Till forskare vid HT-fakulteterna, samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Juridicum och Ekonomihögskolan. Centrum för europaforskning vid Lunds universitet utlyser härmed medel för seminarier, symposier och föreläsningar på Europatema under vår- och/eller höstterminen 2024. Temat ska ha en tydlig Europarelevans. Det bör grundas på ett perspektiv (historiskt eller aktuellt) som anknyter till nutida förh

https://www.cfe.lu.se/artikel/medel-seminarier-symposier-och-forelasningar-pa-europatema-1 - 2025-08-23

Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson Håkan Jönson and Kiran Maini Gerhardsson are two of twenty-two authors from Lund University who will present their books at this year's book fair, Bokmässan, in Gothenburg - in Lund's digital stand - on Thursday 23 September.   Håkans Jönsson's book is entitled "Perspektiv på ålderism – diskriminerar yngre sig själva i framtiden?" and Kiran Maini Gerhardsson's book,

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-researchers-participate-bokmassan-2021 - 2025-08-23

Stig Ålund is a social worker and has extensive experience as a professional in the municipal sector, including as director of the Kommunförbundet Skåne. As a pensioner, he is very active in the civil society and has positions of trust for the National Association of Pensioners (PRO) at both local and regional level. Since 2013, Stig Ålund has been an extremely active representative of older peo

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/stig-alund-honorary-doctor-faculty-medicine - 2025-08-23

Christina Heller, PhD student, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University Mid-way review 2022/02/01. With Björn Slaug, main supervisor, and one of the reviewers Marianne Abramsson. CASE PhD student Christina Heller just had her Mid-way review: "Simulation models as a tool to compare housing policies for a population aging in place". Housing policies can be instrumental in addressing several ma

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/urgent-need-develop-sustainable-housing-policies-older-people-their-home-environments - 2025-08-23

Congratulations to CASE researcher Giedre Gefenaite who has received so-called "research space" for three years from the Medical Faculty Board. Giedre is active in the research group Active and Healthy Aging at the Department of Health Sciences and has recently also been appointed associate professor. In 2019, the board decided to introduce a new type of support for younger researchers who already

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-studies-importance-environment-aging-receive-funding - 2025-08-23

Lund University's collaboration initiatives are meeting places for knowledge and development in a number of different defined problem areas. “Social rights and housing for the aging population” (2018–2021) is one of the eighteen initiatives currently in place at the university. The steering group's report of what has been achieved during the period is now ready. Foto: Kennet Ruona. Oskar Jonsson,

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-processes-and-products-through-social-rights-and-housing-aging-population - 2025-08-23

Christine Etzerodt Laustsen's dissertation is part of the research program UserAge. The goal of the program is to gain more knowledge about involvement of older people, relatives and professionals in research in aging and health. UserAge is a collaboration between Lund University, University of Gothenburg, Linnaeus University and Kristianstad University. Christine Etzerodt Laustsen has been linked

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/first-userage-phd-student-defends-her-dissertation - 2025-08-23

The jury has unanimously agreed to award the Susanne Iwarsson Sohlberg Prize. To be eligible, the candidate must have built up a strong research group and initiated research of great importance for the development of gerontology. The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Nordic Gerontology Congress - 26NKG - in Odense on June 8. The prize goes to a researcher working in a Nordic

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/susanne-iwarsson-awarded-sohlberg-prize-nordic-regions-largest-prize-ageing-research - 2025-08-23

Photo by Georg Arthur Pflueger on Unsplash. This study explains how older people experienced and managed everyday life during the first 100 days of the coronavirus pandemic. The findings showed how doing was adapted and changed, how the pandemic gave opportunities for being and appreciating the moment, but that possibilities for becoming and developing were severely restricted, and the sense of be

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-research-article-hundred-days-confinement-doing-being-becoming-and-belonging-among-older-people - 2025-08-23

On June the 16th at 09.15, Erik Smedberg will defend his Licentiate thesis “Egressibility – Applying the concept of accessibility to the self-evacuation of people with functional limitations”.  The defense will take place in hybrid mode, and it will be conducted fully in English. The defense will take place in the room V:A, V-building, Lund University, John Ericsons väg 1, Lund and on zoom https:/

