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2nd IAGG Africa Region conference
The 2nd Africa Region Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Long-Term Care Systems for Africa: Setting Agendas, will be hosted 6-8 December in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference, convened in coo...
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Call for education initiatives to empower women's fertility choices: Cecil Summit
At the Cecil Summit held in Oxford this week, bringing together leading figures from across the world to consider future initiatives to preserve the African lion, Professor Sarah Harper...
WDA FORUM 2016 | Media Release
Media release St. Gallen, 1st of September 2016 10th WORLD DEMOGRAPHIC & AGEING FORUM Our Next World – Accelerate Action in Response St. Gallen / Switzerland August 29 - 31, 2016...
China and Europe: challenges for the future ?
Europaeum 2016 Summer School ‘China and Europe: challenges for the future?’ took place on 1-6 September 2016 at the new China Centre at St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford. Ch...
WDA Forum 2016 "Our Next World"
The 10th WDA Forum took place in St Gallen, Switzerland, 29-31 August 2016. The WDA Forum 2016 brought together the world’s leading academics, business leaders, politicians and engaged member...
New Project: Dynamics of Japan’s ageing prison populations.
Exciting new 18 month project researching the 'Dynamics of Japan’s ageing prison populations', has been funded by the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation. The Project team includes: ...
Journal of Population Ageing. Volume 9 Number 3 is now available online.
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing. Volume 9 Number 3 is now available online. This issue includes papers: How Equitable is Health Care Utilization Among Olde...
Eli Crespo | Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia, passes away
It was with deep sadness that I learned of the sudden and most untimely death of my colleague Eli Crespo from the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia. I first met Eli at our LARNA conf...
Dr Pamela Irwin and Dr George Leeson to present at the 2016 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting to be held in November in New Orleans.
Dr Pamela Irwin & Dr George W. Leeson to present: "Late middle-aged, single women and the risk of homelessness in rural Australia." In 2011, one in 200 people in Australia were ...
Congratulations to former Institute visitors Yongjie Yon and Dr Younga Kim on recent career and funding successes
In June 2016 Yongjie Yon started as a Technical Officer in the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe in the division of Non-Communicable Diseases and Promoting Health through t...
Dr George Leeson lectures at IARU Summer School
The IARU (International Alliance of Research Universities) Summer School “Interdisciplinary Aspects of Healthy Ageing” was held at the University of Copenhagen, July 4th – July 24...
Future of an Ageing Population - Foresight Report Now Published
The Foresight Programme in the Government Office for Science (GO Science) has now published the final report on Future of an Ageing Population. The Foresight Programme has undertaken multi...
Creative Dementia Arts Network (CDAN)
Kate Hamblin provided a workshop on evaluation at the Creative Dementia Arts Network (CDAN) event ‘Becoming a Creative Dementia Arts Professional’. The event was the final workshop of C...
SOCIETY-HEALTH-WELFARE-2016 International Conference
SOCIETY-HEALTH- WELFARE 6th international Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference ‘Living in the World of Diversity: Social Transformations, Innovations, Solutions’ will be held in Riga...
EAST Network 2016 Workshop
The 2nd EAST Research Network workshop was held in Budapest in June 10-11 2016. The two day workshop on ‘Long Term Care, Spatial Planning and Public Policy in Central and Eastern Europe&rsquo...