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2 Mar 2026
New professor takes place in SWEAH's pedagogical group
Since the beginning of the year, SWEAH has engaged a new higher education pedagogy expert in the graduate school. Former SWEAH board member Søren Smedegaard Bengtsen is taking over...
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2 Feb 2026
He is the new Assistant Coordinator at SWEAH
It is now decided who will take over the management of the graduate school when SWEAH's current coordinator Susanne Iwarsson retires in a year. It will be Lund University's Pro Vic...
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28 Jan 2026
These are this year's new SWEAH PhD students
On Tuesday, the PhD students who joined SWEAH 2026 met, at Forum Medicum in Lund. They introduced themselves and their research projects, received information about the graduate sc...
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12 Jan 2026
They are working on this year's postdoc assignments
Before the new year, more assignments than usual were announced for SWEAH alumni. The management thanks the four who held the assignments during 2025;
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11 Dec 2025
Better control of older adults' everyday activities with AI
New technology can make it easier for older adults to be active, but they must be involved in the development of the technology. This is evident in a new thesis by William Son Gala...
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27 Nov 2025
SWEAH contributed to WHO meeting on age-friendly societies
SWEAH was represented at the conference 'Ageing is Living: Building Age-Friendly Communities in the Nordic-Baltic Region', organized in Copenhagen this week by WHO, The Nordic Welf...
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5 Nov 2025
Time to dream about the future
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...
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23 Oct 2025
Research and practice met: "A lot of cross-fertilization of ideas"
Right after participating in SWEAH’s workshops on impact and collaboration, PhD student Jerry Norlin, Dalarna University, put the theories into practical use.
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9 Oct 2025
The application process is underway
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.
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7 Oct 2025
This is how the evaluators rated SWEAH
”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 SW...
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1 Oct 2025
"It looks promising for a continuation"
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.
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1 Oct 2025
Institutional cultures limit the influence of frail older adults'
Frail older adults can participate meaningfully in research and care, when given appropriate methods and support. But institutional cultures often limit their influence and opportu...
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30 Sep 2025
SWEAH alumni in new joint project
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 unive...
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29 Sep 2025
Appointed honorary doctor together with the Finnish President
SWEAH's founder and coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, receives her second honorary doctorate, at the same time as Finnish President Stubb.
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24 Sep 2025
Ana in Finland: 'The perfect opportunity to deepen my understanding and strengthen collaborations'
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 SW...
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17 Sep 2025
They want to create real change with their research
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 ach...
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1 Sep 2025
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...
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28 Aug 2025
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...
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25 Aug 2025
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...
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18 Jun 2025
"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...