GAT in the media

2026

“Part of Life”: What preschoolers in Japan have been learning for 50 years remains the exception in Germany. Japan’s population is aging rapidly. For 50 years, a facility in Tokyo has been countering this trend with an approach that benefits both young and old. Prof. Andreas Hoff, director of the GAT Institute, in an interview with Andreas Apetz of the Frankfurter Rundschau. Read

Your best friend might be someone you’d never expect. Lena Bäunker, a journalist at the online magazine Perspective, interviews Prof. Andreas Hoff on the topic of “intergenerational friendships.” Read
 

2024

"You have to have the courage to let technology get to you." The German Science Information Service (idw) published an article about a theme day at the GAT Institute in Görlitz. 

Self-determined aging with AI assistance? SachsenFernsehen broadcast a report on the GAT Institute's event on July 1, 2024. 

"I'm actually open-minded, but..." Social scientist Monique Ritter explains how racism shapes everyday life in geriatric care. nd-aktuell, February 14, 2024. Read more.