diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..026a9be15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import { Context } from '../../../../../core/shared/context.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { SidebarSearchListElementComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+@listableObjectComponent('JournalIssueSearchResult', ViewMode.ListElement, Context.SideBarSearchModal)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-journal-issue-sidebar-search-list-element',
+  templateUrl: '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * Component displaying a list element for a {@link ItemSearchResult} of type "JournalIssue" within the context of
+ * a sidebar search modal
+ */
+export class JournalIssueSidebarSearchListElementComponent extends SidebarSearchListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
+  /**
+   * Get the description of the Journal Issue by returning its volume number(s) and/or issue number(s)
+   */
+  getDescription(): string {
+    const volumeNumbers = this.allMetadataValues(['publicationvolume.volumeNumber']);
+    const issueNumbers = this.allMetadataValues(['publicationissue.issueNumber']);
+    let description = '';
+    if (isNotEmpty(volumeNumbers)) {
+      description += volumeNumbers.join(', ');
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(description) && isNotEmpty(issueNumbers)) {
+      description += ' - ';
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(issueNumbers)) {
+      description += issueNumbers.join(', ');
+    }
+    return this.undefinedIfEmpty(description);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce99d14406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import { Context } from '../../../../../core/shared/context.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { SidebarSearchListElementComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+@listableObjectComponent('JournalVolumeSearchResult', ViewMode.ListElement, Context.SideBarSearchModal)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-journal-volume-sidebar-search-list-element',
+  templateUrl: '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * Component displaying a list element for a {@link ItemSearchResult} of type "JournalVolume" within the context of
+ * a sidebar search modal
+ */
+export class JournalVolumeSidebarSearchListElementComponent extends SidebarSearchListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
+  /**
+   * Get the description of the Journal Volume by returning the journal title and volume number(s) (between parentheses)
+   */
+  getDescription(): string {
+    const titles = this.allMetadataValues(['journal.title']);
+    const numbers = this.allMetadataValues(['publicationvolume.volumeNumber']);
+    let description = '';
+    if (isNotEmpty(titles)) {
+      description += titles.join(', ');
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(numbers)) {
+      if (isNotEmpty(description)) {
+        description += ' ';
+      }
+      description += numbers.map((n) => `(${n})`).join(' ');
+    }
+    return this.undefinedIfEmpty(description);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal/journal-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal/journal-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f222298ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal/journal-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import { Context } from '../../../../../core/shared/context.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { SidebarSearchListElementComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+@listableObjectComponent('JournalSearchResult', ViewMode.ListElement, Context.SideBarSearchModal)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-journal-sidebar-search-list-element',
+  templateUrl: '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * Component displaying a list element for a {@link ItemSearchResult} of type "Journal" within the context of
+ * a sidebar search modal
+ */
+export class JournalSidebarSearchListElementComponent extends SidebarSearchListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
+  /**
+   * Get the description of the Journal by returning its ISSN(s)
+   */
+  getDescription(): string {
+    const issns = this.allMetadataValues(['creativeworkseries.issn']);
+    let description = '';
+    if (isNotEmpty(issns)) {
+      description += issns.join(', ');
+    }
+    return this.undefinedIfEmpty(description);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/journal-entities.module.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/journal-entities.module.ts
index d00eae1e54..11ce6c4c2a 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/journal-entities.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/journal-entities.module.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ import { JournalIssueSearchResultListElementComponent } from './item-list-elemen
 import { JournalVolumeSearchResultListElementComponent } from './item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-search-result-list-element.component';
 import { JournalIssueSearchResultGridElementComponent } from './item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-search-result-grid-element.component';
 import { JournalVolumeSearchResultGridElementComponent } from './item-grid-elements/search-result-grid-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { JournalVolumeSidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { JournalIssueSidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { JournalSidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/journal/journal-sidebar-search-list-element.component';
 
 const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   JournalComponent,
@@ -34,7 +37,10 @@ const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   JournalVolumeSearchResultListElementComponent,
   JournalIssueSearchResultGridElementComponent,
   JournalVolumeSearchResultGridElementComponent,
-  JournalSearchResultGridElementComponent
+  JournalSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+  JournalVolumeSidebarSearchListElementComponent,
+  JournalIssueSidebarSearchListElementComponent,
+  JournalSidebarSearchListElementComponent,
 ];
 
