Junior activities

Tuesday 11 June 2024

Pre-conference workshop for early career researchers* – a panel discussion with highly accomplished senior researchers in gerontology with informal conversations about career choices.

Time: 16:00-18:00
Venue: Eva & Georg Klein lecture hall at Congress Venue (Biomedicum, Solnavägen 9, entrance floor)
Price: Free. Pre-registration is required

Drinks and snacks will be served.

The panellists

• Keynote speaker Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, Scientific Director of the U.S. National Institute on Aging
• Professor Nancy Pedersen, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Professor Norah Keating, Director, Global Social Issues on Ageing, International Association on Gerontology and Geriatrics; Honorary professor, Ageing and Dementia, University of Stirling, UK; Co-director, research on Aging, Policy and Practice (RAPP), University of Alberta, Canada; Extraordinary professor, Optentia Research Unit, North-West University, South Africa
• Professor Merril Silverstein, Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor of Aging Studies, Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University, USA

Moderators

• Dr. Rebecca Baxter, Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Sweden; Board member Swedish Gerontological Society (SGS); Member of SAIN (SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network)
• Dr Amy Prescott, Research Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, Brunel University; Committee Member of ERA, BSG

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*By your own definition. Often defined as a doctoral student and until 6 years after disputation/dissertation/thesis. Or if you are new to ageing research (in the last 3 years).

Tuesday 11 – Friday 14 June 2024

SIPET Masterclass “Ageing and Work” for early career researchers.
Participants will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of (late) work in an ageing society as an interdisciplinary research and policy topic.

Time: Four separate occasions during the congress – see detailed schedule on the SIPET homepage
Venue: The Congress venue
Price: Free. Pre-registration is required and done through SIPET directly. There is a limited number of seats. Participants need to be registered at the congress.

Masterclass keynote speakers

• Associate Professor Loretta Platts, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Professor Per H. Jensen, Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Denmark
• Professor Eskil Wadensjö, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden

Mentors (as far as confirmed)

• Associate Professor Brian Beach, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, USA
• Associate Professor Daniel Falkstedt, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
• Professor Liam Foster, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
• Assistant Professor Isabelle Hansson, Department of Psychology, Gothenburg University, Sweden
• Professor Katharina Herlofson, Centre for Welfare and Labour Research, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Professor Moritz Hess, Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein, Germany
• Professor Per H. Jensen, Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Denmark
• Associate Professor Susanne Kelfve, Division Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden
• Professor Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Division Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden
• Professor Laura Naegele, Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Bonn, Germany
• Professor Jolanta Perek-Białas, Institute of Sociology and Center for Evaluation and Public Policy Analysis, Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland
• Associate Professor Loretta Platts, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Professor Eskil Wadensjö, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Thursday 13 June 2024

SWEAH junior research fika
Meet SWEAH PhD students, alumni and supervisors for mingle and information exchange.

Time: 15:00-16:00
Venue: At the SWEAH exhibition table in Aula Medica
Price: Free. You are welcome to drop in.
Fika will be served

Read more about SWEAH (The National Graduate School of Ageing and Health).