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Public Health: Saving Lives and Spending Less
The US healthcare system costs far more than in Japan, where emphasis is placed on lifestyle Sarah Harper The Guardian, 11 March 2012 18.30 GMT The over-consumption of food and alcoho...
Long lives and low birth rates are a problem across the West
The EU is likely to see an average increase of 23 per cent in public pension expenditure by the middle of the century. In an interview in The Independent on Tuesday 31 January 2012, Sarah Ha...
Planet Under Pressure: Taking Stock of Past and Current Demographic Trends
The Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) has interviewed Prof Sarah Harper at London’s 2012 “Planet Under Pressure” conference on populat...
12 Days Without a Home - A Diary Among Old Homeless
12 Days Without a Home - A Diary Among Old Homeless - 12 Dage Uden Hjem – En dagbog blandt gamle hjemløse by Dr George Leeson was published in December 2011 (currently only...
Sarah Harper discusses China's demographic 'Achille's heel' on The Economist
A comparison with America reveals a deep flaw in China’s model of growth. Sarah Harper has discussed with the Achille's Heel Economist China's demographic Achille's hell ...
People and the Planet - media coverage
The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing has co-authored 'People and the Planet', a major policy report commissioned by the Royal Society. The study brought together 22 leading expe...
Time for action on population and consumption
Academics and world leaders are calling for decisive action on population and consumption. The world’s 105 science academies representing countries as diverse as South Africa, Latvia, Japan, ...
Why do so many African leaders die in office?
It's rare for the leader of a country to die in office. Since 2008, it's happened 13 times worldwide - but10 of those leaders have been African. Why is it so much more common in this one co...
The Longevity of US Presidents' Mothers
Dr George Leeson (Co-Director, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing) was asked to contribute his expertise to a recent research enquiry on the Longevity of US Presidents' Mother...
Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in later life
Dr Kate Hamblin has presented on AARP International the AKTIVE research project on Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in later life. AKTIVE aims to explore ...
Launch of AFRAN database of literature on Ageing in Africa
The African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN) is launching the: AFRAN database of literature on Ageing in Africa A major factor impeding research and knowledge utilisation in the field of ag...
Africa is ageing - but how prepared is the continent?
South African newspaper Business Day Live publishes an article from Dr Isabella Aboderin on Ageing in Africa. 'By 2030, there will be more people globally aged older than 60 than children un...
Chile projected to be the fastest ageing country in Latin America | Sarah Harper on 'El Pais'
By 2030, 23% of the Chilean population will exceed 60 years, which will make Chile the country with the highest ageing population in South America. Projections on Population Ageing in Latin Amer...
Representations of Aging in Literature and Culture: Affect, Aesthetics and Ethics
Oxford Institute of Population Ageing Michaelmas 2011 Seminar Series "The Question of Gender within an Ageing Society' 1st December 2011 Representations of Aging in Literature a...
Exploring the Demographic Transition in the 21st Century
As the next presentation in the Oxford Martin School Michaelmas Seminar Series "Is the planet full?” Professor Sarah Harper will be delivering the lecture on: "Explorin...