Past Event
The Ageing of the Myanmar Farming population: awareness and expectations
About the Speaker
Professor Sarah Harper, Co-Director, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford
Sarah is Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford. She is the Co-Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing which she founded in 1997 with funding from the NIA. Sarah was appointed in 2014 to the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology, which advises the Prime Minister on the scientific evidence for strategic policies and frameworks. She chaired the UK government’s Foresight Review on Ageing Populations, and the European Ageing Index Panel for the UNECE Population Unit. She is a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute. Sarah was the first holder of the International Chair in Old Age Financial Security, at the University of Malaya (2009/10) and her research was recognized by the 2011 Royal Society for Public Health: Arts and Health Research Award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropology Institute and of the Royal Society of Arts.
This event is part of a seminar series:
Michaelmas Term 2017 Seminar Series: The Geopolitical Implications of Global Population Change
Michaelmas Term 2017 Seminar Series The Geopolitical Implications of Global Population Change Thursdays at 14:00 – 15:30 Seminar Room: 66 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6PR Convener: Dr George Leeson We are inviting a cross-disciplinary group of speakers ranging through migration, international security, sustainable growth, food security, cities and climate change and I should&nb...
Event Details
23 November 2017 14:00 - 15:30
Location
Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
66 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6PR