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Dr Andrew King | Social Policy | 24 April 2013
This series involves six themed seminars followed by a final conference, aimed at exploring gaps in knowledge and research about lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (lgbt) ageing. The series will identify ways to address those gaps. Seminars are planned ...
Professor James Nazroo | 08 April 2013
Centre on dynamics of ethnicity (code) will transform understanding of the patterning of ethnic inequalities, investigate how inequalities relate to the ways in which ethnic identities are perceived, acted upon and experienced, and provide the knowle ...
Professor Andrew Steptoe | Psychology | 04 March 2013
There are major demographic shifts throughout the world and the absolute number and proportion of older adults is increasing rapidly not only in the uk and europe but also in middle income nations such as india and china. Promoting the well-being of ...
Professor Clare Holdsworth | 01 March 2013
Relatively little is known about the patterns of drinking in later life, the risk factors associated with excessive drinking at older ages and the relationship between drinking and other health conditions. This study with explore the stability of dri ...
Ms Jennifer Head | 01 February 2013
retirement is a major turning point in life, when financial and social circumstances may change substantially. These changes may have a large impact on the health of older people. The effects of retirement are likely to be different depending ...
Dr Paul Lambert | Sociology | 01 January 2013
This project measures, and investigates trends in, ‘social distance’ in the uk. using secondary survey datasets that feature information of social connections held by people (eg the uk’s british household panel survey and und ...
Professor Peter Lloyd-Sherlock | Social Policy | 01 January 2013
There is an urgent need to identify policies that are effective in promoting the health, economic security and quality of life of older people in poorer countries. The world health organisation sage surveys look at these issues in china, ghana, india ...
Dr Emily Cross | Psychology | 31 December 2012
As humans, our ability to survive within a social world is facilitated by observing others. As such, when learning tasks as simple as tying one's shoes or as complex as performing heart surgery, we learn by watching others, from childhood through to ...
Ms Sharon Collard | Social Policy | 31 December 2012
The aim of this project is to generate new knowledge and understanding of the financial dimensions of well-being among older people in the uk. The objectives are:
to understand the dominant patterns of expenditure among older people
to explore how p ...
Dr Athina Vlachantoni | Social Policy | 31 December 2012
Pension protection for black and minority ethnic (bme) groups is a key policy issue as existing research shows a relative disadvantage for such groups compared to the white majority, with bangladeshi and pakistani individuals particularly worse off. ...
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