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10/18/2023 | Campus-Meldung

Hans Rost Prize for Reinhard Lindner

The German Society for Suicide Prevention has awarded Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lindner the Hans Rost Prize 2023 for outstanding scientific work in suicidology and suicide prevention.

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Prof. Dr. Reinhard Lindner.

Lindner received the award in the "Research as Lifetime Achievement" category, along with his colleague Prof. Dr. Barbara Schneider (University of Frankfurt).

Reinhard Lindner holds a professorship for theory, empiricism and methods of social therapy at the University of Kassel. Schneider and Lindner are also part of the management team of the National Suicide Prevention Program.

The Hans Rost Prize is named after the journalist and pioneer of suicide research Hans Rost (1877 - 1970).