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Intergenerational Programme
Funder by UKRI (RED); Clore Duffield Foundation; Helen Hamlyn Trust. Inclusively designed inter-generational communities should form part of a strategy to promote health and...
2022 Global Ageing Special Issue
Journal of Population Ageing Volume 15:1-4 GLOBAL AGEING : SPECIAL OPEN ACCESS ISSUES In recognition of 40 years since the 1982 Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing...
2022 Global Ageing Special Issue: Asia/Pacific
We are pleased to announce that a 2022 Global Ageing Special Issue: Asia/Pacific is now available online Volume 15, Issue 1, March 2021 In this issue: Editorial by Sarah Harper and...
James W. Vaupel (1945-2022)
The Institute is saddened to learn of the death of Prof. Dr. James Vaupel, a major figure in our understanding of demographic ageing, founding director and director emeritus of the Max Planck Insti...
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Wales' record low birth rate | Sarah Harper
Wales' birth rate is at a 100-year low, below the European Union average and third out of the UK's four countries. Professor Sarah Harper shared her views on Wales' record...
New Publication Alert
New publication by Dr Yanan Zhang and Prof Sarah Harper : Son or Daughter Care in Relation to Self-Reported Health Outcomes for Older Adults in China. Objectives: Parental care in China is ...
Monk Debates: Population Decline | Sarah Harper
A Munk Debates podcast interview with Prof Sarah Harper - Population Decline. Be it resolved, don't fear declining birth rates. In this eposide, Sarah Harper argues that falling birth r...
The Great British Baby Bust | Sarah Harper
The Great British Baby Bust, Rethink Population, BBC Sounds RethinkRethink Population In this Episode 2 of 5, Prof Sarah Harper and guests look at why British birth rates hav...
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Hypatia Grant | Els van Wijngaarden
The Institute is delighted to announce that Prof. Els van Wijngaarden, Associate Professor in Care Ethics is awarded a Hypatia Tenure Track Grant. The total award is 1 Million Euro for four years. ...
Journal of Population Ageing | Multigenerational Families in East Asia
We are pleased to announce that a Special Issue of the Journal of Population Ageing is now available online, Volume 14, Issue 4, December 2021 In this issue: Editorial - Ol...
The Jerusalem Declaration on Ageing 2020
Contemporary human society faces unprecedented forces that will strongly effect the future. One major such force is the accelerated ageing of populations. This is driven by two interacting componen...
Depopulation Timebomb | Sarah Harper
The world’s population is set to expand to 9.7 billion but will contract sharply by 2064 with enormous economic, social and geopolitical implications – with urbanisation becoming a univ...
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Young Researcher Award | Suen Yiu Tung
The Institute is delighted to announce that Prof. Suen Yiu Tung, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies Programme has won the Young Researcher Award 2020-21 of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.&n...
Journal of Population Ageing | Illuminating the Dark Side of Ageing
We are pleased to announce that a Special Issue of the Journal of Population Ageing is now available online, Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2021 In this issue: Editorial notes by Ashle...
Dr Francesca Ghillani died 8th September 2021
It is with great sadness that the Institute of Population Ageing has learnt of the death of Dr Francesca Ghillani (10 March 1978 - 8 September 2021), a Research Fellow at the Institute. ...