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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...
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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...
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2020 MSFHR Scholars | Teddy Cosco
The Institute is delighted to announce that Theodore D Cosco has been named amongst the 2020 MSFHR Scholar award recipients who are advancing science, addressing health priorities, a...
Journal of Population Ageing | Volume 13, Issue 3
We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Population Ageing Volume 13, Issue 3 is now available online. In this issue: Editorial notes by Sarah Harper&nbs...
2020 IARU Internship | The deadline is extended
Due to COVID-19 the deadline has been extended to 1 October 2020! The Institute is inviting applications for graduate students from IARU group Universities for 2020 Internship in Oxford - M...
Will over 50s have to stay in lockdown? | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper shared her views in a BBC Radio London interview about the possibility of over 50s being asked to stay at home to avoid another lockdown. ► Liste...
Population estimates | Sarah Harper
In the light of new data published in the Lancet, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power, Professor Sarah Harper discussed the Institute's research into...
Covid-19 infections 'higher in care homes in England that use more agency staff' | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper comments on the ONS findings, highlighing how agency care home staff, often on low pay or zero-hours contracts, may have inadvertently contributed to the spread of the v...
New publication
New publication by George W Leeson , Alejandro Klein and Erika Carcaño - 'Generational bonds between grandparents and adolescent grandchildren: a field with...
Design Age Institute: the UK’s first national design-for-ageing Institute
In a joint venture between the Royal College of Art, University of Oxford and University of Newcastle, the UK’s first national design-for-ageing Institute has been announced. Th...
Over 70s given green light to join social bubbles | Sarah Harper
There was confusion early in the COVID-19 outbreak as to whether people aged over 70 would be asked to self-isolate for longer than the rest of the population, even if they were in good h...