Christina Klank

Research project

• DiBiWohn - Digital Educational Processes for Older People in Senior-Specific Residential Forms of Institutionalised Care for the Elderly

Professional Career

• 2012-2016: Studies of Educational Science and Psychology (B.A.) at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany
• 2014: Comenius University of Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2016-2020: Study of Educational Science - Teaching and Learning (M.A.) at the Albert Ludwig University Freiburg
• Since 2020: Academic assistant at the IAF of the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg
• Since 2023: Doctoral student at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 

Memberships in professional societies & networks

• German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics (DGGG) e.V.
• Working Group for Geragogy of the DGGG e.V.
• German Educational Research Association (GERA / DGfE) e.V. 
• Gerontological Society of America (GSA), New Member Section Outreach Volunteer 

Main areas of work and research

• Qualitative research, especially biographical research
• Education and learning in (old) age
• Social inequalities

Publications

Klank, C., de Vries, T., Balestrieri, M., Himmelsbach, I. & Doh, M. (2023). Qualitative Bildungsbiographieforschung mit älteren Menschen – ein Literaturreview. In I. Himmelsbach, & T. de Vries (Hrsg.), Analyse - Prognose - Innovation Inklusion: Bd 7. Gesundheit und Digitalisierung im Feld sozial- und gesundheitswissenschaftlicher Forschung. S. 138-172. Hartung-Gorre Verlag. https://dibiwohn.org/userfiles/pdf/API-Vol-7

Klank, C., Himmelsbach, I. & Doh, M. (2023). A Qualitative Case Study Focusing on the Relationship of Biography, Education, and ICT Use of Older Adults, Educational Gerontology, 49(5), 375-386. https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2023.2209447

Klank, C. (2023). Chancen ergreifen. Als studentische Hilfskraft in die Hochschulwelt eintauchen. Exposé - Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliches Schreiben und Publizieren, 4(1), 14–16. https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/expose/article/view/42095