Prof Anna KORNADT

Anna Kornadt joined the University of Luxembourg in 2019 as a full professor in psychology with a focus on aging and lifespan development. She received her Diploma in psychology from the University of Mannheim in 2008 and her Ph.D. in psychology (summa cum laude) from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena in 2012. From 2013 to 2019 she was a postdoctoral researcher at Bielefeld University.

Since 2022, she is Head of the Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences and acting head of the Institute for Lifespan Development, Family and Culture (LDFC) since 2020. Anna is also Study Director of the Master en Gérontologie, and a member in the Faculty Council of the FHSE. Beyond the university, she is an expert in several policy commissions related to older people in Luxembourg.

Her research interests are centered around the question of what influences development across the life span (with a focus on midlife and old age) and how developmental outcomes further drive developmental regulation. Her main research areas are the influence of views on aging on developmental processes as well as personality and self-development in older age. She is also interested in the understanding of ageism, the psychological foundations of preparation for age-related changes, and the maintenance of health and well-being in later life. To address these research questions, different methods such as (longitudinal) surveys and ecological momentary assessments are employed.

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