 @NgModule({
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54fed3125f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import { Context } from '../../../../../core/shared/context.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { SidebarSearchListElementComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+@listableObjectComponent('OrgUnitSearchResult', ViewMode.ListElement, Context.SideBarSearchModal)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-org-unit-sidebar-search-list-element',
+  templateUrl: '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * Component displaying a list element for a {@link ItemSearchResult} of type "OrgUnit" within the context of
+ * a sidebar search modal
+ */
+export class OrgUnitSidebarSearchListElementComponent extends SidebarSearchListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
+  /**
+   * Get the title of the Org Unit by returning its legal name
+   */
+  getTitle(): string {
+    return this.firstMetadataValue('organization.legalName');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the description of the Org Unit by returning its dc.description
+   */
+  getDescription(): string {
+    return this.firstMetadataValue('dc.description');
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/person/person-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/person/person-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cbf66d040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/person/person-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import { Context } from '../../../../../core/shared/context.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { SidebarSearchListElementComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../../shared/empty.util';
+import { TruncatableService } from '../../../../../shared/truncatable/truncatable.service';
+import { LinkService } from '../../../../../core/cache/builders/link.service';
+import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+
+@listableObjectComponent('PersonSearchResult', ViewMode.ListElement, Context.SideBarSearchModal)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-person-sidebar-search-list-element',
+  templateUrl: '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * Component displaying a list element for a {@link ItemSearchResult} of type "Person" within the context of
+ * a sidebar search modal
+ */
+export class PersonSidebarSearchListElementComponent extends SidebarSearchListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
+  constructor(protected truncatableService: TruncatableService,
+              protected linkService: LinkService,
+              protected translateService: TranslateService) {
+    super(truncatableService, linkService);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the title of the Person by returning a combination of its family name and given name (or "No name found")
+   */
+  getTitle(): string {
+    const familyName = this.firstMetadataValue('person.familyName');
+    const givenName = this.firstMetadataValue('person.givenName');
+    let title = '';
+    if (isNotEmpty(familyName)) {
+      title = familyName;
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(title)) {
+      title += ', ';
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(givenName)) {
+      title += givenName;
+    }
+    return this.defaultIfEmpty(title, this.translateService.instant('person.listelement.no-title'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the description of the Person by returning its job title(s)
+   */
+  getDescription(): string {
+    const titles = this.allMetadataValues(['person.jobTitle']);
+    let description = '';
+    if (isNotEmpty(titles)) {
+      description += titles.join(', ');
+    }
+    return this.undefinedIfEmpty(description);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/project/project-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/project/project-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00124cf497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/project/project-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { listableObjectComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object/listable-object.decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../../core/shared/view-mode.model';
+import { Context } from '../../../../../core/shared/context.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { SidebarSearchListElementComponent } from '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { Item } from '../../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { isNotEmpty } from '../../../../../shared/empty.util';
+
+@listableObjectComponent('ProjectSearchResult', ViewMode.ListElement, Context.SideBarSearchModal)
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-project-sidebar-search-list-element',
+  templateUrl: '../../../../../shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html'
+})
+/**
+ * Component displaying a list element for a {@link ItemSearchResult} of type "Project" within the context of
+ * a sidebar search modal
+ */
+export class ProjectSidebarSearchListElementComponent extends SidebarSearchListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
+  /**
+   * Projects currently don't support a description
+   */
+  getDescription(): string {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/research-entities.module.ts b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/research-entities.module.ts
index cef3b4539b..1f50ab830a 100644
--- a/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/research-entities.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/research-entities.module.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ import { NameVariantModalComponent } from './submission/name-variant-modal/name-
 import { OrgUnitInputSuggestionsComponent } from './submission/item-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-suggestions/org-unit-input-suggestions.component';
 import { OrgUnitSearchResultListSubmissionElementComponent } from './submission/item-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-search-result-list-submission-element.component';
 import { ExternalSourceEntryListSubmissionElementComponent } from './submission/item-list-elements/external-source-entry/external-source-entry-list-submission-element.component';
+import { OrgUnitSidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/org-unit/org-unit-sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { PersonSidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/person/person-sidebar-search-list-element.component';
+import { ProjectSidebarSearchListElementComponent } from './item-list-elements/sidebar-search-list-elements/project/project-sidebar-search-list-element.component';
 
