Program 2012
6 months program at the MPIDR in Rostock
Introduction to Demography and Aging Research
Roland Rau, University of Rostock
Epidemiology of Aging and Disability
Gabriele Doblhammer, University of Rostock
Supercentenarians
Heiner Maier, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), International Max Planck Research School for Demography
The Historical Demography of Mortality
Jim Oeppen, MPIDR, Laboratory of Survival and Longevity
Introduction to Paleodemography
Svenja Weise, MPIDR, Laboratory of Survival and Longevity
The Evolution of Aging
Annette Baudisch and Alexander Scheuerlein, MPIDR, Max Planck Research Group: Modeling the Evolution of Aging and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biodemography
Health Inequalities: Principal Facts and Measurement Issues
Vladimir Shkolnikov, MPIDR, Laboratory of Demographic Data
Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Aging Research
Jutta Gampe, MPIDR, Laboratory of Statistical Demography
Affect Across the Lifespan: Dynamics and Competencies
Michaela Riediger, MPI for Human Development
Inequality in Later Life (Lecture)
James Nazroo, Manchester University
Interdisciplinarity in Aging Research (Workshop)
James Nazroo, Manchester University
Obesity-related differences between women and men in brain structure and goal-directed behavior
Annette Horstmann, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Science
The Physiology of Aging
Rüdiger Köhling, University of Rostock
Understanding Differential Development across the Lifespan: Promises and Challenges
Denis Gerstorf, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Listening to Speech in Old Age: Age Effects and Individual Differences
Esther Janse, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen/The Netherlands
A Cultural-Historical Approach Towards Aging
Pat Thane, King’s College, UK
Understanding and predicting dementia syndromes with ALE meta-analyses
Matthias Schroeter, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Science
Causes and Effects of Early Exit/Retirement in Scandinavia
Per H. Jensen, Aalborg University/DK
The Concept of European Age Discrimination and the Problems with the Current Legal Framework
Mark Bell, University of Leicester
Automatic Age Prediction/Classification based on the Speech Signal - Features and Approaches
Elmar Noeth, Erlangen University
Aging and Life Satisfaction
Alfonso Sousa-Poza, Hohenheim University
Old Age and Art: Gender Issues and Late-Life Creativity
Caroline Schuster-Cordone, Museum of Art and History, Fribourg/Switzerland