Ursula M. Staudinger PhD

Dr. Ursula M. Staudinger is a lifespan psychologist and aging researcher. She is known for her work on the positive plasticity of aging (cognition, personality) as well as her research on resilience and on wisdom. Recently she has conducted groundbreaking studies to better understand the cumulative effects of work on cognitive aging. She received her PhD from the Free University of Berlin, was Senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Professor for Lifespan Psychology at Dresden University and Founding Dean of the Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development at Jacobs University Bremen. Since 2013 she has been the founding director of the new Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center (CAC). The Aging Lab of the CAC is conducting interdisciplinary aging research and the International Longevity Center (ILC) USA focuses on knowledge transfer to policy makers, companies, as well as the general public.