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Exploring online communities, resilience and wellbeing among older gay men | University of Southampton Discover more about our research project: Exploring online communities, resilience and wellbeing among older gay men at the University of Southampton.

PhD studentship at University of Southampton, funded through the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship programme: Exploring online communities, resilience and wellbeing among older gay men

www.southampton.ac.uk/study/postgr...

05.12.2025 14:59 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

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03.12.2025 10:13 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by AgeingBites Educational Gerontology SIG: Practices and Experiences in Age Friendly Universities

Educational Gerontology SIG hosted Shelley Canning and Gerry Eggert from University of Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada to speak about practices and experiences in Age-Friendly Universities.

youtu.be/szudWuGOY60

03.12.2025 11:50 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

🕛 Join us TODAY at midday (UK time) - register to join us online, all welcome: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social

20.11.2025 09:08 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by AgeingBites Longevity Week 2025: Loneliness in Later Life: A National Challenge with Human Consequences

The Ageing, Business & Society Special Interest Group mark Longevity Week 2025 with a discussion on loneliness in later life. Speakers include representatives from Age UK, Brunel University, Innovate UK and MPs.

#LongevityWeek2025

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19.11.2025 10:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Promotional banner for the CPC-CG seminar series. The image shows a man working on a laptop at a desk with notebooks and papers. The text on the right reads: “CPC-CG seminar series. CPC Centre for Population Change. Connecting Generations. Spela Mocnik, University of Southampton. Lenses on later life: Exploring financial planning and resilience through participatory and design-led research. Online 20 November 12:00–13:00 GMT.” The background is mainly blue with white and green accents.

🧑‍🏫 NEXT WEEK's CPC-CG/CRA webinar ⤵️

Spela Mocnik @cra-soton.bsky.social will discuss how factors like financial mindsets, access to knowledge & social context interact to influence financial resilience in later life.

Register to join us: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @britishgerontology.bsky.social

13.11.2025 11:32 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Want to study #Gerontology in Southampton? @unisouthampton.bsky.social The Department of Gerontology is accepting applications from eligible #Commonwealth countries to study our MSc Gerontology in-person programme in 2026-27. Application deadline is 9th Dec 2025. shorturl.at/HiCy9
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13.11.2025 11:14 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

‼️Coming up next week - still time to register to attend: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e7fdca... @ncrm.ac.uk @bspsuk.bsky.social @elsa-study.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social @cra-soton.bsky.social

12.11.2025 10:06 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

Redirecting

✨️New paper✨️from colleague at the University of Stirling.

Scaling home designs for healthy cognitive ageing: a realist evaluation perspective 🏠🧠

doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

11.11.2025 10:23 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Check out the @bsgscotland.bsky.social Inclusive Housing event on our #AgeingBites YouTube channel.

05.11.2025 14:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

BSG Scotland Inclusive Housing Event - today @ 10am!

04.11.2025 09:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by AgeingBites Growing Older in a Changing World: What's Next for Gerontology?

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Open University’s Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS) & mark United Nations International Day of Older People. ERA collaborated with CABs on the 3rd session of a 3 part series, which is now available on our Ageing Bites YouTube: youtu.be/n6rkLRCMo5Q

31.10.2025 17:28 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

YouTube video by AgeingBites ERA Gerontology & Tonic: Inequalities, Stigma & Designs for People Living with Dementia in Kenya

ERA's first #GerontologyAndTonic of the 25/26 academic year was held yesterday.
Dr Mary Njoki & Dr Junjie Huang from the University of Stirling shared their global engagement project with Kenyan partners exploring inequalities, stigma & design for people living with dementia.
youtu.be/o0NmCUXwRhQ

31.10.2025 13:34 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

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From morning research discussions to afternoon insights into the Scottish context, and a closing conversation on ethical, non-extractive research, every voice shaped a meaningful day.

Grateful for the generous support from @britishgerontology.bsky.social and @ethnicityuk.bsky.social

22.10.2025 08:37 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Society | The State of Ageing 2025 Older people take on varied roles in their communities but frequently come up against barriers of ageism, digital exclusion and cutbacks in local amenities and services.

✨NEW✨ State of Ageing chapter showing the importance of communities and neighbourhoods in later life.

Check it out here:
ageing-better.org.uk/society-stat...

22.10.2025 08:42 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

An event which may be of interest to those in intergenerational working, the Changing Intergenerational Relationships team at University of Stirling are hosting a hybrid event on 22nd October.
festivalofsocialscience.com/events/your-...

@cpc-cg.bsky.social #FestivalOfSocialSciences

13.10.2025 17:12 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

BSG Scotland: Inclusive Housing in Scotland Join us for a virtual event discussing inclusive housing in Scotland!

Join our online event exploring barriers to inclusive housing.
🗓️10:00-12:00 on 4th November

Opportunity to learn from leading voices in housing, ageing & inclusion & connect with others passionate about creating age-friendly, equitable housing solutions.

www.eventbrite.com/e/bsg-scotla...

10.10.2025 13:21 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2

Our ✨NEW✨ LGBTQ+ Special Interest Group 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ are hosting some Welcome Sessions to meet their new members, see below for details on how to sign up!

10.10.2025 10:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Check out Mengxing's event on ethnic minority ageing in Scotland. A great example of what our small events grant can be used for!

