03/26/2024 Inside DZPG

Background discussion about loneliness

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited DZPG scientist Prof Dr Maike Luhmann from the Bochum-Marburg site and three other experts to a background discussion on loneliness at Schloss Bellevue on 18 March 2024. The 90-minute discussion focused on the responsibility and scope for action of politics and society, with particular emphasis on young people and the elderly.

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the fringes of an expert discussion on the topic of "loneliness" at Bellevue Palace — Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (3rd from left) on the sidelines of an expert discussion on the topic of "loneliness" at Bellevue Palace (from left): Claus Wendt, Chair of Sociology of Health and Health Care Systems at the University of Siegen; Claudia Neu, Chair of Sociology of Rural Areas at the Universities of Göttingen and Kassel; Maike Luhmann, Dean of the Faculty of Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum; Benjamin Landes, Director of the Institute for Social Work and Social Education in Frankfurt am Main). Photo credits: German Federal Government, Guido Bergmann

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