News
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CAS "Beratungskompetenz zum Leben im Alter"
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The healing effect of writing
In a recent interview with "Radio SRF 2 Kultur" of Swiss Radio and Television, Dr. Andrea B. Horn, Research Group leader at the URPP DynAge, explains how psychologists can rely on the healing effects of writing a diary. Similar to speaking in therapy sessions, writing is a form of self-expression and serves the purpose of self-reflection. The interview is available (in German) here, and the entire show it was part of here.
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Dr. Jessica Oschwald wins the annual dissertation prize of the UZH Philosophical Faculty
Former URPP DynAge doctoral student and post-doc Dr. Jessica Oschwald has been awarded the annual prize of the UZH Philosophical Faculty for her dissertation on "The Longitudinal Covariation of Brain Structure Changes and Cognitive Ability Changes in Healthy Aging". This prestigious award is only given to one person from each faculty of the University per year and was officially announced at this year's Dies Academicus. More information (in German) can be found here.
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From boot camp to start-up
URPP DynAge researcher Dr. Burcu Demiray took part in a funding program of the UZH Innovation Hub with great success. She developed a business idea for an app and acquired entrepreneurial know-how to launch a start-up. More information (in German) about her experience and project can be found in the UZH Annual Report (see p. 46).
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Online dating flourishes during shutdown
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OldSchool. A distance learning platform for 65+
Dr. Burcu Demiray (URPP DynAge) and her colleagues recently presented a project for a distance learning platform tailored for the 65+ at the Online Hackathon VersusVirus. It aims to prevent the isolation of seniors and to provide tools for life-long learning, and we are excited to announce that it was one of the 42 projects (out of 263) to be highlighted by the jury (more information can be found here). This platform corresponds to one component of a larger "Swiss Digital Education Network 60+" developed by Prof. Dr. Mike Martin and Dr. Marc Grosjean (both URPP DynAge), among others, in collaboration with the Swiss Federation of Senior Universities and the People's Universities of Switzerland.
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New Book - Personality and Healthy Aging in Adulthood: New Directions and Techniques
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Matthias Allemand (Associated Assistant Professor, URPP DynAge) and Prof. Dr. Patrick L. Hill (Washington University, St. Louis, USA) just published a new edited book in Springer's "International Perspectives on Aging" series. More information can be found here.
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The most urgent questions about mental health in Corona times
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EU funded NESTORE Project finalises its integration phase
The technological partners of the consortium of the EU-funded project "Novel Empowering Solutions and Technologies for Older people to Retain Everyday life activities" (NESTORE), of which Dr. Christina Röcke and Prof. Mike Martin (URPP DynAge) are a member, recently met to finalize the integration of the various components of the NESTORE companion system. In particular, the partners focused on the specifications for user management, decision support systems, coach interaction and pathways, and Internet of Things. NESTORE adopts an evolutionary architecture that allows for incremental change, thus ensuring the overall agility of the system. More information regarding these latest developments can be found here.
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The power of writing
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Dr. Burcu Demiray wins Vontobel Award for Research on Ageing
URPP researcher Dr. Burcu Demiray has been awarded one of this year's Vontobel Awards for Research on Age(ing). This prestigeious award, endowed by the Vontobel Foundation, supports gerontological research in Switzerland from any field of science to raise awareness of issues around aging in society among the general public.
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We don't have to have deep conversations all the time
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A steeled mind
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Swiss Network for Well-Being and Aging
Prof. Mike Martin and Prof. Alexandra M. Freund (both URPP) co-founded, along with others, the "Swiss Network for Well-Being and Aging" (wellbeingnetwork.ch), which is a web of basic and applied researchers spread across Switzerland who are interested in the dynamics of well-being over the lifespan. The URPP is currently responsible for the coordination of this national Network, including its visibility and the planning of upcoming events.
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New German update of the automated text analysis program LIWC has been released
Tabea Meier, Andrea B. Horn and Mike Martin have developed a new German adaptation of the word count program LIWC (“Linguistic Word Count and Inquiry”). The major update for the analysis of German text samples was a cooperation with Markus Wolf (UZH). It is the result of an international collaboration with the “father” of LIWC, James W. Pennebaker, one of the most cited Social Psychologists, Ryan L. Boyd (University of Texas, Austin) and Matthias R. Mehl (University of Arizona, Tucson).
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A guide for relatives of dementia patients
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Brain doping: How to become smarter
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Playfully train the brain
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Memory training doesn't lead to a general increase in cognitive performance
URPP Doctoral Student Sabrina Guye discusses how memory training actually works in the Swiss Bulletin for Memory Training:
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Can cognitive training really make us smarter?
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How to measure quality of life?
URPP Co-Director Prof. Mike Martin outlines in the NZZ the research agenda on Quality-of-Life projects at the URPP and the UZH Center for Gerontology
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What type of memory training works?
URPP Doctoral Student Sabrina Guye explains how and how not to keep our brains fit with memory training in a recent article in the Schweizer Illustrierte:
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How can citizen science change research?
Read the perspective of URPP co-director Prof. Mike Martin in the following Q&A in the the UZH Journal:
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The Digital Society Initiative (DSI) of the UZH was launched
Read more about the kick-off of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI), in which the URPP Dynamic of Healthy Ageing is also involved with Prof. Mike Martin as part of the DSI Board of Directors.
UZH News: "The child will still give a lot of joy" (in German)
UZH Journal: "Digitisation is a huge opportunity" (in German; PDF)
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New Head of UZH Senior University
URPP Co-Director Prof. Mike Martin has become the President of the Senior University of UZH since Fall 2016. Read more about it:
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Person-centred health research and the preservation of quality of life
Read the following Curaviva article on the subject of person-centred health research and maintaining quality of life (No. 2, 2015, pp. 36-39):
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Technology for old age
Read the article in the UZH News on the Swiss-Japanese Workshop in Tokyo that took place in March 2015:
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Technology: A look from Switzerland to Japan and back
by Mike Martin, Christina Röcke, Research Focus "Dynamics of Healthy Ageing", University of Zurich, published in Bulletin SAGW:
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Preservation of quality of life despite multimorbidity
In an issue of the Bulletin of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences on "Multimorbidity: A challenge of modern times", you can find the contributions of two of the URPP directors, Prof. Edouard Battegay and Prof. Mike Martin, who co-lead the Competence Centre for Multimorbidity at UZH.
Download (in German; PDF, 1463 KB)
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Article about the URPP DynAge in the UZH Journal
On pages 10 and 11 of the UZH Journal (No. 3, May 2013), read the article: "In Focus Eight New Teams for the Future" or download the article here:
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Presentation of the new URPPs using the example of the URPP DynAge at the Annual Media Conference of the UZH
Read the press release of the University of Zurich's Annual Media Conference:
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UZH Annual Report
You can find relevant information about the URPPs in the UZH Annual Report 2012.