Urmimala Ghose

External LIFE Fellow from 2022 to 2025, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)

Dr. rer. nat.

Dissertation completed in July 2025:

Marital Loss and Subjective Well-Being in the Second Half of Life: Sociohistorical Context, Individual Differences, and Methodological Advances

(Advisors: Denis Gerstorf & David Richter)

Selected Publications

Lu, Y., Ghose, U., Gerstorf, D., & Löckenhoff, C. E. (2026). Age, preceding health changes, and the temporal structure of self-continuity. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000989

Ghose, U., Krämer, M., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Infurna, F., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2026). How spousal bereavement shapes life satisfaction: Stability and change across historical time. European Journal of Personality, 40(2), 268–285. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251336534

Ghose, U., & Mukherjee T. (2021). Role of self-defining autobiographical memories in major depressive disorder: An exploratory study. Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48(1), 41–47.