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1 Sep 2025 | News
Important that also substance users have right to self-determination
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 substanc...

28 Aug 2025 | News
Conclusion after congress: 'embrace a truly interdisciplinary and inclusive approach to ageing'
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 congr...

25 Aug 2025 | News
Collaboration outside academia is now being strengthened
SWEAH is committed to strengthening approaches to collaboration, user involvement and community engagement based on the research and activities conducted within the graduate school...

18 Jun 2025 | News
"The task force" in the Härnösand project: "We are already seeing positive developments"
Last fall, the municipality of Härnösand launched an initiative to more effectively support the older adults with rehabilitation and preventive health interventions. The first phas...

18 Jun 2025 | News
From the long-term care clinic to the professorship
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.