Esther Gajek

Dr. Esther Gajek serves as a Lecturer at the Chair of Comparative Cultural Studies, University of Regensburg. She earned her doctorate in 2011 with research on senior citizen programs in museums and has contributed extensively to ethnographic approaches in cultural studies.

• Education: Magister in German and Comparative Folklore Studies, Social and Economic History, and Modern German Literature (LMU Munich, 1988).

Research Interests include aging cultures, precarious lifestyles, museum visitor studies, and cultural stereotyping. Her work explores intersections between demographic change, ethnographic methodology, and cultural gerontology.

Key Article Trends reflect long-term engagement with age-related societal challenges, museum educational practices, and visual/cultural representations of aging. Publications span from 1988 to 2024, with notable collaborations with Irene Götz.

Professional Background features roles in DFG-funded research (2014-2018) and museum exhibition projects (1994-2011). She has organized over 100 cultural exhibitions nationwide.