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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

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 - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 12 March 2025 Johannes Malm continues to develop his dementia app in Lund. Photo: Lill Eriksson A new SWEAH face appears in the Applied Gerontology research group's premises in Forum Medicum, Lund. The PhD student, economist and self-taught programmer Johannes Malm, now divides his time between Lund and Jönköping Univers

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/he-wants-contribute-better-life-people-dementia - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 7 April 2025 SWEAH PhD student Klara Le applied for and received a travel grant to learn more in Australia. Photo: Private A few questions for SWEAH PhD student Klara Le at Örebro University, who has just returned from a research trip in Sydney, Australia. Klara Le was awarded a travel grant of SEK 50,000 from SWEAH to v

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/so-was-klaras-research-visit-down-under - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 8 April 2025 Professor Kerstin Tham from Sweden, Professor Marja Jylhä from Finland and Professor Clemens Tesch-Roemer from Germany visit SWEAH at Lund University. Photo: Lill Eriksson Now they are here, to scrutinize SWEAH’s operations inside and out. Yesterday three external evaluators landed in Lund, to review the Swe

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/evaluators-we-want-learn-about-all-your-secrets - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 10 April 2025 In April, Gothenburg welcomed 16 PhD students from the national graduate school SWEAH. Photo: Pär Bjälkebring The SWEAH postgraduate course 'Gerontology – Multidisciplinary and Integrative Perspectives on Aging', is well underway. On April 3-4 it was time for lectures and seminars and 16 SWEAH PhD students

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/learned-new-course-ageing-can-be-superpower - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 9 April 2025 The PhD Student Days in Lund this spring are a writing retreat, where there is plenty of time for one's own writing. Photo: Lill Eriksson This spring's SWEAH PhD Student Days on April 8-10 are a creative feast in the art of writing. How do you actually write the best kappa and how do you create a scientific

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/how-get-started-your-writing - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 28 April 2025 Oskar Jonsson practices tandem pedaling with fellow researcher Peggy Chi, ahead of his research tour around southern Sweden. Photo: Stina Elfverson As a researcher, you sometimes have to work a little extra to get your knowledge out there. SWEAH's Impact Officer, Oskar Jonsson, has been training hard during

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/time-1000-kilometers-bike-research-tour-tandem - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 7 May 2025 None of the technologies, except the medication robot, helped ease staff shortages, in the study. Photo: Sebastian Scholtz/Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Lack of choice, clashing views and time pressure are findings in a first article on welfare technology, from the Welfare@home project, which includes S

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/welfare-technology-not-solution-without-user-engagement - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 9 May 2025 Foto: Raphael Nogueira/Unsplash 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 majo

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/traveling-and-learning-about-vulnerability-violence-and-grassroots-activism - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 6 May 2025 Photo: Joshua Hoehne/Unsplash 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 w

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/reviewing-sweah-papers-maximize-societal-impact - 2025-07-05

Published 6 May 2025 There is now a scientific article about what a graduate school can mean for future researchers. Photo: Lill Eriksson 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 nex

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/important-new-researchers-deal-uncertainty - 2025-07-05