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/erik-smedberg-licentiate-thesis-defense - 2025-08-23

CASE User board. From the left: Ulf Selin, Anneli af Klinteberg, AnnMari Storm, Oskar Jonsson, Göran Ternéus, Christer Ohlin och Ingemar Bryman. Ageing and health researchers involve users in their research to improve quality and ensure relevance, but there is no consensus among them whether users should be involved in publicly funded research. User involvement in research has rapidly increased an

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-article-case-user-involvement-ageing-and-health-research-survey-researchers-and-older-adults - 2025-08-23

Wenqian Xu. Childlessness is a growing phenomenon in many countries, especially in China. Wenqian Xu will the next three years work with evidence-building, capacity-building and public-engagement activities on the topic "Ageing without children", within this grant. Could you please comment upon this international postdoc grant, what does it mean to you? - I am honored to receive this international

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-guest-researcher-wenqian-xu-receives-large-international-postdoc-grant-swedish-research-council - 2025-08-23

Technology adoption for active and healthy ageing, through a generational lens (half-time review Jens Offerman). Technology plays and will play an important role in promoting active and healthy ageing for current and future generations of older adults. However, very few studies highlight the specific knowledge needed to use different kinds of technologies and there is a lack of research addressing

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/what-kind-technology-wanted-support-active-and-healthy-ageing - 2025-08-23

Kristofer Hansson, Vanessa Stjernborg, Lena Levin and Eva Månsson Lexell. Despite efforts to overcome public transport barriers, major challenges remain. The rapid transition to a more transport-efficient society also includes digitization and new forms of mobility. This creates a growing concern about widening exclusion and digital divides and new research is needed. The new research project aims

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-case-research-understanding-obstacles-and-facilitators-current-and-future-public-transport - 2025-08-23

Steven Schmidt. As of January 1, 2023, associate professor Steven Schmidt is coordinating CASE. He is also head of the research group Applied Gerontology at the Department of Health Sciences, Lund University. Steven Schmidt is associate professor of medical psychology and his research focuses on relationships between environment, health/function and psychosocial factors in the ageing population. -

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/steven-schmidt-new-case-coordinator - 2025-08-23

CASE researcher Arlind Reuter holds an LMK Postdoc: Technology in the home - a path to independence and well-being for older people: is this the "new normal" after the covid-19 pandemic? Researchers in this field point out that technical solutions to support an aging population should be evaluated before they are implemented. A deep understanding of needs and desires after the pandemic is required

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/investigates-how-older-people-exercise-their-citizenship-home-using-digital-technology - 2025-08-23

Tine Buffel. Tine Buffel is professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester, where she directs the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group. Her presentation in the CASE Scientific Session had a focus on social and economic inequalities, and their consequences, both for research and urban ageing. The implications of such inequalities for age-friendly policy and practice

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-scientific-session-tine-buffel-about-age-friendly-movement - 2025-08-23

Jens Offerman. Research is needed to understand attitudes and adoption of the broad range of technologies available to support active and healthy aging in different generations. The present article, published in Nature Aging, gives an overview of the GenerationTech survey and sample, and describes attitudes and acceptance related to technology in general and as a means to support active and health

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-case-article-jens-offerman-attitudes-related-technology-active-and-healthy-aging-national-multi - 2025-08-23

Joint seminar - discussion. Welcome to the seminar in collaboration between the Center of Ageing and Supportive Environments, Urban Arena and Lund University Proactive Ageing Profile Area. The event is planned as part of MIRAI 2.0 seed-funding to develop collaborations between Japan and Sweden on living environments and health in ageing societies in times of crises.  The aim of the current seminar

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/living-environments-and-health-ageing-societies-times-crises - 2025-08-23

Pimkamol Mattson, Per-Olof Hedvall, Ben Mortenson and Björn Slaug. Three researchers presented their work: Associate professor Ben Mortenson (BSc in Occupational therapy and PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences) from University of British Columbia Vancouver, Associate professor Björn Slaug from Active and Healthy Ageing research group, and Associate professor Per-Olof Hedvall from CERTEC, Design Science

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-scientific-session-mobility-accessibility-and-participation - 2025-08-23