Department of Sociology and Social Psychology (DSS)

Dr. Lisa Jessee

Research focuses

• Family and kinship
• Ageing
• Health

Curriculum vitae

Academic degrees

• 2025 PhD in Social Sciences, University of Cologne
  Dissertation: "Parent-child relationships and older adults' (mental) health in Europe and the United States"
• 2021 Master of Arts in Ageing Populations, TU Dortmund University

• 2018 Bachelor of Arts in Gerontology, University of Vechta

  Employment

• Since 2021 Research scientist and lecturer
  Department of Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Cologne
• 02-06/2024 Visiting scholar
  Center for Innovation in Social Sciences, Boston University
• 05-06/2023 Visiting scholar
  Department of Sociology, University of Vienna
• 2019-2021 Research assistant
  Faculty of Social Sciences, TU Dortmund University
• 2019 Student assistant
  Research Society for Gerontology e.V., Institute for Gerontology, TU Dortmund University

Selected publications

• Jessee, L. (2023). The reciprocal relationship of self-rated health and instrumental help from adult children: Evidence from Germany. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 78(8), 1435-1443.https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad063
• Jessee, L., Bordone, V., & Hank, K. (2025). Adult intergenerational proximity and parents' depressive symptoms: A bidirectional approach. Social Science Research, 125, 103094.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103094
• Jessee, L., & Carr, D. (2025a). Parent-child disconnectedness and older European adults' mental health: Do patterns differ by marital status and gender? The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 80(6), gbaf024.https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf024
• Jessee, L., & Carr, D. (2025b). Silver splits and parent-child disconnectedness: Mental health consequences for European older adults. European Journal of Population, 41(1), 27.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-025-09751-9
• Jessee, L., & Stokes, J. E. (2025). Mental health following silver splits: A dyadic approach to depressive symptoms. Journal of Marriage and Family, online first.https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70032