About the project
A three-year practical research project was launched in June 2010. Entitled "Self-determined ageing in the Ruhr region: Improving the quality of life in residential areas - enabling individual participation, strengthening the willingness to take responsibility, establishing a supportive infrastructure", the project aims to improve the quality of life of older people in a residential area typical of the Ruhr region (LiW: Lebensqualität im Wohnquartier). The LiW project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of research funding at universities of applied sciences in the funding line: "Social innovations for quality of life in old age (SILQUA-FH)".
Sponsor
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Main topics
Further publications on the topic
Project-related bachelor theses (selection)
Resources
Book contributions
- Rüßler, Harald/Köster, Dietmar/Stiel, Janina/Heite, Elisabeth (2015): Quality of life in residential neighborhoods. A contribution to the design of ageing urban societies. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
- Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2015): Participation as older people see it - participation in the neighborhood from the perspective of older citizens. In: Anne van Rießen, Christian Bleck & Reinhold Knopp (eds.): Social space and age(ing). Approaches, processes and transitions in socio-spatial action research (pp. 157-183). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
- Stiel Janina/Rüßler, Harald/Köster, Dietmar/ Heite, Elisabeth (eds.) (2013): Quality of life for older people in residential areas. Documentation of the symposium on June 27, 2013, Dortmund.
- Heite, Elisabeth (2012): Civic engagement of older people in the neighborhood. Equal opportunities for participation and co-design for all? Freiburg.
Journals/articles
- Heite, Elisabeth/Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2015): Age(ing) and participatory neighborhood development. Stumbling blocks and prospects for social sustainability. In: Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics (ZGG), 5/2015. p. 415-425.
- Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2013): Urban demographic policy - neighborhood development through participation in old age. In: Information Service on Ageing 40, Issue 3. p. 11-17.
- Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2013): "You can now say what you want." Participatory neighborhood development in aging urban societies. In: Sozialmagazin, issue 5/6 2013. p. 26-36.
- Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2013): Growing older self-determined in the neighborhood: Participation, quality of life and social space reference. In: Sozialraum.de, No. 1/2013.
- Rüßler, Harald (2013): Shaping ageing urban societies - improving quality of life in residential neighborhoods, strengthening local democracy. In: Theory and Practice of Social Work (TUP), 64th Vol., H.2. p.97-107.
- Rüßler, Harald/ Köster, Dietmar/ Heite, Elisabeth/ Stiel, Janina (2013): Social inequality and participation in ageing urban societies. In: Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics (ZGG), 4/2013. p. 306-311.
- Köster, Dietmar/Rüßler, Harald/Stiel, Janina (2012): Quality of life and participation in residential neighborhoods. In: neue praxis. Issue 4/2012: p. 407 -42.
Trade press
- Orange - Research magazine of Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts 2012 "Ü60 shapes the future - for a good life in Schalke"
- fh 20 - Aktuelle Nachrichten aus der Fachhochschulforschung 01/2012 "Growing older in a self-determined way - improving the quality of life of older people in the Ruhr region"
- "Smart Cities" catalog of the InnovationsAllianz der NRW Hochschulen e.V. from 2012 "Improving Quality of Life for Older People in Social Spaces"
- fh-presse, newspaper of Fachhochschule Dortmund 03/2012 "The voices of senior citizens - a valuable asset - In Gelsenkirchen Schalke, senior citizens are committed to improving the quality of life in the district"
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Contact & Team
Contact person and management
Team
Janina Stiel
Lisa Heite