LARNA

LARNA - Latin American Network on Ageing

The LARNA network is a capacity building network to build bridges between Latin American scholars, policy-makers and practitioners to provide an opportunity to develop collaboration, and the pooling of ideas as well as sharing experiences on ageing issues from countries across Latin America. The aim is to develop joint courses and training possibilities to encourage and support capacity building in Latin America.

At present, members of LARNA include:

Professor Rosa Kornfeld Matte (Chile)
Professor Maria Soledad Herrera (Chile)
Professor Rita de Cássia da Silva Oliveira (Brasil)
Professor Marcos Jardim (Brasil)
Professor Veronica Montes de Oca (México)
Professor Carmen Delia Sanchez (Puerto Rico)
Professor Blanca Lopez La Vera (Perú)
Professor Ricardo Iacub (Argentina)
Professor Luis Leopold (Uruguay)

As part of the process of development the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, with funding from the British Academy, held its' first conference ‘Ageing in Latin America: Developing the Research Agenda' from 2nd to 3rd July 2009. The conference brought together scholars, policy makers and researchers with an interest in all aspects of ageing in Latin America, and provided opportunities to develop cross national collaborations.

Larna Conferences

The 3rd LARNA Conference 'Ageing in Latin America: Advancing the Research Agenda', hosted by the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and UNEX Pontificia Universidade Catolica del Peru, is scheduled to take place in Lima Peru on the 10th and 11th of November 2011. Thanks to the Co-ordinators Mg. Blanca Lopez and Dr Alejandro Klein this conference promises to be another stimulating session to progress the research agenda of the LARNA network.

For further details, please see the programme by clicking here: Conference Programme Latin America and the Caribbean in Lima Peru or see the attachment below.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact George Leeson at george.leeson@ageing.ox.ac.uk or Angelika Kaiser at angelika.kaiser@ageing.ox.ac.uk.

The 2nd LARNA Conference 'Ageing in Latin America: Advancing the Research Agenda' was held at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City from 6th to 8th October 2010.

For further details please see the:

> 2nd LARNA Conference (Mexico City, October 2010): Press Report - For photos of conference click here
> 1st LARNA Conference (Oxford, July 2009): Conference Report and Powerpoint Presentations