BIOGRAPHY

Ariela Lowenstein is Prof. of Gerontology Emerita, Faculty of Welfare and Health Sciences, Haifa University, Israel. She has been a faculty member of Haifa University since 1980. For almost 3 decades at the School of Social work where she filled various academic-administrative roles and heading different committees. She was also active in the University at large as member of the University senate, heading several of its committees. She publishes extensively in top scientific journals, having more than 220 publications - 2 Hebrew books, and 1 English with a colleague: Generational Intelligence”; co-editor of special issues on family intergenerational relations”; co-editor of 3 English books and a reviewer and board member for a number of leading journals on aging, Acts as a reviewer to research foundations like ISF & BSF. Recipient of numerous competitive research grants, scholarships, national and international awards. Lowenstein is reputed as one of the leading national and international experts in aging. She is past chair, European Behavioral, Social Science and Research Section, International Ass. of Gerontology; Served 5 years as chair of Israeli Gerontological Society, receiving a prize for life achievement. She is an Honorary Fellow of Gerontological Society of America; was a board member, International Federation on Aging (IFA); she is a board member.of International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) from whom she received a prize; Member of Elder Abuse team within NICE – National Initiative for Care of the Elderly, University of Toronto, Canada. recently member of a COST European Network on Elder Exclusion, serving as co-chair of the civic exclusion group. Currently she is head and partner with two other Israeli colleagues of a large Research Grant within EU Horizon program – Gendernet. She served on Israeli governmental and local agencies as consultant, and an advisor for policy; acting for several years as Chair of an Advisory Council to the Minister and Ministry of Senior Citizens. She has received a prestigious Hazani Prize for contribution to innovation in Aging and Social Work from Israeli Ministry of Welfare. For almost a decade she serves as Chair of a Scientific Advisory Committee to the Foundation Assisting Holocaust Survivors in Israel. Research areas: Intergenerational family relations, Elder abuse and neglect, Elders’ quality of life, Family caregiving, Gerontological education and policy development.

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