Enhancing our understanding of later life

The British Society of Gerontology provides a multidisciplinary forum for researchers and other individuals interested in the situations of older people, and in how knowledge about ageing and later life can be enhanced and improved. BSG is a registered charitable company and is the professional organisation representing gerontologists in Britain.

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Apr 2021

The fight for Mary Feilding Guild

In 1997 at the first – and only – European conference on advocacy in later life in Dublin a team …

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Mar 2021

Balancing religious freedoms, sexual orientation rights and gender identity protections in older age care

One of the major 21st century challenges for tolerance is balancing the rights of those with faith-based objections to lesbian, …

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Mar 2021

A MARRIAGE MADE IN RESEARCH HEAVEN

This blog is posted on behalf of one of our members, Paul Cann OBE. “More research is needed”: the eternal …

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Dr Paul Nash, Lecturer, Centre For Innovative Ageing at Swansea University talks about the importance of Gerontology

Gerontology: What is it and why is it important?

Events & Courses

18 May 2021

Stop the Pressure: Pressure Ulcer Prevention & Management

18 May 2021

Insights from the Culture Box Study

18 May 2021 - 19 May 2021

Launch Events for the Newcastle University Centre for Ageing and Inequalities

27 May 2021

MICRA Webinar: Moving online: Digital dance programs for older adults and people with Parkinson’s

06 July 2021

Hip Fracture Summit 2021: Improving Care & Outcomes

06 July 2021 - 09 July 2021

Intensive Course on Ethics in Dementia Care

07 July 2021 - 09 July 2021

BSG Annual Conference 2021

14 July 2021

Falls Prevention in Older People

Winning Photos from Photocrowd and the British Society of Gerontology

Ageing: the bigger picture

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29 April 2021

A more positive image of ageing

Free image library seeks to combat harmful stereotypes of older people

22 April 2021

Lancaster University Request to Members for BSG 50th Anniversary Conference

The British Society of Gerontology is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year. The 50th Anniversary Annual Conference will be online from 7 – 9 July, with a theme of ‘Ageing past, present and future: Innovation and change’, hosted by Lancaster University Centre for Ageing Research.

09 March 2021

Singing In The Rain video project has gone live!

BSG members Lung Theatre spoke with about a video project they are running, with people born in the 1920s.

08 March 2021

Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice

The Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice is a learning community that brings together organisations.....

01 March 2021

Pre-announcement: research into inclusive ageing

Apply for research on inclusive ageing.

23 February 2021

eLife has published a new special issue on ageing, geroscience and longevity

The special issue marks the rapid progress made in this field over the past decade, both in terms of mechanistic understanding and translational approaches that are poised to have clinical impact on age-related diseases.

Jobs

Deadline: 17 May 2021

Kings College London

Research Associate in the Department of English

Deadline: 31 December 2018

The Centre for innovative Ageing at Swansea University

Postgraduate Programmes in Gerontology & Ageing Studies

Deadline: 31 August 2018

Nanyang Technical University

Visiting Fellow

Deadline: 02 July 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Evaluations and Interventions Officer – Ageing and public health

Deadline: 02 July 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Knowledge Translation Officer - Ageing and Public Health

Deadline: 22 June 2018

Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Public Health Interventions Officer - Loneliness