Course description
Are you a PhD student engaged in the research field of aging and health and interested in gaining a better understanding of inequalities in aging and older age? Welcome to apply for the doctoral course “Societal and life-course perspectives on inequalities in aging”!
The course is hosted by the Aging Research Center at Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with the Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH, Lund University).
The aim of the course is for students to gain an increased understanding of inequalities in aging and older age from a structural societal perspective and from an individual life-course perspective. Furthermore, the course aims for the students to understand and apply both individual and structural perspectives on inequalities in aging to their own doctoral projects, based on an interdisciplinary approach.
Prerequisites and Selection
Prerequisite courses, or equivalent
No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course.
Selection
Selection will be based on:
1) affiliation to SWEAH
2) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s individual study plan/research (according to written motivation).
3) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).
The course is open for all registered doctoral candidates, but precedence is given to students affiliated to SWEAH.
Course director
Malin Ericsson
Neda Agahi
Course syllabus
H1F5688
Department
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Doctoral programme
Public Health Science (PHSP)
Type of course
**Other course
Keywords
Healthy aging, Old age poverty, Social exclusion, Health and social care, Informal care