The Institute fosters interdisciplinary research, as evidenced by the joint direction of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine.
The presence of this institute on campus signifies the increasing salience of research on aging-related topics at the university. The Herczeg Institute conducts and promotes an array of studies relating to aging and old age. These studies concern issues such as physical and mental health, health promotion, adaptation and resilience at old age, well-being and quality of life along the life span, cognitive and emotional aging processes, the elderly in society, ill-health at old age, dementia, problems in attending to the old, traumatic life events, and the long-term impact of the Holocaust.
Additional goals of the Herczeg Institute include the dissemination of gerontological knowledge in the academia and the community, stimulating researchers of aging and old-age in the various disciplines with a particular emphasis on promoting young researchers in the field, and maintaining relationships with decision makers and policy makers in areas related to aging and old age.
The Herczeg Institute is directed by Prof. Silvia Koton