GAT in the media

2026

How other countries approach care differently. Prof. Andreas Hoff in an interview with Anja Neubert, Rebecca Nordin Mencke, MDR AKTUELL. Read and listen.

Care robots, AI, and robot dogs: The care assistants of the future. Prof. Andreas Hoff in an interview with Till Ganswindt, Rebecca Nordin Mencke, Anja Neubert, MDR AKTUELL. Read and watch.

“Part of Life”: What preschool children in Japan have been learning for 50 years remains the exception in Germany. Japan’s society is aging rapidly. A facility in Tokyo has been countering this trend for 50 years 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 could 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.