 const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   OrgUnitComponent,
@@ -50,7 +53,10 @@ const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   NameVariantModalComponent,
   OrgUnitSearchResultListSubmissionElementComponent,
   OrgUnitInputSuggestionsComponent,
-  ExternalSourceEntryListSubmissionElementComponent
+  ExternalSourceEntryListSubmissionElementComponent,
+  OrgUnitSidebarSearchListElementComponent,
+  PersonSidebarSearchListElementComponent,
+  ProjectSidebarSearchListElementComponent,
 ];
 
 @NgModule({
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-sidebar-search-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-sidebar-search-list-element.component.html
deleted file mode 100644
index be25f1af49..0000000000
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-sidebar-search-list-element.component.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<span>Test display for sidebar-search list elements</span>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
index 49724a9309..fb79a4924e 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/item-types/publication/publication-sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import { SidebarSearchListElementComponent } from '../../sidebar-search-list-ele
   selector: 'ds-publication-sidebar-search-list-element',
   templateUrl: '../../sidebar-search-list-element.component.html'
 })
+/**
+ * Component displaying a list element for a {@link ItemSearchResult} of type "Publication" within the context of
+ * a sidebar search modal
+ */
 export class PublicationSidebarSearchListElementComponent extends SidebarSearchListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html
index b0fe1e58d2..adcf23dcf7 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.html
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-<ds-truncatable-part *ngIf="parentTitle$ | async" [maxLines]="1"><div class="text-secondary">{{ parentTitle$ | async }}</div></ds-truncatable-part>
-<ds-truncatable-part [maxLines]="1"><div class="text-primary">{{ title }}</div></ds-truncatable-part>
-<ds-truncatable-part [maxLines]="1"><div class="text-secondary">{{ description }}</div></ds-truncatable-part>
+<ds-truncatable-part *ngIf="parentTitle$ && parentTitle$ | async" [maxLines]="1"><div class="text-secondary">{{ parentTitle$ | async }}</div></ds-truncatable-part>
+<ds-truncatable-part *ngIf="title" [maxLines]="1"><div class="text-primary">{{ title }}</div></ds-truncatable-part>
+<ds-truncatable-part *ngIf="description" [maxLines]="1"><div class="text-secondary">{{ description }}</div></ds-truncatable-part>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
index 0489f9f3b7..71547854f9 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/sidebar-search-list-element/sidebar-search-list-element.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { SearchResult } from '../../search/search-result.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component';
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-import { hasValue } from '../../empty.util';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../empty.util';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
 import { TruncatableService } from '../../truncatable/truncatable.service';
 import { LinkService } from '../../../core/cache/builders/link.service';
@@ -10,14 +10,31 @@ import { find, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { ChildHALResource } from '../../../core/shared/child-hal-resource.model';
 import { followLink } from '../../utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-sidebar-search-list-element',
   templateUrl: './sidebar-search-list-element.component.html'
 })
+/**
+ * Component displaying a list element for a {@link SearchResult} in the sidebar search modal
+ * It displays the name of the parent, title and description of the object. All of which are customizable in the child
+ * component by overriding the relevant methods of this component
+ */
 export class SidebarSearchListElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K extends DSpaceObject> extends SearchResultListElementComponent<T, K> {
+  /**
+   * Observable for the title of the parent object (displayed above the object's title)
+   */
   parentTitle$: Observable<string>;
+
+  /**
+   * The title for the object to display
+   */
   title: string;
+
+  /**
+   * A description to display below the title
+   */
   description: string;
 
