University Education

• 2018-2022 Doctoral studies (Dr.rer.biol.hum) at Hannover Medical School
• 2013-2018 M.A. Social and Cultural Anthropology at Free University of Berlin
• 2009-2013 B.A. Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main

Professional Experience

• since 11/2022 Research associate at the Junior Professorship for Medical Ethics with a Focus on Digitization, Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg
• 04/2018-12/2020 Reasearch associate at the Institute for General Practice and Palliative Medicine, Hannover Medical School

Research focus and interests

• Medical and psychological anthropology
• Interdisciplinary research
• Research on social relations and interaction
• Intersectionality

Publications

Herbst F A, Gawinski L, Schneider N, Stiel S. (2021). Consensus-based recommendations for psychosocial support measures for parents and adult children at the end of life: results of a Delphi study in Germany.Supportive Care in Cancer 30(1): 669-676.

Gawinski L, Stiel S, Schneider N, Herbst FA. (2021). Communication in dyads of adult children at the end of life with their parents and parents at the end of life with their adult children: findings from a mixed‐methods study. Psycho‐Oncology 30(9): 1535-1543.

Herbst FA, Gawinski L, Schneider N, Stiel S. (2021). ‘Mums are sacred, and mums don’t die’: A mixed-methods study of adult child–parent dyadic relationships at the end of life. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology 40(2):152-168 .

Herbst FA, Gawinski L, Schneider N, Stiel S. (2021). ‘She Can’t Support Me Because She’s so Old’: A Mixed-Methods Study of Support Experiences and Needs in Adult Child–Parent Dyads at the End of Life. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 00302228211008748. 

Gawinski L, Stiel S, Schneider N, Zimmermann T, Herbst FA. (2021). Methodological reflections on the recruitment of adult child-parent dyads for end-of-life research in Germany: experiences from the Dy@ EoL study. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 61(6):1196-1204.

Verdonk P, Gawinski L, Herbst, FA, Ewertowski H, van Baal K, Schrader S, Zimansky M, Afshar K, Schneider N, Stiel S. (2020). Reflexionen und Analysen zu Geschlecht, Gender und Diversität in der Palliativmedizinischen Forschung–Wie können wir Intersektionalität in unserer wissenschaftlichen Praxis umsetzen?. Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin, 21(03): 129-135.

Herbst FA, Gawinski L, Schneider N, Stiel S. (2020). Adult child-parent dyadic interactions at the end of life: A scoping review. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 10(2): 175-185.

Gawinski, L. (2019): „Das Beste fürs Kind“- Eine ethnografische Forschung zu Aushandlungen des Stilldiskurses in Expertenperspektiven und Familienalltag. Berliner Beiträge zur Ethnologie Band 46, Weißensee Verlag.

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