Lukas Richter

Lukas Richter is a Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, where he serves in the Department of Social Sciences and as a Member of the UAS Board from 2023 to 2026. His academic work focuses on social inclusion research, particularly examining issues of poverty, inequality, and aging within the Ilse Arlt Institute for Social Inclusion Research.

Dr. Richter completed his Doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences in March 2019 from the Vienna University of Economics and Business where he also studied Socioeconomics. His academic journey includes positions as a Research Associate at the Competence Center for Gerontology and Health Research at the KL Private University (2019-2020) and at the Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna (2018-2019).

Dr. Richter's research primarily centers on inequality, ageing, and poverty, with specific focus on cumulative disadvantages over the life course and poverty extending into old age. His work examines how social, economic, and health factors intersect to create and perpetuate disadvantage among elderly populations. He has conducted extensive research on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable elderly populations, particularly regarding social isolation, health outcomes, and economic hardship.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong interdisciplinary approach bridging sociology, gerontology, public health, and social policy. A significant portion of his work examines how financial constraints affect ecological behavior among elderly populations, the measurement of old-age poverty, and interventions to prevent social isolation. His research often employs both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to understand the complex life situations of elderly people facing economic hardship.

• Maintaining Health and Coping with Disease in Poverty Situations
• Circular Economy for Everyone – Incentives and Enablers for and Inhibitors of Sustainable Consumption
• The Impact of COVID-19 in Poverty Situations
• Poverty in Old Age and Non-Take-up in the Light of Inflation and Health

Dr. Richter serves as a scientific advisor to the platform 'alt.arm.weiblich' since 2017 and maintains an active research profile with numerous publications in international journals across multiple disciplines. His ORCID identifier is 0000-0002-3304-3491.