Demography

Researchers in 10 countries have begun a major new project studying the link between socioeconomic status and healthy ageing.

The Lifepath project, involving 15 institutions in Europe, the US and Australia, has been supported by a six million euro grant from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme. Read more here.

On June 15 2015 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Age Demands Action campaigners in 40 countries will be calling for an end to elder abuse. Age Demands Action activists will be encouraging their governments to attend the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing this July and support a UN convention to protect older people's rights. Read more here.

The National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life (NISAL), Department of Social and Welfare Studies (ISV) at Linköping University, Sweden, is seeking to recruit to the following position:

PhD student in Ageing and Later Life

The Health Service Executive (ROI) has announced a new fund for research on ageing. This Research Awards Fund will seek to support high quality research projects in relation to positive and healthy ageing.

Submissions are invited for research under the following research themes:

• Participation
• Health and Wellbeing
• Security

Funding available

A United Nations plan to reduce deaths from a range of diseases is “highly unethical” because it discriminates against people aged 70 and over, according to leading medical experts.