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Human Longevity | Kenneth Howse in Scientific American
Kenneth Howse comments on the limits of human longevity debate in a recent article “There’s No Limit to Longevity, Says Study Reviving Human Lifespan Debate” published in the Scie...
Demography: A Very Short Introduction | Review
A book by Professor Sarah Harper CBE "Demography: A Very Short Introduction” published by Oxford University Press has been reviewed in Times Higher Education, New and Noteworthy section....
Sarah Harper in MoneyWeek
Professor Sarah Harper comments on rising affluence, increased consumption and overpopulation in a recent article “How to profit as the world gets fuller, richer and older” published in...
How Today's Generations are Changing the World
By the mid-century, there will be two billion elderly people in the world and two billion young and together they will account for more than 40 percent of the world’s population. This will ha...
Irish Radio | Interview with Sarah Harper
How ageing demographic is impacting society - Professor Sarah Harper discussed changing population structures and extending working practices through entrepreneurship on newstalk.com 106 - 10...
Ageing in Asia-Pacific
Professor Sarah Harper comments on rapid ageing in the Asia-Pacific region in an article in Acuity “A question for the ages”. “From a pure humanity point of view, it is a...
Commonwealth: The Future is Grey
An article in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs discusses the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing research report 'Ageing in the Commonwealth' commis...
Robots may have role in future of elder care | George Leeson
Dr George Leeson comments as part of an article looking at the future of robotics in caring for older people in Japan in two separate articles in Mail Online and Channel News Asia (Singapore). &...
Ageing populations are growing around our youth-obsessed Commonwealth
New research by CommonAge and the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing shows that in the majority of Commonwealth countries, the absolute size of the older population will increase by at least 100...
Is having a social life the answer to longevity? | Sarah Harper on CNN
Professor Sarah Harper is discussing the power of social networking on high life expectancies in CNN’s special report Vital Signs with Dr Sanjay Gupta. Vital Signs explores health stories ...
BBC Radio 4 | Sarah Harper
How do we prepare for an ageing population? What will living longer mean for the life choices we make? Professor Sarah Harper discussed increasing life expectancies with important implications f...
United Nations Radio | George Leeson
With the launch of The International Labour Organization’s flagship report World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2018, Dr George Leeson was interviewed by the UN Depar...
Future Foresight Forum 2017 | Clarification
An article in the Times of Oman reporting views of experts who have been invited speakers at the Future Foresight Forum, part of the Sultanate’s Oman Vision 2040, misinterpreted trends outlin...
Longer lives | Thisismoney.co.uk
The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing study is mentioned in a Thisismoney.co.uk article “Retirees risk running out of money in later life as 78% underestimate how long they are likely to ...
We're living longer but in poorer health | Sarah Harper in The Guardian
Professor Sarah Harper comments on the latest ILC-UK annual flagship 'State of the Nation' Factpack in The Guardian. Harper said that the report highlights that pensioners were far from ...