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7 Sep 2026
Rehabilitation at home had little effect
SWEAH PhD student Karin Högstedt, Karolinska Institutet, has published her first sub-study.
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7 Sep 2026
How older adults' thoughts about environments should be taken into account
Anyone who develops age-friendly environments must listen to what older adults themselves perceive as important. This is what SWEAH alumnus Anna Nivestam, Kristianstad University, ...
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18 Jun 2026
Health economist: "Implementation is at least as difficult as developing new treatments"
Registration for SWEAH's research conference in the autumn opens tomorrow. Researchers and stakeholders in the field of ageing and health will gather and on stage, as a keynote spe...
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15 Jun 2026
Swedish doctoral research goes international
In a few weeks there is a very good chance to follow the research around Sweden and within SWEAH, when 25 PhD students from the graduate school present their projects at the 23rd I...
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11 Jun 2026
New ideas about future research in ageing and health
The steering group for SWEAH's alumni network SAIN is developing a new strategic plan for the coming years.
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9 Jun 2026
Lack of support for younger people with dementia
Getting a dementia diagnosis in the middle of working life changes life fundamentally. New research from SWEAH's partner university, Jönköping University, shows that younger people...
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8 Jun 2026
The Important End Time of Life
SWEAH PhD student Juliet Jacobsen and her supervisor Jenny Klintman, Faculty of Medicine at Lund University, have followed how patients with advanced cancer seek care during their ...
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3 Jun 2026
New research suggests: validating identity in dementia care
When dementia takes memory, it does not take identity. SWEAH PhD student Judit Staller, Mid Sweden University, reveals in her first publication how you can reach someone living wit...
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1 Jun 2026
Spreading her knowledge internationally about Parkinson's care
SWEAH PhD student Annicka Appelberg, Kristianstad University, attended the 7th World Parkinson Congress, 24–27 May, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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1 Jun 2026
Much of the health-promoting research is from Sweden – but older adults are rarely involved
SWEAH alumna Anna Nivestam, at the partner university Kristianstad University, is currently publishing a new scientific article on how well Nordic research focuses on the concept o...
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5 May 2026
They delve into the theories of ageing
SWEAH's spring course "Theories of Ageing" on theories, ageing and health, is coming to an end. This week, about 20 PhD students will meet in Lund for a two-day workshop on the sub...
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28 Apr 2026
SWEAH gathered at JU – focusing on the future
Last week, SWEAH held its board meeting at Jönköping University and worked intensively to develop a new strategic plan - the direction for the next contract period.
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20 Apr 2026
Popular theme attracted many to SWEAH's PhD Student Days
A record number of PhD students, around 25, from 10 of SWEAH's 13 partner universities, participated in the spring SWEAH PhD Student Days at Kristianstad University last week. It w...
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9 Apr 2026
New management in the alumni network SAIN
At the beginning of the year, SWEAH's alumni network SAIN got a new coordinator, after the steering group from the start in 2022 chose to hand over to new forces.
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7 Apr 2026
Research trips to Singapore and USA
Now it is decided that two of the graduate school's PhD students receive SWEAH travel grants from the spring call.
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11 Mar 2026
A chance for policymakers and others to learn about the latest research on ageing and health
Planning for this autumn's interdisciplinary ageing and health conference is in full swing. SWEAH is once again organizing a two-day conference, this time on the theme "Exchange of...
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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;