British Society of Gerontology
Official account of the British Society of Gerontology.
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- If you're an Early Career Researcher planning to come to the BSG Conference at Oxford Brookes this year, please check out our Emerging Researchers Conference which takes place Mon/Tue before #BSG2026 Excellent opportunity for networking & skill development in a welcoming & supportive environment!
- Reminder - Upcoming submission deadlines! 🚨Symposia - Friday 23rd January 🚨Abstracts - Friday 30th January Any questions please email the conference team: bsgconference2026@britishgerontology.org #BSG2026 app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...
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- Happy New Year!! 🎉 Even though we're now half-way through January (?!) Who's resolution was to blog more? A reminder that Ageing Issues is always looking for new posts. Published an article? Ran an event? Or want to discuss an important policy topic - submit us a blog! ageingissues.wordpress.com
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- 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
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- 🧑🏫 THIS WEEK's CPC-CG/CRA webinar ⤵️ Spela Mocnik @cra-soton.bsky.social will discuss how factors like #financial mindsets, access to knowledge and social context interact to influence financial resilience in later life. Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f... @bspsuk.bsky.social
- 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 youtu.be/CbhEFdyFAvU
- Reposted by British Society of Gerontology🧑🏫 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
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- Reposted by British Society of Gerontology‼️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
- 🗓️ Date for your diaries CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni is a speaker at 2025's final @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar on 19 Nov: 'Exploring #digital life, #technology change & attitudes to #AI through national #datasets' Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e7fdca...
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- Check out the @bsgscotland.bsky.social Inclusive Housing event on our #AgeingBites YouTube channel.
- BSG Scotland Inclusive Housing Event - today @ 10am!
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- ✨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...
- 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
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- 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!
- Check out Mengxing's event on ethnic minority ageing in Scotland. A great example of what our small events grant can be used for!
- Event: Join community members, organisations & researchers to explore challenges & opportunities in ethnic minority ageing in Scotland 💬 Panel • Discussion • Collaboration 20 Oct 2025, University of Edinburgh 🔗 Register now: forms.office.com/e/aFbe4JX3pu Funded by @britishgerontology.bsky.social
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- 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)…
- 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.
- 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.
- Dr Harriet Radermacher of Third Age Trust joins our Educational Gerontology SIG for their first webinar of the 2025/26 season. #EducationalGerontology #ThirdAge @balyasnikova.bsky.social youtu.be/ROkjQ5E-bjU
- Great work Ros! 📻👏
- 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…
- 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…
- 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;…
- 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…
- BSG 2025 Bursary: Jazza Spheres, optimism, camaraderie and hope Reflections on BSG 2025 by Dr Lesley Boyd Firstly I would like to thank the BSG once more for my bursary to this year’s conference at the University of Surrey. Without it, I could not have attended and I have a firm belief that the…
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- New blog post!! Digital Exclusion and Digital Identity: Reflections from the BSG Tech & Ageing SIG Symposium
- Many thanks to Georgia Bowers from the Surrey team for putting together this short clip from #BSG2025
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- Hopefully you all managed to catch the aroma kiosk while at #BSG2025
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- #BSG2026 is at Oxford Brookes! Andy King hands over to Jason Danely who will be our 55th Annual conference chair. 🗓 24th-26th June 2026 See you in Oxford!! Thank you all #BSG2025
- Prof. Andy King closes #BSG2025
- Join us for the final plenary of #BSG2025 Navigating Intergenerational Care Landscapes: Creativity, Connection, and Changing Dynamics in Global Aging Societies with Dr Jo Pei Tan 📍03MS01 Rik Medlik
- A 4th Journal has joined the mix! Sandra Torres - Ageing & Society Martin Hyde - Journal of Global Ageing Mark Hughes - Australasian Journal on Ageing Jessica Kelley - Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 📍03MS01 #BSG2025
- During the lunch break today (12:45 start) we hear from Martin Hyde, Mark Hughes and Sandra Torres on their respective journals: Journal of Global Ageing, Australasian Journal on Ageing, and Ageing & Society. 📍03MS01 Rik Medlik #BSG2025
- Lisa Davison, University of Stirling, presents on a collaborative adaptations project between the Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing Project and Scottish Federation of Housing Associations in the 11am Environments for Ageing session #BSG2025 @sfha.bsky.social @lisadavisonphd.bsky.social
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- Vikki McCall of the ISPA project shares an update during the ESRC Inclusive Ageing Research Projects session this morning. 📍03MS01 #BSG2025
- First round of parallel sessions are under way. Ezinma Mbeledogu presents on her work into dress and identity in later life during the Arts & Culture in Social Care session 📍80 MS 02 #BSG2025
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- Good morning #BSG2025 Hope everyone enjoyed the BBQ & disco last night. Looking forward to a final day of presentations!
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- Dare we say that the sun is back for the BBQ? ☀️ #BSG2025
- Time for audience questions for the flagship symposium panel! #BSG2025
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- Our final presentation before the panel session is from Eric Kihlstrom, Ageing 2.0 📍03MS01 #BSG2025
- Next up in the flagship symposium Debbie Keeling from University of Sussex. 📍03MS01 #BSG2025
- 3rd presentation of the flagship symposium is from Patrick Swain, International Longevity Centre. 📍03MS01 #BSG2025
- #BehindTheScenes #BSG2025 While we're enjoying the flagship symposium, Surrey & the Conference team are hard at work setting up for the BBQ & disco! 🌭🍔🕺💃
- Next up Judith Phillips, University of Stirling speaks on the Social, Behavioural and Design Research Programme. 📍03MS01 #BSG2025
- First up: Cynthia Bullock of Innovate UK. 📍03MS01 #BSG2025
- Rob Walton of the Ageing, Business & Society SIG facilitates the flagship symposium with a range of panel members: Cynthia Bullock, Judith Phillips, Patrick Swain, Eric Kihlstrom & Debbie Keeling. #BSG2025
- Excellent demonstrations with Kiyana Wraps! They produce contemporary hair wraps & headdresses championing aesthetics & self-therapy. Blending beauty and functionality for diverse caregivers & women with dementia in the UK. #BSG2025
- Helen Manchester's plenary Reimagining Ageing Futures. 📍03MS01 Rik Medlik #BSG2025
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- Junjie is also a valued member of the current BSG exec committee. He has done a fantastic job on the leadership team of our Emerging Researchers in Ageing 👏👏👏 We look forward to continue working with you on the BSG exec and thank you for your hard work and commitment! 💙 #BSG2025
- Ageing, Business & Society speak about launching a new journal. #AgeingBusinessSociety #BSG2025
- Behind the scenes at Ageing & Society. Christoph Heuser and Heather Mulkey speak on writing book reviews. #BSG2025 #AgeingAndSociety
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- During lunch (12.30) we have 2 sessions: Ageing Business & Society SIG 📍32MS01 (ground floor Rik Medlik) Behind the scenes Ageing & Society 📍03MS01 (ground floor Rik Medlik) 🚫Reminder there's no eating permitted in the classrooms, so please grab your lunch before or after the sessions. #BSG2025
