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Aug 2024
 DEVELOPING CRITICAL URBAN GERONTOLOGY
  By Tine Buffel, Chris Phillipson and the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group The University of Manchester The idea of …

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Aug 2024
Paying attention to racism and not just race in research with older ethnic minority people
On 13 February 2024, Dr Dharmi Kapadia, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Manchester, presented a talk to the …

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Jul 2024
Five of the best things about the Nordic Congress of Gerontology
Sarah Hopkins I was very fortunate to receive a generous BSG bursary to attend the Nordic Congress of Gerontology in …

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17 September 2024
New Averil Osborn Secretary and Deputy Secretary Announced.
08 July 2024
CALL FOR PAPERS Frailty, Illness, and Health in Deep Old Age:Perspectives from Medical Sociology and Social Gerontology
08 July 2024
The IJERPH has published a call for papers to be included in a special issue, ‘Rising to the Healthy Ageing Challenge: Co-production with Older People and Business’. Details are available at IJERPH | Special Issue : Rising to the Healthy Ageing Challenge: Co-production with Older People and Business (mdpi.com) Submissions are invited for review until the deadline of 31 October 2024 and accepted papers will be published online immediately following acceptance.
16 May 2024
The first issue of the Journal of Global Ageing is now out. All papers will be free to access until the end of July 2024.
02 May 2024
A team of researchers from The University of Manchester has spent the last 18 months examining how faith spaces in Greater Manchester support different groups of older people within their communities.
23 April 2024
We are delighted to confirm that the first issue of the Journal of Global Ageing will publish in May 2024.
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