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Levels of welfarism and intergenerational transfers within the family: evidence from the Global Ageing Survey
A new publication by Dr George Leeson and Dr Hafiz Khan: Levels of welfarism and intergenerational transfers within the family: evidence from the Global Ageing Survey (GLAS), in Global Ageing in...
The challenge of ageing: PD James, Hans Rosling and Sarah Harper on BBC World
Does the future belong to the old? Swedish statistician Hans Rosling, crime writer PD James, now in her nineties, Baroness Helena Kennedy and Oxford Professor of Gerontology Sarah Harper disc...
Ageing population will have huge impact on social services
'Startling details about Britain's rapidly ageing population and its potential impact on social services have emerged in evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, prompting warnings that no prop...
Changing Identity | UK Government 's Foresight Report
Removing age discriminatory practices, encouraging age integrated behaviour and creating a space for the full recognition of the eventual frailty, and finality, of old ageare essential if UK policy...
Nobel Prize winner Professor Sir John Sulston and Dr George Leeson speak on Overpopulation
Dr George Leeson has chaired a panel debate on Overpopulation, introducing Nobel Prize Winner Professor Sir John Sulston, diplomat Roger Martin, Chair of Population Matters, and environmentalist Ni...
Rethinking Global Ageing
Professor Sarah Harper presented a talk on Global Ageing on 4th May hosted by The Institute of International and European Affairs and Age & Opportunity in Dublin. This event was co-hoste...
Conference on Managers and the European Labour Market
Dr George Leeson, Co-Director of the Institute, will be addressing participants at upcoming meeting of the an upcoming conference 'Managers and the European Labour Market: facing Dem...
1st IAGG Africa Region Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics
1st IAGG Africa Region Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics Conference website: www.iagg.cmc-uct.co.za Programme and Information [pdf] Convened by the Inter...
Imagining our Future
Imagining our Future Lausanne, Switzerland September 13th, 2012 Individualism, financial crises, social inequalities, demographic shifts, climate disruptions, insufficient natural resources,...
Professorial Fellow Bleddyn Davies shares his Expert Insights at Policy and Politics Conference
The upcoming Conference: 40 Years of Policy & Politics: Critical Reflections and Strategies for the Future taking place at the Marriott Hotel in Bristol from 18-19 September 2012...
Envisioning the Future of Jewish Social Welfare in Europe 2012-2025
Dr George Leeson, Co-Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing participated in a Jewish Social Welfare Committee Think Tank in February 2012. The event was designed as a platorm t...
IAGG Conference 'Africa Ageing. Beyond Madrid +10' [17-20 October 2012, Cape Town]
Africa Ageing Beyond Madrid +10 1st IAGG Africa Region Conference of Gerontology and Geriatrics Announcement for and Conference programme. The scientific programme comprises over 20 pap...
First Africa-wide conference on Ageing ‘Africa Ageing: Beyond Madrid + 10’
Ten years since the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) – the framework set by the international community in 2002 as a blueprint for national responses to p...
The Challenges of an Ageing Society in Japan | 4th December 2012, Japan Foundation
Ageing Society is a phenomenon happening not only in Japan but also in many other developed countries, and will soon spread to developing countries as well. A seminar being held on 4th...
Lecture: Demography of Health, Zurich Life Science Day
On 30th July 2012, Professor Sarah Harper will make a presentation on the Demography of Health as at the Zuerich Life Science Day. This session is an integral part of The Future of Health foru...