   public constructor(protected truncatableService: TruncatableService,
@@ -25,6 +42,9 @@ export class SidebarSearchListElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K exte
     super(truncatableService);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Initialise the component variables
+   */
   ngOnInit(): void {
     super.ngOnInit();
     if (hasValue(this.dso)) {
@@ -34,23 +54,92 @@ export class SidebarSearchListElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K exte
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the title of the object's parent
+   * Retrieve the parent by using the object's parent link and retrieving its 'dc.title' metadata
+   */
+  getParentTitle(): Observable<string> {
+    return this.getParent().pipe(
+      map((parentRD: RemoteData<DSpaceObject>) => {
+        return parentRD ? parentRD.payload.firstMetadataValue('dc.title') : undefined;
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the parent of the object
+   */
+  getParent(): Observable<RemoteData<DSpaceObject>> {
+    if (typeof (this.dso as any).getParentLinkKey === 'function') {
+      const propertyName = (this.dso as any).getParentLinkKey();
+      return this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink(propertyName))[propertyName].pipe(
+        find((parentRD: RemoteData<ChildHALResource & DSpaceObject>) => parentRD.hasSucceeded || parentRD.statusCode === 204)
+      );
+    }
+    return observableOf(undefined);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the title of the object
+   * Default: "dc.title"
+   */
   getTitle(): string {
     return this.firstMetadataValue('dc.title');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the description of the object
+   * Default: "(dc.publisher, dc.date.issued) authors"
+   */
   getDescription(): string {
-    // TODO: Expand description
-    return this.firstMetadataValue('dc.publisher');
+    const publisher = this.firstMetadataValue('dc.publisher');
+    const date = this.firstMetadataValue('dc.date.issued');
+    const authors = this.allMetadataValues(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']);
+    let description = '';
+    if (isNotEmpty(publisher) || isNotEmpty(date)) {
+      description += '(';
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(publisher)) {
+      description += publisher;
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(date)) {
+      if (isNotEmpty(publisher)) {
+        description += ', ';
+      }
+      description += date;
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(description)) {
+      description += ') ';
+    }
+    if (isNotEmpty(authors)) {
+      authors.forEach((author, i) => {
+        description += author;
+        if (i < (authors.length - 1)) {
+          description += '; ';
+        }
+      });
+    }
+    return this.undefinedIfEmpty(description);
   }
 
-  getParentTitle(): Observable<string> {
-    // TODO: Remove cast to "any" and replace with proper type-check
-    const propertyName = (this.dso as any).getParentLinkKey();
-    return this.linkService.resolveLink(this.dso, followLink(propertyName))[propertyName].pipe(
-      find((parentRD: RemoteData<ChildHALResource & DSpaceObject>) => parentRD.hasSucceeded || parentRD.statusCode === 204),
-      map((parentRD: RemoteData<ChildHALResource & DSpaceObject>) => {
-        return parentRD.payload.firstMetadataValue('dc.title');
-      })
-    );
+  /**
+   * Return undefined if the provided string is empty
+   * @param value Value to check
+   */
+  undefinedIfEmpty(value: string) {
+    return this.defaultIfEmpty(value, undefined);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a default value if the provided string is empty
+   * @param value Value to check
+   * @param def   Default in case value is empty
+   */
+  defaultIfEmpty(value: string, def: string) {
+    if (isNotEmpty(value)) {
+      return value;
+    } else {
+      return def;
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index 84d874388c..a6aaad98ea 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -2194,6 +2194,8 @@
 
   "person.listelement.badge": "Person",
 
+  "person.listelement.no-title": "No name found",
+
   "person.page.birthdate": "Birth Date",
 
   "person.page.email": "Email Address",