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DAI Research and Community Roundtable
The Design Age Institute hosts a Research and Community Roundtable with members of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing's Research Networks in Africa, Latin America and Central and Eastern...
Do China's 'one child generation' want more children? | George Leeson
Census results in the US and in China indicate that both countries are likely to start shrinking in population much sooner than they thought. China is under pressure to boost measures for c...
Journal of Population Ageing | New Issue Alert
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 14, Issue 1 is now available online. In this Special Issue on Active Ageing Index: Editorial notes b...
Birth bust | Sarah Harper in The Telegraph
Professor Sarah Harper comments on the impact of Covid-19 on declining birth rates in an article published in The Telegraph. "Because this pandemic has largely killed older adults...
Impact of Covid-19 on birth rates | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper discussed the impact of Covid-19 on declining birth rates and a significant fall in population size across the UK in a series of interviews with media over the past...
New publication | IARU-ALH Position Statement
Position statement by Sarah Harper, Jaco Hoffman et al. - Societal Need for Interdisciplinary Ageing Research: An International Alliance of Research Universities “Ageing, Longevity...
Alzheimer’s research challenge winner | Ruth Itzhaki
Ruth Itzhaki, Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and Professor Emeritus of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Manchester, received the Alzgerm Qu...
Journal of Population Ageing | New Issue Alert
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 13, Issue 4 is now available online. In this issue: Editorial notes by Sarah Harper - Th...
House of Lords Ageing Report
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has published a report into healthy ageing, following an in-depth inquiry. “The Committee found that the Government needs to urgently ad...
How co-living communities will replace our empty offices | Sarah Harper
Looking at the future of work, Professor Sarah Harper predicts that 2021 will see people “work and socialise in connected local communities”, with former office spaces & retail...
Nuffield Council appoints members of working group on the future of ageing
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has appointed members to the working group of its latest in-depth inquiry into the future of ageing, which will examine ethical questions in relation to the role o...
Covid-19 deaths can be reduced by up to 93 per cent if over-55s only socialise with people in their own age group | Comments by Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments in MailOnline on the research findings of a new study looking at the idea of minimising the death rate from coronavirus by restricting people from mee...
Journal of Tourism Analysis | Adela Balderas
The Institute is pleased to announce that Dr Adela Balderas has been appointed Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Tourism Analysis as of January 2021. Adela is a Researh...
Covid’s second coming: how did Britain get back in this mess?
Professor Sarah Harper comments on Covid’s long-term impact on patienst in an article published in The Observer. “People have taken on board health in...
New Publication
New publication by Adela Balderas-Cejudo and George W Leeson- Gastronomic tourism and the senior foodies market in Gastronomy and Food Science, 1st Edition Gas...