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Prof. Dr. phil. Ines Himmelsbach
Vice Rector for Research, Head of IAF, Head of the Program Applied Gerontology, Professor
Kontakt
- +49 761 200-1450
- ines.himmelsbach@kh-freiburg.de
- Raum: 2410
Appointment: Social Gerontology
Function: Vice-Rector for Research
Director of IAF - Institute für Applied Research
Department Head of Applied Gerontology
Professor
Office Hours: Appointments per ILIAS
Professional career
- Vice-Rector for Research, KH Freiburg (2020)
- Director of IAF - Institute für Applied Research (Institut für Angewandte Forschung), KH Freiburg
- Department Head of Applied Gerontology, KH Freiburg (2019)
- Acting Director of the IAF - Institute für Applied Research, Development and Con-tinuing Education (Institut für Angewandte Forschung, Entwicklung und Weiter-bildung
- Since 3/2014 Professor for Social Gerontology at the KH Freiburg
- Research Assistant in the field of interdisciplinary aging sciences (Director: Prof. Dr. Frank Oswald), Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main (2009-2014)
- PHD in Faculty of Educational Sciences at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main (2008)
- Research Assistant in the forum for ageing sciences und policies for the elderly at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main (2006-2009)
- Research assistant at German Centre of Gerontology, Heidelberg (2003-2005)
- “Magistra Artium” (German academic title) in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Romance Philology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main (2003)
- “Magister” (German academic title) in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Ro-mance Philology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main(2001-2003);
- Research Assistant at the German Centre of Gerontology, Heidelberg (2000 – 2003)
- “Magister” (German academic title) in the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Ro-mance Philology, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg (1998-2001)
Work and research focus
- Gerontological foundations
- Education in old age
- Living in old age
- Health in old age
- Aging with loss of skills, especially visual impairment in old age
- qualitative methods of social research, especially biographical-reconstructive methods
Cooperations
- Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Prof. Dr. Frank Oswald
- Insituto Superior de Servico Social de Porto, Prof. Dr. José Alberto Reis
- Trinity College Dublin, Prof. Dr. Iracema Leroi
- Katholische Stiftungshochschule München, Prof. Dr. Martina Wolfinger
- European University Cyprus, Prof. Dr. Chryssoula Thodi
Teaching and research projects
- SENSE Cog
- Zukunft Alter - Scientific continuing education and group leader in applied geron-tology
- AQUILA
- DiBiWohn
- Dying where you live and are at home
- Doctoral program in health services research