Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoff

Institute Director and Project Manager
Prof. Dr.
Andreas Hoff
GAT - Institut für Gesundheit, Altern, Arbeit und Technik
02826 Görlitz
Parkstraße 2
Building G VII, Room
+49 3581 374-4244

At the HSZG

Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor of Social Gerontology

At the GAT

  • Institute Director

    Project Leader in the following projects:

    • PiTiPS: Participation and Co-Creation for Innovative Technologies for Informal Caregivers and Care Communities (05/2022 - 12/2025)
    • CoCre-HIT: Co-Creation and Sustainable Participation in the Development of Hybrid Health IT (11/2021 - 10/2024)
    • Co-Creation of Health and Assistive Technologies for Older People (09/2021 - 02/2022)
    • VATI Technology Navigator
    • AAL Laboratory Görlitz
    • VATI 6: Trust in Digital Daily Assistants to Reduce Loneliness in Old Age (05/2023 - 12/2026)
    • VATI 5: Co-Creation and Participatory Development of Health and Assistive Technologies (01/2023 - 12/2024)
    • VATI 4: Determinants of Successful Integration of Digital Assistive Systems/Devices into the Support Networks of Older People (01/2020 - 12/2022)
    • VATI 3: Digitalization in Family Care through Innovative Counseling Offers (08/2019 - 12/2019)
    • VATI 2: Determinants of High Quality of Life and Independent Living in Old Age through the Use of Assistive Technologies (10/2017 - 12/2019)
    • VATI 1: Trust in Assistive Technologies for Inclusion (10/2014 - 12/2017)

Research areas

  • Care and Support within the Family
  • Assistive Technologies/Devices in Home Care
  • Reconciliation of Care and Work
  • Intergenerational Relationships
  • European Social Policy