By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 15 April 2024 Photo: Nick Fewings/Unsplash Three travel grant applications from SWEAH PhD-students have been approved this spring. Sharon Kagwa. Photo: Private Sharon Kagwa, Karolinska Institutet, will visit to the non-governmental organisation SAJIDA foundation in Bangladesh, in June- August this summer.– I am mostly lo

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-are-going-research-adventures-abroad - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 16 May 2024 Photo: Jakob Dalbjörn/Unsplash Right now, many are looking forward to the big gerontology conference NKG in Stockholm, in June. One who decided to go early on is alumna Charlotta Nilsen, coordinator of the SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network, SAIN. She is lecturer and program manager for the master's progr

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sain-alumna-about-nkg-high-search-pressure-year - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 14 November 2024 Photo: Unsplash/Agence Olloweb At the moment, feverish activity is underway to compile the graduate school's eleven-year activities. Before the summer, Lund University's vice-chancellor decided that an external evaluation of SWEAH should be carried out in the spring of 2025. – It is very important to hav

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-school-will-be-reviewed - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 24 May 2024 Photo: Kara Nash/Unsplash Meet some of the expectant doctoral students who will participate at the Nordic Congress of Gerontology in Stockholm, June 12-14, 2024. How will you participate at NKG? Mariam Kirvalidze, PhD Student, Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet. Photo: Private Mariam: In several way

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/their-way-nkg-i-generally-enjoy-public-speaking - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 7 June 2024 Rebecca Baxter, member of SAIN and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Nursing, Umeå University. Photo: Umeå University Hello Rebecca Baxter, moderator on SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network, SAIN’s panel discussion at NKG June 11. A few questions before the big conference starts next week. A lot of agein

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/exploring-what-i-should-have-told-myself-30-years-ago - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 26 August 2024 Early career researchers playing the Serious Game, tools based in empirical evidence, co-designed with older people, designed to help players not only listen to different views, but put themselves in the shoes of others. Photo: University in Stirling More than 20 years ago, Swedish Professor Susanne Iwarss

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/uk-professor-youve-got-fantastic-data-sets - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 12 June 2024 Her Majesty the Queen Silvia. Photo: Yanan Li/Kungl. Hovstaterna Relive the Nordic gerontology conference 27th NKG 2024 in pictures. SWEAH participated with a number of doctoral students, postdocs, supervisors and researchers on all conference days at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm in mid-June 2024.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-nordic-gerontology-conference-nkg2024 - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 13 June 2024 Associate Professors Steven Schmidt and Geidre Gefenaite, Lund University, Associate Professor Signe Tomsone, Riga Stradins University in Latvia, Doctoral Student Nicholas Levak, Karolinska Institutet and Professor Marja Aartsen, OsloMet in Norway. One of the seminars at the Nordic Gerontology Congress, NKG2

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-leaders-we-need-invite-young-people - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 14 June 2024 Photo: Lill Eriksson Some pictures and a video from the celebration toast at the Nordic gerontology congress NKG2024 in Stockholm, 13 June 2024. SWEAH coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, celebrated with a toast and balloons together with PhD students, alumni, teachers, researchers and guests. Photo: Lil

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/national-graduate-school-sweah-celebrates-ten-years - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 14 August 2024 Stirling castle. Photo: Ramon Vloon/Unsplash SWEAH's course in Lund, where also British postdocs and doctoral students have participated, is over. We check the travel fever of some of the Swedish PhD students and alumni who will go to Stirling in UK in September for continued knowledge exchange there. Anna

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/way-scotland-together-we-can-find-common-solutions - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 9 September 2024 SWEAH's travelers left an almost 30-degree Sweden and arrived in typical September rain and Stirling half as hot. But then the sun came and a packed program with, among other things, lectures and workshops on quantitative and qualitative methods, and a competition where the best presentations were crowne

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/old-and-new-contacts-are-made-great-britain - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 25 September 2024 Stina Elfverson travels to Namibia and other countries on her half year long sabbatical. Photo: Private SWEAH's research administrator, Stina Elfverson, is taking a six-month leave of absence from October 1, 2024. She is going out and seeing the world. What are you going to do?– I will work as a tour gu

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/pausing-sweah-job-adventures-africa - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 11 October 2024 Photo: Christine Roy/Unsplash For several years, doctoral students at the research school have been able to travel out into the world and take part in international research in ageing and health. Now SWEAH has granted three more applications, which concern trips to Australia, Italy and Portugal. In this a

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-are-awarded-sweahs-travel-grant - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 22 October 2024 Photo: Mari Helin/Unsplash Last September was the application deadline for new PhD students who want to join the SWEAH research school next year. A total of 14 applications were received, from 5 men and 9 women at 5 of the 13 partner universities; Dalarna University, Karolinska Institutet, Linköping Unive

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/now-new-doctoral-students-are-reviewed - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 23 October 2024 Anna Marseglia will lead a multidisciplinary research team, with expertise in geriatric epidemiology, psychology, medical sociology, neuroscience, and engineering. Photo: Jesse Orrico/Unsplash SWEAH alumnus Wossenseged Jemberie, Umeå University, receives Forte establishment grant and alumni Anna Marseglia

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/millions-sweah-alumni-projects - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 26 November 2024 Pernilla together with the research group EpiDoc, which collects data in clinical care around Portugal. Photo: Private District nurse and SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, at Stiftelsen Stockholms läns Äldrecentrum, earlier this year received SWEAH's travel grant of SEK 20,000 to visit Univers

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/unusually-many-people-over-65-no-home-care - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 23 January 2025 Photo: Headway/Unsplash The work in SWEAH's management continues with high energy. At the turn of the year, some new people entered as members of the graduate school's board. In addition, alumni have been granted assignments in their postdoctoral career development. The graduate school SWEAH is led by a b

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-commitment-new-year - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 29 January 2025 SWEAH's new doctoral students met for the first time at Forum Medicum in Lund. Photo: Lill Eriksson On Tuesday, the new PhD students from partner universities around the country, who have joined the graduate school in 2025, met for the first time. During the introduction day in Lund, they got to meet SWEA

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/here-are-sweahs-new-phd-students - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 24 February 2025 An on-site meeting, discussing PhD projects and the varying conditions under which they conduct them. Three PhD students from the institution, originating from South Korea, China and Mexico, and Isabelle von Saenger (second from left). Photo: Private This winter SWEAH PhD student, Isabelle von Saenger, K

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-changing-perspectives-best-energy-boost - 2025-07-03

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 11 March 2025 Professor Susanne Iwarsson receives the 2025 Great Gerontology Prize. Photo: Charlotte Carlberg Bärg The Great Gerontology Prize 2025 is awarded to SWEAH's coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson. The prize is given to people who have made a difference in the field of older adults and ageing. The motivation

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/years-gerontology-award-goes-susanne-iwarsson - 2025-07-03