Examining aging and care through an intersectional-sensitive lens

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Stefan Schweigler
Department of Theater, Film and Media Studies, University of Vienna
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7530-0283
Anna-Christina Kainradl
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, University of Graz
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9450-8857
Helen Kohlen
Clinic for Palliative Medicine, University Hospital/ RWTH Aachen
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-8436
Ulla Kriebernegg
Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, University of Graz
Eva-Maria Trinkaus
Department of English and American Studies, University of Klagenfurt
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5890-3080

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Stefan Schweigler, Department of Theater, Film and Media Studies, University of Vienna

Stefan Schweigler is Visiting Professor for Theory and Aesthetics of Digital Media at the Department of Theater, Film and Media Studies, University of Vienna, Austria. His research and teaching focus areas include media, affect, aging, care, gender, queer, disability, and postcolonial studies. He also teaches Inclusive Design at the University of Arts Linz, Austria. Previously, he served as an Incoming Junior Researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, University of Graz, Austria.

Anna-Christina Kainradl, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, University of Graz

Anna-Christina Kainradl is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care (CIRAC) at the University of Graz, Austria. She also teaches Medical Ethics at the Medical University of Graz, Austria. Her research focuses on ethical questions in old age, migration, and care from an intersectional perspective.

Helen Kohlen, Clinic for Palliative Medicine, University Hospital/ RWTH Aachen

Helen Kohlen, Dr. phil. is Professor at the medical faculty RWTH Aachen and leads the clinical nursing program that she has recently established. Her main area of research and teaching are ethics and palliative care. She is a member of the Care Ethics Research Consortium and focuses on feminist care ethics. She has been an adjunct at the University of Alberta (CA) and a visiting professor at several international universities. She recently held the Elisabeth List Fellowship at the University of Graz and worked at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care on the project gender matters: aging-care-migration. 

Ulla Kriebernegg, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care, University of Graz

Ulla Kriebernegg is Full Professor of Cultural Aging and Care Research and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aging and Care at the University of Graz in Austria. She is also an adjunct at the Medical University of Graz. Her research and teaching focus on North American literary and cultural studies as well as Health and Medical Humanities. Her latest book is Putting Age in Its Place: Long-Term Residential Care in Contemporary Film and Fiction (2026).

Eva-Maria Trinkaus, Department of English and American Studies, University of Klagenfurt

Eva-Maria Trinkaus is a Senior Scientist at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Klagenfurt in Austria. She is the current president of the European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS). Her research focuses on representations of aging, care, food, and feminized labor in US-American literary and cultural narratives.

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