Division of Gerontology and Health Research
Mission Statement Gerontology and Health Research
The Competence Centre Gerontology and Health Research is a multidisciplinary institution and is funded by the Lower Austrian Health and Social Fund (NÖGUS). The competence centre develops scientific foundations and findings for healthy ageing and a good quality of life in the life phase of old age.
Empirical studies are conducted on the health-related living conditions and expectations of older and very old people, with special consideration of regional living conditions. The information collected is processed statistically and serves to support modern health and care needs planning.
Existing care infrastructures are to be conceptually further developed under conditions of frailty, multimorbidity and need for care. To this end, innovative solutions are to be developed in health promotion, health care and nursing. As components of these innovative solutions, great attention is paid to assistive and smart technologies in order to ensure digital sovereignty for older population groups.
The aim of gerontological research is to explore the potential of longevity. It is about exploiting the demographic dividend. The socio-economic and socio-cultural conditions for an active lifestyle of ageing people are investigated in order to promote and maintain physical and mental health.
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Head of Gerontology and Health Research
Dr Lukas Richter, BSc MSc
Available at: lukas.richter@wu.ac.at
Lukas Richter studied socio-economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and completed his PhD in social and economic sciences in March 2019. In addition to ongoing and extensive work as a lecturer at the WU Vienna, this was as a scientific project staff and project manager and worked since the founding of the Competence Centre Gerontology and Health Research at the Karl Landsteiner University. He was also a research associate at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Vienna, is a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Krems and a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten.
His research focuses on inequality, age(s) and poverty, with a particular interest in (cumulative) disadvantages in the life course. Among other things, he is co-author of the "Altersalmanach 2018".
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Martin Wallner, BSc MA
Available at: martin.wallner@univie.ac.at
After completing his Bachelor's degree in Health Care and Nursing at the FH Campus Wien, Martin Wallner completed his Master's degree in Nursing Science at the University of Vienna. He worked for many years as a scientific project staff member at the Institute of Nursing Science there before becoming a research associate at the Competence Centre Gerontology and Health Research at Karl Landsteiner University. Since April 2021, Martin Wallner has been a Fellow of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna and a university assistant (prae doc) at the Institute of Nursing Science.
Main research interests: Methodology and theory building, in particular theory-based evaluation of complex interventions; person-centredness; care of people with cognitive impairments.