Andreas Kruse

Biography

Studies in Psychology, Philosophy (Universities of Aachen and Bonn) and Music (State Conservatory, Cologne). Doctoral degree in Psychology (Bonn University, summa cum laude et egregia). Habilitation treatise in Psychology (Heidelberg University).1982 - 1986: Scientific Assistant at the Institute of Psychology (Universität Bonn), 1986-1991:  Scientific Assistant at the Institute of Gerontology (Heidelberg University). Visiting professor at Freie Universität Berlin, Heidelberg University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Copenhagen, and the University of Lund. Professor (chair) in Developmental Psychology and founding director of the Institute of Psychology (Greifswald University).

Research Interest

Gero-Psychosomatic medicine (DFG) Quality of life with dementia (BMFSFJ) Individual rehabilitation and care in patients with dementia (BMBF) Development of assisted technology (BMBF) Beacon project regarding the quality of life in patients with dementia (BMG) Gerontological orthopedagogy (Robert Bosch Foundation) Geriatric research regarding the potential for rehabilitation (AOK Baden-Wurttemberg) Terminal care in the context of general medical care (BMAS) Development of structural provisions for the work with the older persons in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine (EVZ, Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future) Development of structural provisions for the work with the older persons in Latin America (EU) Interdisciplinary research in the Humanities regarding borderline situations in the process of aging (in co-operation with the Institute of European Ethnology of the University of Marburg and the Institute of Philosophy of Dresden Technical University; funded by Volkswagen Foundation) Transcultural comparison of concepts of aging in seven countries (Robert Bosch Foundation) Qualification of older employees (BMAS, Robert Bosch Foundation) Analysis and description of the situation of patients in Germany and Europe suffering from the long-term aftereffects of thalidomide (National Study on Contergan; funded by the Contergan Foundation) The Potential of Aging – Development of novel concepts in the domain of aging (private and public) from an intercultural perspective (Körber Foundation)