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Institute's collaborative research and strong links with South Africa
The International Strategy Office at Oxford University has released a publication on collaborative research between South Africa and Oxford, featuring the African Research Network on Ageing (AFRAN)...
Patricia O'Neill | DPhil Award
Congratulation to Patricia O’Neill who has had her DPhil awarded (leave to supplicate) on 21 April 2015. Dissertation title: Chinese daughters negotiating contemporary norms and traditional f...
Richard Suzman | Director of NIA's Division of Behavioral and Social Research passes away at age 72
The Institute is very saddened to learn that Dr. Richard Suzman, Director of NIA's Division of Behavioral and Social Research has died. Richard was a tremendous supporter of the Ins...
Dr Tina Weber | The BMBF new appointment
Dr Tina Weber, a former visiting research fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing will now start working for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) within the field of ag...
The Art of Ageing | George Leeson’s keynote address at the 1st European theatre and science festival
Dr George Leeson gave a keynote address at the at the European Theatre Convention (ETC) International theatre conference and Art of Ageing 1st European theatre and science festival at Teatrul Natio...
Sarah Harper and Kenneth Howse at the International Seminar on the Active Ageing Index | Brussels, 16-17 April 2015
An International Seminar “Building an evidence base for active ageing policies: Active Ageing Index and its potential” is dedicated to the studies focusing on how to achieve better outc...
Wedding Announcement | Dr Kate Hamblin
The Institute would like to extend our warmest congratulation to Kate Hamblin (Senior Research Fellow) and Aaron Sleep on their recent marriage.
The new demography of death | George Leeson on the OECD Insights blog
The changing composition of the demography of death is explored by Dr George Leeson in today’s post on the OECD Insights blog. More than half of the almost 370,000 deaths in England and Wales...
Sarah Harper will join the debate – ‘Taxing Times: Our Ageing Society’ hosted by the Common Sense Collective.
Sarah Harper will join the debate – ‘Taxing Times: Our Ageing Society’ hosted by the Common Sense Collective. As the post-war baby boom generation reaches its seventies this decad...
Can you afford to live beyond 100? | Sarah Harper at the Momentum Risk Summit
Fin24, South Africa’s premier source of business and finance news, has interviewed Sarah Harper on the occasion of the Momentum Risk Summit 2015 in Sun City. The Momentum Risk Summit, one of ...
For love or reward? Characterising preferences for giving to parents in an experimental setting
A new article by Dr Maria Porter “For love or reward? Characterising preferences for giving to parents in an experimental setting” has been accepted in the Economic Journal. The article...
Institute's Partnerships and Research Programmes in Mexico
The International Strategy Office at Oxford University has released a publication on long-standing Mexico-Oxford partnerships, featuring the Latin American Network on Ageing, directed by Dr George ...
Book release: Identidades, Vinculos y Transmision Generacional
George Leeson has recently published the book chapter: 'Becoming a grandfather is life’s dessert. A study of the role of grandfathers in the modern family in Denmark' . The study i...
Dr George Leeson appointed Visiting Professor of Demography at the University of Guanajuato, Mexico
Dr George Leeson has been appointed Visiting Professor of Demography at the University of Guanajuato - Leon, Mexico George Leeson coordinates LARNA, the Latin American Research Networ...
Living longer, working Longer | Sarah Harper on BBC Breakfast Special
As part of a BBC Breakfast week of special reports, Professor Sarah Harper speaks about working later in life, changing workforce and implications of the shift from a younger to an older population...