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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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Oct 2018

A new age of precarity for older workers in ‘secure’ jobs?

By Sarah Vickerstaff and David Lain We have heard much in the last few years about the growing experience of …

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Sep 2018

Can research make a difference in your care home?

September 18th 2018 Care home residents, relatives and care staff joined researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) to …

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Sep 2018

CAN RESEARCH MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR CARE HOME?

Later this month (September), researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) are planning to hold an interactive workshop for researchers, …

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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?

The 48th

BSG Annual Conference

10 - 12 July 2019
The University of Liverpool

Registration open soon

Events & Courses

26 October 2018

Ageing, the Digital and Everyday Life

29 October 2018

RESILIENCE II: OLDER PEOPLE & SOCIAL CARE

08 November 2018 - 08 November 2018

Fostering Active & Healthy Ageing in Europe: Integrating the Elderly & Harnessing their Economic Potential

08 November 2018

Researching ageing - research methods in gerontology

08 November 2018

Researching Sensitive and Ethically Challenging Topics

19 November 2018

Age UK and Age Platform Europe Event: What will Brexit mean for older people in the UK?

20 November 2018 - 20 November 2018

Clinical case presentations

23 November 2018

Working together: collaboration beyond the academy in research in dementia and culture

24 November 2018

Geriatrics for Juniors

30 November 2018

Pathways to Impact: from Research into Policy, Practice and Interventions

05 December 2018

Falls Prevention & Management in Older People

05 December 2018

Visual Methods Workshop

Winning Photos from Photocrowd and the British Society of Gerontology

Ageing: the bigger picture

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10 October 2018

The forthcoming special issue - Creating Age-friendly Communities: Housing and Technology

The forthcoming special issue - Creating Age-friendly Communities: Housing and Technology. This special issue will be published in the MDPI journal Healthcare.

05 October 2018

Abstract submission and registration open for BSG2019 Liverpool

Abstract submission and registration is now open for the BSG Annual Conference 2109 in Liverpool

03 October 2018

BSG Memorandum of Understanding with Centre for Ageing Better

08 August 2018

BSG and Centre for Ageing Better to Strengthen Links Between Research, Policy and Practice

The BSG and the Centre for Ageing Better have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on working together to enable stronger links between research, policy and practice. The two will collaborate on convening experts working on ageing, supporting researchers, policymakers and practitioners in achieving and measuring impact on the areas which matter to having a good later life.

08 August 2018

Archive of the British Society of Gerontology: Now Available via the Richard Burton Archive at Swansea University

The Society is very happy to announce that the Archive of the British Society of Gerontology is now freely available via the Richard Burton Archive at Swansea University.

05 August 2018

Professor Hal Kendig

Member of the BSG will be greatly saddened to learn of the death of Hal Kendig, Emeritus Professor of Ageing and Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU).

Jobs

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

Deadline: 16 April 2018

London College of Fashion, University of the Arts and Dementia Research Centre, Institute of Neurology, University College Lond

Arts and Dementia Care PhD Scholarship: London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. A partnership award with the Dementia Research Centre, Institute of Neurology, University College London