Current Research Projects
"Greifbares Glück" – Evaluation of the use of tovertables
Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. phil. Eric Schmitt, Dr. phil Sebastian Ritzi
Projektkoordination: Anna Kiefer
Gefördert durch: Dietmar-Hopp-Stiftung
Re-SPEKT
Project Leadership: Dr. phil Stefanie Wiloth
Project Coordination: Monika Obermeier
Project Staff: Dr. Monika Obermeier, Ietza Zepeda Brenes, Maike Hadenfeldt, Katharina Lohner
Project Partnerships: Verband Region Rhein-Neckar (VRRN)
Funding by: Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung, Bauwesen (BMWSB) und Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
RADIUS - Ethical discourses on aging in the field of robotics and digital technology (2020-2023)
HeiAge - sub project
Principal investigators: Dr. phil. Sonja Ehret, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Kruse
Funding: Carl-Zeiss Stiftung
Official project website: https://orb.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/heiage/
New concept for open help for the elderly - senior citizens' meetings in Mannheim (2021-2022)
Projektleitung: Dr. phil. Sonja Ehret
Gefördert durch: Stadt Mannheim
DiBiWohn. Digital educational Processes for elderly Persons in senior-specific Living Arrangements of Caring Institutions (2020-2025)
Project Leadership: Prof. Dr. Michael Doh (since 09/2021 Project coordination: Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg)
Chair Project Advisory Board: Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Wahl (Netzwork Aging Research, Heidelberg University)
Project Advisory Board: List
Project Coordination: David Leopold, M.A.
Project Staff: Dr. Mario Jokisch, Linda Göbl, M.Sc., Joshua Schlichting
Project Partnerhips: Katholische Hochschule Freiburg, Zentrum für Allgemeine Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (ZAWiW) der Universität Ulm, Stiftung MedienKompetenz Forum Südwest (MKFS), Ludwigshafen, Evangelische Heimstiftung GmbH Stuttgart.
Funding by: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Forschungsschwerpunkt Digitalisierung im Bildungsbereich des BMBF-Rahmenprogramms empirische Bildungsforschung. Förderkennzeichen: 01JD1908A.
Letter to a Grandchild - Cross-cultural comparison of old age adults‘ wisdom legacy
Principal Investigator in Germany: Dr. phil. Sonja Ehret
Partners: Prof. Dr. Elzbieta Dryll (Initiator and Principal Investigator), University of Warszaw, Prof. Dr. Anna Cierpka, University of Warszaw, Dr. Urszula Tokarska, University of Krakow, Prof. Dr. Iva Holmerowa, Charles University Praha, Prof. Dr. Kate de Medeiros, Miami University
Funding: 4EU Alliance, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
H.I.L.D.E.-QS - Measuring quality of care of gerontopsychiatric patients in the context of MDK quality checks (2014 - 2015)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Kruse
Research Group: Dipl.-Geront. Inga Meyer-Kühling und Britta Wendelstein, M.A.
Partner: Medical Advisory Service of the German Social Health Insurance (MDS), Essen
Funding: GKV-Spitzenverbrand, Berlin
Communication problems and conflicts in palliative care An explorative research project to improve the quality of care at the end of life
Research Group: Britta Wendelstein, M.A.
Partners: Osnabrück University, Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Hartmut Remmers, M.A.
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
ECHO OF GENERATIONS Endowing intergenerational relations – contacts between the oldest old and young people (2014-2016)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Kruse, Dr. Sonja Ehret, Prof. Dr. Eric Schmitt
Research Group: Dr. Sonja Ehret (Coordination and contact), Scientific assistant: Dipl. Psych. Martina Koleva, Philipp Kempf M.A., Peter Güyveszi B.A., Student assistants: Miriam Fehmann
Financed by: Dietmar Hopp Stiftung
In collaboration with different cooperation partners in five model communes
CARE AND THINGS - Objects and their Significance in Past and Present Nursing Practice (2014-2017)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Kruse
Research Group: Dr. Carolin Kollewe and Dr. Anamaria Depner
Financed by: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
S-Mobil 100 - Mobile until old age. Seamless mobility chains for the removal, avoidance and overcoming of barriers (2012-2015)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Kruse
Project Coordinatior: Dr. Judith Beil
Financed by: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
EVI-P / IVI-P - Improvement of Medical Services in Nursing Homes (2012 - 2015)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Johannes Schröder
Projekt Coordinator: Britta Wendelstein, M.A.
Financed by: Ministry for Social Policy, Baden-Württemberg
HD100-II - Second Heidelberg Centenarian Study (2011-2013)
Principal Investigator: Daniela S. Jopp, PhD
Project Coordinator: Vera d'Heureuse, Dipl.-Gerontol.
Funded by: Robert Bosch Stiftung and Dietmar Hopp Stiftung
KÖRBER SYMPOSIA Potential of the ageing population (2009-2013)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Kruse
Project Team: Dr. Carolin Kollewe (Project Coordinator), Michael Bolk, M.A.
Project Partners: Körber Foundation
ARISE - Applied Rehabilitation Research: Interdisciplinary Stroke Evaluation.
"Criteria for the Identification of Rehabilitation Potentials – Predictors for successful Rehabilitation in elderly Stroke Patients" (2003-2013)
Primary Investigator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andreas Kruse
Project Partner: AOK Baden-Württemberg
Financed by: AOK Baden-Württemberg
Wiesbaden Dementia Forum (since May 2007)
Secondary Research: Dr. Petra Schönemann-Gieck
Office: Social Service Office, Old-Aged Care Dept. Wiesbaden (Amt für soziale Arbeit, AbteilungAltenarbeit in Wiesbaden)
Financed by: Federal State of Hesse, State Capital Wiesbaden, organization of the German health care insurance funds, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit)
Wiesbaden Network for Geriatric Rehabilitation – GeReNet.Wi (since May 2007)
Secondary Research: Dr. Petra Schönemann-Gieck
Office: Social Service Office, Old-Aged Care Dept. Wiesbaden (Amt für soziale Arbeit, Abteilung Altenarbeit Wiesbaden)
Financed by: Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden und Land Hessen
