Hochschulpartnerschaften mit Griechenland - GGP-AGE

This project proposal aims at establishing a long-term collaboration between Humbolt-University Berlin and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki that will promote research and education in the “hot” topics of age related falling and balance rehabilitation as addressed from a combined biomechanical and motor control approach. The proposed partnership builds on previous experience in the aging research stemming from both parties and promises to promote research and education in aging adopting a combined, interdisciplinary perspective to tackle the issues of age-related balance prob-lems and falling. The proposed partnership will not only advance age-related research leading to better understanding of fall incidence, but will enable the two universities to offer high quality educa-tion and practical skills to young students and researchers from both sides. Such skills could be transferred in research and clinical rehabilitation practice enhancing thus career development and employment opportunities in the young generation.