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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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Sep 2021

Blog on BSG Annual Conference 2021, University of Lancaster, by Professor Peter Coleman, Emeritus Professor of Psychogerontology, University of Southampton

I awaited the Lancaster conference with a mixture of emotions. I had long intended to be part of this 50th …

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Sep 2021

BSG 2021: Conference report from Miriam Bernard, Emeritus Professor of Gerontology, University of Keele

Bursary code to hand, I registered for the online conference not knowing quite what to expect. Unlike many colleagues, I …

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Sep 2021

Locked down by inequality: Older people and the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Patty Doran, Tine Buffel, Sophie Yarker, Chris Phillipson, Luciana Lang, Camilla Lewis and Mhorag Goff In the UK as …

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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?

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29 September 2021

From DoLS to Liberty Protection Safeguards: Managing the Interim

30 September 2021

Ageing and Migration Status: Book Club

15 October 2021

Falls Prevention Summit 2021: Reducing Inpatient Falls & Harm from Inpatient Falls

20 October 2021

The Role of Technologies for the Healthcare of the Older Population

22 October 2021

Adult Safeguarding Investigation: Undertaking and Learning from Safeguarding Adults Reviews

06 July 2022 - 08 July 2022

BSG Annual Conference 2022

Winning Photos from Photocrowd and the British Society of Gerontology

Ageing: the bigger picture

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20 September 2021

Ransackers Association Lottery Grant

We are delighted to announce our new project, Learn and Live Long, funded by £9,000 from an Awards for All lottery grant.

20 September 2021

Recently published book ‘How is a man supposed to be a man? Male childlessness a Life Course Disrupted’ written by BSG member Robin Hadley

Berghahn Books have just released, ‘How is a man supposed to be a man? Male childlessness a Life Course Disrupted’ the latest in the Berghahn Books Series: ‘Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives.

13 September 2021

New UKRI Funding Opportunity - Ageing Across the Life Course Interdisciplinary Research Networks

On Monday 6th September BBSRC and MRC jointly launched a new funding opportunity to support Ageing Across the Life Course Interdisciplinary Research Networks.

10 September 2021

BEIS for the Independent Review of Research Bureaucracy: call for evidence

his call for evidence is seeking views on ways to substantially reduce research bureaucracy, primarily for the benefit of individuals and teams conducting research. This consultation closes at 6pm on 1 October 2021

09 July 2021

Religion, sexual orientation and gender identity in older age care

New research project on balancing religious freedoms, sexual orientation and gender identity rights in older age care spaces

05 July 2021

Call for collaborators