S. (Susanne) Scheibe, Prof

Susanne Scheibe is Professor of Lifespan Development and Organizational Behavior at the University of Groningen and chair of the Organizational Psychology Unit. Her research focuses on aging and well-being at work. She is particularly interested in emotional development in adulthood, how emotional changes with age affect people in work environments, and how work can be designed to promote the strengths of each age group. Current projects focus on age differences in workplace affect and short-term responses to daily work events and stressors; links between age, emotional job demands and work performance; and emotion regulation as a resource for older workers to maintain their health and effectiveness at work. Susanne Scheibe is originally from Germany, studied psychology at Humboldt University Berlin and was a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Stanford University. In 2016, she received the prestigious NWO VIDI grant for her research into the emotional benefits of aging at work. She is a partner investigator in the NWO Gravitation project Stress-in-Action and vice chair of the EU COST Action network LeverAge, both launched in 2023.

Professional journey

Chair of the Organisational Psychology Unit, University of Groningen (2021-present)

Professor and Chair of Lifespan Development and Organizational Behavior, University of Groningen (2017-2022: Adjunt professor, since 2022: Professor)

Associate Professor of Organisational Psychology, University of Groningen (2013-2017)

Assistant Professor of Organisational Psychology, University of Groningen (2010-2013)

Postdoc researcher, Stanford University (2007-2010)

Postdoc researcher, Max Planck Institute of Human Development (2005-2007)

Ph.D., Lifespan Developmental Psychology, Free University Berlin (2005)

Diploma (M.A.), Psychology, Humboldt University Berlin (2001)

Professional activities

Vice chair, EU Cost Action LeverAge, A European network to leverage the multi-age workforce

Chair of General Board, Kurt Lewin Institute

Consulting Editor, Work, Aging & Retirement

Research Fellow, Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health

Ad hoc reviewer of 20+ academic journals (e.g. Assessment, Behavior Research Methods, Emotion, Journal of Applied Psychology)

Committee member, NWO VENI, VIDI, VICI (2015-2025)

Awards and grants

2023 EU Cost Action grant LeverAge: A European network to leverage the multi-age workforce' (Core writing team and secondary proposer). 2023-2027.

2022 Two PhD Funds, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen

2022 NWO Gravitation project Stress-in-Action, Partner investigator

2019 PhD Fund, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen

2016 NWO VIDI grant

2014 PhD Fund, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen

2013 Forschungspreis "Alter und Arbeit" [Research award "Aging and Work"], Becker-Stiftung Germany

2011 Featured in "Rising Stars in Psychological Science," APS Observer, 24(9)

2007 3-year Postdoctoral fellowship, German Research Foundation (DFG)

2006 Otto Hahn Medal, Outstanding Dissertation Award of the Max Planck Society, Germany

2001 Diploma (M.A.) Thesis Award, Department of Psychology at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany