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Prof. Dr. Frank Oswald Senior Research Scientist, Deputy Chair Department of Psychological Ageing Research Institute of Psychology, University of Heidelberg Bergheimer Str. 20 D-69115 Heidelberg Phone: +49 6221 - 548114, Fax 548112 E-Mail:

Education

• 1990 Diploma in Psychology (equivalent to M.A.), University of Heidelberg
• 1996 Dr. phil. in Psychology (equivalent to Ph.D.), University of Heidelberg
• 2005 Habilitation in Psychology (equivalent to a second Ph.D.), University of Heidelberg
• 2008 Außerplanmäßiger Professor (Adjunct Professor), University of Heidelberg

Research Interests

• Context of adult development in middle and late adulthood
• Person-environment transaction and its meaning for autonomy and identity in later life
• Meaning of home, housing-related control beliefs, relocation, ageing in the community

Selected Publications (in chronological order)

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Oswald, F., Wahl, H.-W., Schilling, O., & Iwarsson, S. (2007). Housing-related control beliefs and independence in activities of daily living in very old age. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 14, 33-43.

Oswald, F., Wahl, H.-W., Schilling, O., Nygren, C., Fänge, A., Sixsmith, A., Sixsmith, J., Széman, S., Tomsone, S., & Iwarsson, S. (2007). Relationships between housing and healthy aging in very old age. The Gerontologist, 47 (1), 96-107.

Oswald, F., Schilling, O., Wahl, H.-W., Fänge, A., Sixsmith, J., & Iwarsson, S. (2006). Homeward bound: Introducing a four domain model of perceived housing in very old age. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 26 (3), 187-201.

Oswald, F., & Rowles, G. D. (2006). Beyond the relocation trauma in old age: New trends in today's elders' residential decisions. In H.-W. Wahl, C. Tesch-Römer, & A. Hoff (Eds.), New Dynamics in Old Age: Environmental and Societal Perspectives (pp. 127-152). Amityville, New York: Baywood Publ.

Oswald, F., Wahl, H.-W., Naumann, D., Mollenkopf, H., & Hieber, A. (2006). The Role of the Home Environment in Middle and Late Adulthood. In H.-W. Wahl, H. Brenner, H. Mollenkopf, D. Rothenbacher, & C. Rott (Eds.), The many faces of health, competence and well-being in old age: Integrating Epidemiological, psychological and social perspectives (pp. 7-24). Heidelberg, Springer.

Oswald, F., Hieber, A., Wahl, H.-W., & Mollenkopf, H. (2005). Ageing and person-environment fit in different urban neighbourhoods. European Journal of Ageing, 2 (2). DOI 10.1007/s10433-005-0026-5.

Oswald, F., & Wahl, H.-W. (2005). Dimensions of the meaning of home. In G. D. Rowles & H. Chaudhury ( Eds.), Home and Identity in Late Life: International Perspectives (pp. 21-45). New York: Springer.

Oswald, F., & Wahl, H.-W. (2004). Housing and health in later life. Reviews of Environmental Health, 19(3-4) , 223-252.

Rowles, G. D., Oswald, F. & Hunter, E. G. (2004). Interior living environments in old age. In H.-W. Wahl, R. Scheidt & P. G. Windley (Eds.), Aging in context: Socio-physical environments (Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2003) (pp. 167-193). New York: Springer.

Oswald, F., Wahl, H.-W., Martin, M., & Mollenkopf, H. (2003). Toward measuring proactivity in person-environment transactions in late adulthood: The housing-related Control Beliefs Questionnaire. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 17 (1/2), 135-152.

Oswald, F., Schilling, O., Wahl, H.-W., & Gäng, K. (2002). Trouble in paradise? Reasons to relocate and objective environmental changes among well-off older adults. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 22 (3), 273-288.

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