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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...
Future Foresight Forum 2017
Professor Sarah Harper is an invited speaker at The Future Foresight Forum (FFF) event taking place at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre under the patronage of H H Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq ...
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 ...
Expert reaction to the Government’s Industrial Strategy white paper
Professor Sarah Harper, Chair, Future of an Ageing Population, Foresight Review 2016, said: "Today’s recognition in the government’s Industrial Strategy white paper of Ageing as...
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 ...
Hay Levels series 3 out now
New series of Hay Levels has continued this week with 8 new videos released online including Prof Sarah Harper on Ageing recorded at this year's Hay Festival. Hay Levels ...
BBC Radio Oxford | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper reviews the Sunday papers on BBC Radio Oxford with Sophie Law, 95.2 FM | Digital. 12/11/2017, 03:08:42. Listen now: Remembrance Sunday
Nobel Prize Dialogue Seoul 2017: The Age to Come
On 30 October 2017, Nobel Prize Dialogue was held in Seoul. Nobel Laureates, key opinion leaders, policy makers, students, researchers and the general public met to discuss The Age to Come, explori...
International Population Conference 2017
The 2017 IUSSP International Population Conference took place in Cape Town, South Africa, 29 October- 04 November. The IUSSP International Population Conference is a major international ev...
Journal of Population Ageing | New Issue Alert
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 10 Issue 4 is now available online. In this issue (7 articles): Editorial Notes by George Leeson: Realizing the Pote...
CAG and CIHR-IA 2017 Award | Teddy D Cosco
Congratulations to Dr Teddy D Cosco on receiving the 2017 Recognition Award for Excellence in Longitudinal Research: In Honour of Betty Havens. The recognition for excellence is awarded every 2 ...
Who wants to live forever?
Dr George Leeson commented on increasing life expectances in a recent article by Chris Menon ‘Who wants to live forever?’ published in Reader’s Digest. Recently, efforts to ext...
Burcu Ozdemir | DPhil Award
Congratulations to Burcu Ozdemir on successfully defending her doctoral thesis. Burcu was awarded a DPhil in Sociology from the University of Oxford under the supervision of Professor Sarah Harper....
Anti-Ageing: Is it possible, and would we want it?
An article in the BBC Future about pharmaceutical treatments that can reverse ageing and what that means for society quotes Professor Sarah Harper. "Part of being human is that we ha...
Commonwealth Story Telling Project
With the aim of connecting all ages across the Commonwealth, combating ageism and recording stories for generations to come, CommonAge is inviting young people living in Commonwealth countries to s...