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SWEAH PhD student Pernilla Alencar Siljehag has received an invitation from Latin America's leading and largest institution in public health, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation in Brazil. – The research group I am going to visit is running a gigantic population study involving six major federal universities. It is reminiscent of the SNAC study, which I am using data from here in Sweden, but in multi-form

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2026-01-17

With impact officer Oskar Jonsson, SWEAH will strengthen approaches to collaboration, user involvement and community engagement based on the research and activities conducted within SWEAH. PhD students affiliated with SWEAH will now be involved in his work. – During the spring I will review all theses produced within SWEAH the last three years, says Oskar Jonsson.He focuses on how collaboration wi

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/reviewing-sweah-papers-maximize-societal-impact - 2026-01-17

Is there any point in participating in a graduate school? After qualitative interviews with alumni from SWEAH, a scientific publication has now been published, which establishes that interdisciplinary graduate schools can play a crucial role in educating the next generation of researchers. A few questions to the article's first author Catharina Melander, senior lecturer at SWEAH's partner universi

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/important-new-researchers-deal-uncertainty - 2026-01-17

SWEAH PhD student William Son Galanza at Lund University is back in business after a visit at University of Bologna in Italy, during March to May. – I am surprised by how advanced their research on fall prediction and smart assistive technology is, such as a prototype of smart crutches that allows biofeedback and telemonitoring, he says. William Son Galanza went to meet his mentor from his affilia

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/back-italy-i-felt-potential-international-and-interdisciplinary-work - 2026-01-17

In Sweden he fears a risk of care damage, which likely does not exist in countries like Romania. During three months in the autumn, SWEAH PhD student Glenn Möllergren, Lund University, will live in Romania and find out more about it. First one year in the 1990s and then at a number of longer stays for education and work. Soon a smaller moving load will go to Romania again. Möllergren has received

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/romania-you-bite-bullet-and-do-it-yourself - 2026-01-17

THE PORTRAIT. Ageing has been a common theme throughout her career. With only two years left until retirement, Professor Susanne Iwarsson is starting to slow down – a little. A personal interview with researcher and SWEAH coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, is published in the magazine Arbetsterapeutenen (in Swedish).

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/long-term-care-clinic-professorship - 2026-01-17

Last fall, the municipality of Härnösand launched an initiative to more effectively support the older adults with rehabilitation and preventive health interventions. The first phase of part of the initiative, in the form of a “task force” led by Eva Ekvall Hansson, Professor of physiotherapy at Lund University, is now being completed. An assessment and intervention team has been established in the

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/task-force-harnosand-project-we-are-already-seeing-positive-developments - 2026-01-17

SWEAH is committed to strengthening approaches to collaboration, user involvement and community engagement based on the research and activities conducted within the graduate school. Now SWEAH PhD students can use a tool to enhance how they connect research with collaborators outside of academia, increase the visibility of research, as well as enhance societal impact. SWEAH offers workshops to furt

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/collaboration-outside-academia-now-being-strengthened - 2026-01-17

The fields of the humanities and arts remain under-represented within ageing research. That is one of the findings in a new publication, based on the content of a gerontology congress last year. The rapidly ageing population in our changing world requires the creation of inclusive, supportive and sustainable societies. According to one of the main authors, SWEAH doctor Isabelle von Saenger, Karoli

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/conclusion-after-congress-embrace-truly-interdisciplinary-and-inclusive-approach-ageing - 2026-01-17

Earlier this summer SWEAH postdoc Wossenseged Jemberie, Umeå University, and PhD student Jeanne Højgaard-Bøytler, Lund University, held a joint lecture on older adults and substance use issues, for around 60 employees in the health and social care and social psychiatry sectors in Skellefteå. Providing person-centred care and care with respect for the individual's self-determination places high dem

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/important-also-substance-users-have-right-self-determination - 2026-01-17

This week, a first workshop was held for SWEAH PhD students who want to learn more about impact, collaborating with actors outside academia and how to reach decision-makers and achieve real change. It is not always easy and it requires structured work, the participants noted. On October 15, SWEAH is arranging a second workshop, when a tool that can facilitate this will be examined in more detail.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-want-create-real-change-their-research - 2026-01-17

Frail older adults can participate meaningfully in research and care, when given appropriate methods and support. But institutional cultures often limit their influence and opportunities. That is revealed in a new thesis defended by Roar Hermansen Østby, University of Gothenburg. He is affiliated to SWEAH since 2022 and examines participation, user involvement and frail older adults.How can the re

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/institutional-cultures-limit-influence-frail-older-adults - 2026-01-17

SWEAH PhD student Ana Sabsil, Karolinska Institutet, is home again after one week’s research visit to the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, THL, in Helsinki, financed by SWEAH travel grant. During the visit, she worked on data analysis at the THL offices every day, that gave her the opportunity to meet many colleagues involved in the trial of the MET-FINGER study, Multidomain Lifestyle Int

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/ana-finland-perfect-opportunity-deepen-my-understanding-and-strengthen-collaborations - 2026-01-17

SWEAH's founder and coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, receives her second honorary doctorate, at the same time as Finnish President Stubb. Iwarsson is being awarded an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, located in Central Finland. She is honored for "her groundbreaking research on the interaction between human functional capacity and the

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/appointed-honorary-doctor-together-finnish-president - 2026-01-17

Those who have been PhD students at SWEAH graduate school have built up a broad network during their doctoral studies, and many continue the collaboration between the partner universities as alumni and researchers. Last week, some SWEAH alumni met to write a joint article. They obviously don't want to reveal exactly what it will be about before publication. But they are happy to highlight the rewa

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumni-new-joint-project - 2026-01-17

This week, SWEAH's board has held both a workshop and a board meeting, this time at the partner university, Mid Sweden University in Sundsvall. During an introductory workshop, the evaluation made by external reviewers of SWEAH's activities during the period 2022-2024 was discussed, as well as the future of the graduate school after the current co-financing agreement expires after 2026.– We have n

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/it-looks-promising-continuation - 2026-01-17

”An outstanding example of a national graduate school with excellent results and exceptional management, which should be continued in the future”, is the recommendation from the SWEAH evaluation. Following a proposal from the graduate school's partner representatives, during spring 2025 three external reviewers evaluated SWEAH's operations during the period 2022-2024.– We are very satisfied with t

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/how-evaluators-rated-sweah - 2026-01-17

SWEAH has received 17 new applications from PhD students who wish to join the graduate school starting next year. That's a few more than last year. This time, doctoral students from 8 of SWEAH's 13 partner universities applied. One application each from Dalarna University, Linnaeus University and Linköping University, two from Jönköping University, Kristianstad University and Umeå University, as w

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/application-process-underway - 2026-01-17

Right after participating in SWEAH’s workshops on impact and collaboration, PhD student Jerry Norlin, Dalarna University, put the theories into practical use. Norlin presented his research on ‘Older adults’ loneliness: Relationships, everyday strategies and design of support’ at Region Gävleborg’s collaboration conference ”Forskare och praktiker möts” (Researchers and practitioners meet) in Söderh

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/research-and-practice-met-lot-cross-fertilization-ideas - 2026-01-17

This week, around 20 SWEAH PhD students are visiting the partner university Dalarna University campus in Falun. It's time for the autumn PhD Student Days, 4-5 November, packed with lectures, workshop, discussions and networking. This time the theme is "Future career path". It is important to have a well-thought-out plan to become a fully-fledged researcher in aging and health. What does your dream

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/time-dream-about-future - 2026-01-17