08.10.2025 08:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How is a Man Supposed to be a Man?: Male Childlessness – a Life Course Disrupted | Berghahn Books Independent Publishing since 1994

35% #Discount on my #book on #men & #childlessness ends soon. #Fertility #ART #CNBC #IVF #Economics #ReproductiveCapital #Demographics #Ageing #Aging #Ageing #Sociology #Psychology @britishgerontology.bsky.social
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07.10.2025 16:13 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Innovating Aging: Reflections from Presenting AI and Aging Research at the BSG 2025 Conference from Chukwuebuka Prince Onyekere, BSG2025 Bursary Recipient What an exciting experience it was to finally attend my first international conference! Attending the British Society of Gerontology (BSG) Conference 2025 at the University of Surrey, UK was a defining moment in my early academic journey as a first-year PhD student at York University, Canada. I was honoured to present a poster from the findings of my Master’s in Gerontology dissertation from my University of Southampton, titled…

Innovating Aging: Reflections from Presenting AI and Aging Research at the BSG 2025 Conference from Chukwuebuka Prince Onyekere, BSG2025 Bursary Recipient

What an exciting experience it was to finally attend my first international conference! Attending the British Society of Gerontology (BSG)…

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BSG ERA Conference 2025 – Bursary Blog Dr Emily Bradfield Practitioner Research Associate: Collections and Wellbeing (Older Adults) at The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge shares her experience of the ERA 2025 conference at Surrey as one of our ERA bursary recipients. Because my role is part-time and fixed-term contract, I have to be strategic about the conferences I attend, where I present, and the networks I invest in.

Dr Emily Bradfield Practitioner Research Associate: Collections and Wellbeing (Older Adults) at The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge shares her experience of the ERA 2025 conference at Surrey as one of our ERA bursary recipients.

02.10.2025 14:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

BSG Emerging Researchers in Ageing: Reflections on our 2025 Conference Bursaries This year the BSG & ERA conferences were held at the University of Surrey. The theme of the ERA conference was Navigating Creativity, Connection & Change: A Future Vision for Emerging Researchers. During the conference we facilitated a range of ECR presentations encompassing different styles (traditional, Pecha Kucha and 3 minute thesis style), ECR poster presentations, workshops on creative non-fiction and narrative CVs and networking sessions.

This year we were fortunate to have some funding to support ECR attendance. We were thrilled to be able to award 5 ECRs bursaries to support them in attending the ERA conference. Below we hear from some of our bursary recipients about their experience.

30.09.2025 13:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

YouTube video by AgeingBites Educational Gerontology SIG: Harriet Radermacher, Third Age Trust, 'u3a: a best kept secret?'

Dr Harriet Radermacher of Third Age Trust joins our Educational Gerontology SIG for their first webinar of the 2025/26 season.
#EducationalGerontology #ThirdAge
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24.09.2025 11:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great work Ros! 📻👏

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BSG Conference Bursary 2025 My Experience Attending the 54th British Society of Gerontology Perpetua Obi Attending the 54th British Society of Gerontology (BSG) Conference was an inspiring and rewarding experience that combined academic exchange, professional networking, and personal growth. I had the opportunity to present my poster titled “A Scoping Review of Sexual Health and Experiences of Older Adults Aged 55 Years and Above Globally.” This work addresses a subject that remains under-discussed in both research and practice, yet is central to the overall well-being and dignity of older adults.

BSG Conference Bursary 2025 My Experience Attending the 54th British Society of Gerontology

Perpetua Obi Attending the 54th British Society of Gerontology (BSG) Conference was an inspiring and rewarding experience that combined academic exchange, professional networking, and personal growth. I had…

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BSG Conference Bursary 2025 TRANSPARENT BOUNDARIES Professor Emerita Lesley Millar MBE My Paper for the BSG Conference 2025 described the research project ‘Transparent Boundaries’, conducted between 2011 and 2014 for which I had been Principal Investigator. The project brought together organisations from Italy, Greece, Denmark and Poland together with my university: The University for the Creative Arts. Funded by the European Culture Programme it was a direct response to the Ex-Ante Evaluation of the European Parliament and Council’s decision to promote mental and physical well-being in the older age by increasing public sensitivity and stimulate active debate.

BSG Conference Bursary 2025 TRANSPARENT BOUNDARIES

Professor Emerita Lesley Millar MBE My Paper for the BSG Conference 2025 described the research project ‘Transparent Boundaries’, conducted between 2011 and 2014 for which I had been Principal Investigator. The project brought together…

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BSG Conference Bursary 2025 Patricia Donovan Taking those first steps in any career is often daunting. It's often stressful and demanding and full of unknowns and even self-doubt. Then come the milestone moments: the ones that loom before us bringing anticipation, excitement and a dose of anxiety; the ones that seem to take place at simultaneously a glacial and a lightning pace; the ones that finally bring a sense of accomplishment and affirmation that we are on the right track and making progress.

BSG Conference Bursary 2025

Patricia Donovan Taking those first steps in any career is often daunting. It's often stressful and demanding and full of unknowns and even self-doubt. Then come the milestone moments: the ones that loom before us bringing anticipation, excitement and a dose of anxiety;…

10.09.2025 14:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

BSG Conference Bursary 2025: Reflections from an Early-Careers Researcher Thank you, Andrew King and team at Surrey, for putting on such a well-organised and inspiring conference this year. As an early-career health science researcher, attending the BSS 2025 has been both energising and a powerful reminder of the cross-disciplinary collaboration required to better supporting older people. Too offer, we work in silos, using different terminology, frameworks and priorities. What stood out from this conference was the intentional creation of creative spaces that facilitate meaningful dialogue between disciplines.

BSG Conference Bursary 2025: Reflections from an Early-Careers Researcher

Thank you, Andrew King and team at Surrey, for putting on such a well-organised and inspiring conference this year. As an early-career health science researcher, attending the BSS 2025 has been both energising and a powerful…

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