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Dr Kate Gerber

@drkatringerber

Psych researcher with a passion for end-of-life research, creative methods, mental health, grief, technology and AI. Keen cyclist, artist, feminist, environmentalist and a few other -ists.

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Join me for a workshop where you’ll meet a #deathbot — an #AI chatbot that mimics a deceased historical figure. Try it yourself and dive into the big questions: What feels real? What feels wrong? Could this help with grief?
📅 Sept 12, 11.30 -13.00
📍 RMIT Design Hub Gallery
🎟️ lnkd.in/ePRDU8Qx

05.09.2025 11:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Running a #grief #poetry workshop for people who don’t write poetry. If that’s you—congrats, you’re wildly qualified.

Grief Poetry for Non-Poets
📍RMIT Design Hub
🗓 Thurs 31 July, 11:30–1:00
🎟 Free

No rhyming grief with leaf (unless you insist).
events.humanitix.com/the-mourning...

30.07.2025 00:53 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Only one week until our 'TikTok + Grief' FREE online event with an amazing lineup of national and international experts. Join us on 10th March at 4pm AEDT. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tiktok-gri...

@micronarrative.bsky.social

#grief #tiktok #rmituniversity #bereavement #loss #mourning

02.03.2025 22:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Check out our exciting program for our 'TikTok + Grief' FREE online event. Join us on 10th March at 4pm AEDT. Please #share and register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tiktok-gri...

#grief #tiktok #rmituniversity #bereavement #loss #mourning
@micronarrative.bsky.social

17.02.2025 22:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

could you share your research study, Dana? it sounds interesting

17.02.2025 09:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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PLAYING WITH THE FUTURE - @micronarrative.bsky.social is hosting a 3h playshop tomorrow where you get to play a card game for sustainable futures.
Friday 14th Feb - 2.00 - 5.00pm. Venue: #ACMI
Last chance to register tickets.acmi.net.au/0/57106

13.02.2025 10:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us for a FREE online event: TikTok + Grief on 10th March 2025 - We have a stellar line-up of international speakers. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/tiktok-gri...

#grief #tiktok #rmituniversity #bereavement #loss #mourning #share @micronarrative.bsky.social

10.02.2025 22:30 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Reference: McGrane C, Gerber K, Hjorth L. Mapping Informal Digital Care Practice in Later Life: A Playshop Model. Social Sciences. 2025; 14(2):100. doi.org/10.3390/socs...

10.02.2025 22:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mapping Informal Digital Care Practice in Later Life: A Playshop Model Increasingly, growing older is something we do alongside technologies. Often, through mobile media, our everyday practices of informal caring are being digitally mediated and mediatised. From apps suc...

#Creative methods are a great way to capture practices that are so ordinary and mundane that they might be missed by other research. Read more here: www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14...

10.02.2025 22:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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New paper alter⏰ The fabulous @micronarrative.bsky.social and @caitlinaithne.bsky.social have done #playshops with older people to find out how they use #technology to care for themselves and others.

10.02.2025 22:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Register for the workshops here: www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fac...

@micronarrative.bsky.social

10.02.2025 22:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

On Thursday, we will join Chris Speed exploring ethical, sustainable pathways for #AI in the "No Hard Done" series. On Friday, we are 'Playing with the Future' during our interactive card game for sustainable futures and creative thinking. It will be fun so come long.

10.02.2025 22:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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FACT 2025 | Wed 12 Feb – Fri 14 Feb 2025 Explores the future of arts, culture, and technology in Australia – and the mindsets, capabilities and skills we need to get there.

Come and play with us. We are offering two add-on workshops as part of the Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium this week at @acmimuseum.bsky.social.

10.02.2025 22:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Primary Care Consultations for Grief in Older People – a Missed Opportunity for Mental Health Support Bereaved older adults often experience health complications, yet receive limited support in primary care settings. This research explored general practice staff’s exposure to older patients’ grief ...

Our paper was rated among the top most downloaded articles in the last 12 months. Yay! 😃 It is the 1st to use research poetry to capture #grief in older adults from the perspective of GPs and nurses. You can check it out for free here:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

17.01.2025 01:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Did you know many clinicians struggle with predicting patients' life expectancy? This can lead to missed opportunities for crucial end-of-life discussions. Our study explores the barriers and tools to improve this process. doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
#prognosis #dying #endoflife #palliativecare

07.01.2025 03:39 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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After 5 rich years at the National Ageing Research Institute, I’m saying goodbye to my amazing team. Excited to extend my work with the creative, out-of-the-box thinkers at RMIT University and explore new ways to mix digital innovation research with my end-of-life expertise.

09.12.2024 22:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hello, #Bluesky! End-of-life researcher here with interest in emerging technologies —left Twitter/X because studying mortality is less exhausting than surviving Elon’s midlife crisis. Here to chat life, death, and all the awkward stuff in between without random algorithmic chaos. ☠️🌱 #NewHere

03.12.2024 00:41 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0