The research unit “Age and Generation” studies the reshaping of relations between the generations in the context of a global increase in life expectancy on the one hand, and disruptive processes that unsettle viable paths of survival for future generations, on the other hand. The unit seeks to understand how processes of rapid urbanization, economic growth, migration, wars and militancy are related to the reorganization of intergenerational relationships, their continuities and disruption. How are historically established practices of intergenerational care and concepts of good ageing questioned and transformed in these contexts? How are knowledge as well silences and secrets passed on across generations? How do humans affected by major transformations and disruptions seek to transmit values and resources from one generation to another?
Age and Generation
Research Projects
The Dream of Stability: Egyptian migrations and homes in the age of growth
Veterans, Volunteers, and Welfare in (Post)colonial East Africa
Associated and Affiliated Researchers
Completed Projects
Middle-Class Generations: Looking for the Breaking Point of Nasser’s Social Revolution
2022-2023Young Syrian Mothers in Berlin-Marzahn: Housing and ‘Home-Making’ Practices (VW)
Until August 2021The Semi-Cities
Until 2022Contact
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Dozent Dr. Samuli Schielke
Senior Research Fellow
Phone: +49-(0)30-80307-217 Email: Samuli.Schielke(at)zmo.de