old-age outcomes?" (also with Rainer Silbereisen)

Lisa Marie Warner, Professor of Social Psychology at the Medical School Berlin. We are developing an intervention to foster civic and political engagement in old age.

Former colleagues and co-authors: Astrid Körner and Clemens Lechner

A PATHWAYS collaboration with the Finnish Educational Transitions Studies (FinEdu) team: Katariina Salmela-Aro, Florencia Sortheix, Mette Ranta from the Universities of Helsinki and Jyväskylä, Finland

Parissa Ballard from the Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA (we collaborated on a special issue on civic engagement across ages and cultures)

Everhard Holtmann and Tobias Jaeck from the Center for Social Research, University of Halle (together, we organized a survey on civic and political participation in Saxony-Anhalt)