Societal and Life-course Perspectives on Inequalities in Aging

Third-cycle level | 3.0 credits (HEC) | Course code: H1F5688
HT 2025
Study period: 2025-09-29 - 2025-10-24
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: The course is given in English
Application period: 2025-04-15 - 2025-05-06
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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

CONTACTAbigail Dove

abigail.dove@ki.se