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The young researchers of the future investigate everything from sexuality in elderly care, virtual aids - to abuse in care and much more. On Tuesday the 30th January 2024 SWEAH:s coordinator Susanne Iwarsson and her team welcomed newly affiliated PhD students from the partner universities, in an introduction meeting in Lund. The students introduced themselves and their research - a real range, abo

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sex-abuse-and-virtual-aids-some-new-phds-focus - 2025-11-11

Associate professor Steven Schmidt is SWEAH's new study coordinator. Steven Schmidt, also CASE coordinator and research team manager in Applied Gerontology, replaced Cecilia Petterson the 1 January 2024. The assignment is 40 percent of full-time until 31 December 2026. Why did you say yes?– I think it is a great opportunity to support the development of the next generation of researchers in ageing

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/steven-schmidt-new-study-coordinator - 2025-11-11

It will be Oskar Jonsson who will be SWEAH's researcher with collaborative assignment of 20 percent this year. The completely new assignment includes collaborating within the welfare and community building sector, with politicians, interest organisations, business and the media - both nationally and internationally. The goal is to strengthen the conditions for translating research results from SWE

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/he-contributes-research-reaching-practice - 2025-11-11

The graduate school's basic course "Theories of ageing" is proceeding according to plan. This week, around 25 doctoral students from all over the country are participating in a two-day workshop in Lund. There will be lectures on the theories of ageing by the biogerontologist Suresh Rattan from Denmark's second oldest university, Aarhus University, and by acclaimed Boo Johansson, senior Professor o

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/here-theories-ageing-are-practiced - 2025-11-11

Three travel grant applications from SWEAH PhD-students have been approved this spring. Sharon Kagwa, Karolinska Institutet, will visit to the non-governmental organisation SAJIDA foundation in Bangladesh, in June- August this summer.– I am mostly looking forward to being exposed to new research methodologies and perspectives within a new research setting in a middle-income country. This internshi

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-are-going-research-adventures-abroad - 2025-11-11

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 program in gerontology at the Institute of Gerontology at the School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, and part of

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sain-alumna-about-nkg-high-search-pressure-year - 2025-11-11

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 have an external review, because Lund University and the other 12 universities that finance SWEAH need information before decisio

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-school-will-be-reviewed - 2025-11-11

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: In several ways, I have an oral presentation in the “Long-term Care” session, related to my recent publication on person-centered integrated care interventions in Sweden. I will also be a part of the panel discussion on res

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/their-way-nkg-i-generally-enjoy-public-speaking - 2025-11-11

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 ageing events are arranged for researchers - why participate at NKG in particular?– The NKG is an excellent opportunity to connect with people who are at the forefront of ageing research in the Nordics, and internati

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/exploring-what-i-should-have-told-myself-30-years-ago - 2025-11-11

More than 20 years ago, Swedish Professor Susanne Iwarsson and UK Professor Judith Phillips, started collaborating across national borders. When Susanne established the graduate school SWEAH 2017, Judith immediately sent some of their PhD students to some of the courses in Sweden. Soon around 20 SWEAH PhD students and postdocs will visit their counterparts at the University in Stirling, Scotland,

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/uk-professor-youve-got-fantastic-data-sets - 2025-11-11

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. See pictures and videos from the conference on our Swedish website and in our social media.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-nordic-gerontology-conference-nkg2024 - 2025-11-11

One of the seminars at the Nordic Gerontology Congress, NKG2024, 12-14 June in Stockholm, was about the future. On Thursday 13 June SWEAH coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, and study coordinator Associate Professor Steven Schmidt, held a seminar about graduate education in gerontology in Northern Europe together with other leaders from universities in Europe.– During our ten years, we have h

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/graduate-leaders-we-need-invite-young-people - 2025-11-11

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. Read fun facts about SWEAH's 10 years.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/national-graduate-school-sweah-celebrates-ten-years - 2025-11-11

Astrid Norén-Nilsson has assessed Cambodia's political and social trends of the past year for East Asia Forum The article is part of the annual EAF Year in Review series, in which country experts assess the trends of the past year that are likely to affect the year in prospect. Read the article on the East Asia Forum web site

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/year-review-article-cambodia-2021 - 2025-11-11

Paulina Kolata has co-authored a journal article with Gwendolyn Gillson on the importance of food literacy and its aesthetics in contemporary Japanese Buddhism. Along with the other articles in the Numen Special Issue ‘The Aesthetics and Emotions of Religious Belonging: Examples from the Buddhist World’ that it contributes to, the article explores the generative and disruptive force of affects tha

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-gender-and-food-japanese-buddhism - 2025-11-11

Paulina Kolata has recently published an article in Allegra Lab on Buddhist material excess in contemporary Japan. The piece contributes to the thematic thread on “Heritage out of Control” that developed from the ‘Heritage out of Control: Waste, Spirits, Energies’ Workshop hosted by the Max Planck Research Group “Empires of Memory.” The thematic thread offers a collection of short articles explori

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-material-religion-excess-and-depopulation-japan - 2025-11-11

Astrid Norén-Nilsson has published an article on strands of liberalism in Cambodian politics The article, published in Asian Studies Review, seeks to recover strands of liberalism in Cambodian politics from the period leading up to Independence onwards. It is part of the Special Issue 'Locating Liberalisms in Southeast Asia'. Read the full article on Taylor&Francis Online website

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-liberalism-cambodia - 2025-11-11

Tabita Rosendal, PhD student at the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, has written an article on the Sino-Danish relationship for the People’s Map of Global China. In the article she argues that while Denmark retains its pragmatic approach to China and largely frames the Sino-Danish relationship in terms of economic diplomacy, controversies related to human rights have strained bilatera

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/denmark-peoples-map-global-china - 2025-11-11

Workshop 21-22 April at the Centre This workshop will discuss ethical, methodological, and practical issues and choices when using visual methods. Five keynote speakers from different disciplines will share and discuss their work using images, multimedia and film as part of their research. The workshop invites a limited number of participants at Lund University to present and discuss either previo

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/visual-methods-and-practices-research-new-work-ideas-and-approaches - 2025-11-11

Paul O'Shea has co-authored an article on the communication of food safety risk in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster (2011-2020). Tine Walravens, Nicolai Ahrenkiel, and Paul O'Shea published '‘Let's eat Fukushima’: communicating risk and restoring ‘safe food’ after the Fukushima disaster (2011-2020)' in Japan Forum this month. The article draws on three case studies, spanning 2011 to 2020, t

https://www.ace.lu.se/article/new-publication-food-safety-after-fukushima-nuclear-disaster - 2025-11-11