Full Professor (Emeritus), Ruth Katz, PhD

Prof. Katz was for many years a faculty member at the Sociology Dept. and at the School of Social Work, and for several years the head of the Human Services Dept and a senior researcher at the Center for Research & Study of Aging– all at the University of Haifa. In the last years, the Head of Dept. of Human services in Yezreel Academic College. Her scientific work was published in scientific journals, book chapters and co-edited special issues for family and ageing journals.

Research interests:

• Successful aging
• Intergenerational family relations
• Family caregiving
• Family lifestyles
• Family-work conflict and balance
• Elders’ quality of life
• Attitudes toward working after retirement

Keywords:

Family intergenerational relationships; Retirement, Working after retirement, Solidarity, Agism, Emotions, Stereotyping

SDG Keywords:

Ageism; Vulnerable; Disadvantaged; Vocational training; Ethnicity; Justice; Disadvantaged; Discrimination; Equal opportunity

Recent Publications

She can be contacted at: ruth@soc.haifa.ac.il