PTS | First FWF Project at the Faculty of Psychotherapy Science

As of 1 December 2025, the research project Ageing and Subjectivity in a Time of ‘Multiple Crises’ is located at the Faculty of Psychotherapy Science at SFU. We are pleased to welcome Dr Barbara Götsch as a new member of the faculty team.

The project investigates how older adults (70+) in two different cultural contexts – Singapore and Vienna – reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises. It focuses on two central research questions:

  • How do older people experience and process the COVID-19 pandemic and other current or past crises from a narrative perspective?
  • How do older adults experience and talk about social relationships, and to what extent have the COVID-19 pandemic and other contemporary crises contributed to shifts in the character of these relationships – from intimate to more state-mediated forms?

More details on the FWF Project Page

12 January 2026

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