A Society for Longer Lives
A Presentation by Dr. Ursula Staudinger at the Columbia Club
"We have more life time available – but we have to seize it and shape it."
Dr. Staudinger is a lifespan psychologist and an internationally acknowledged aging researcher. Her research focuses on the opportunities and challenges of increases in average life expectancy. She investigates the potentials of aging by studying the plasticity of the aging process (e.g. cognition or personality), as well the development of life insight, life management, and wisdom over the life span. Her findings have yielded helpful advice for living, work, and education during this time of unprecedented demographic change.
She joined the Mailman School in July 2013 as Founding Director of the new Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center. The Center is a global hub for interdisciplinary aging research and knowledge transfer to policy makers, companies, as well as the general public. Additionally, Dr. Staudinger leads the renowned International Longevity Center (ILC) USA, part of the fourteen-member, multinational ILC – Global Alliance consortium that seeks to help societies address longevity and population aging in positive and productive ways.
6:00pm registration, 6:30pm lecture, 7:30pm reception. Cost: Free for members, $15 for guests. Advance reservations required by Thursday, March 24th.
|
|