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Speed-dating in China leads to funding call…

July 25, 2019

A few months ago, the ESRC and MRC invited  a group of UK academics to travel to Beijing for a …

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Old Friends or Young Friends – they are all worth the time and effort

April 16, 2018

Originally posted on Ageing Issues:
? (L-R): Rikka Korkiamaki, Tampere University; Virpi Timoneon, Trinity College Dublin; Catherine Elliott O’Dare (Trinity College…

Old Friends or Young Friends – they are all worth the time and effort

April 13, 2018

    These days it feels like friendship has become a commodity. If Facebook is taken as the main platform …

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The Future of Gerontology is in Safe Hands

July 8, 2017

I would never have guessed it was possible to combine an all inclusive beach holiday with academic excellence. It seems …

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Grandparent’s Experiences of Kinship Care – Repair and Rescue, rather than Pleasure and Leisure.

June 7, 2017

So often grand-parenting is presented as a fun and fickle leisure activity of wealthy Baby Boomers. For many grand-parents, the …

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‘Gerontology is good for you… so is gardening’

June 10, 2016

In preparing to address a room packed with enthusiastic gardeners, community activists and gerontologists at the latest BSG NI event, …

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Imagine Belfast – Enter the campervan of dreams and imagine the future we all deserve…

March 18, 2016

Imagine Belfast – the festival of ideas and politics – sparks curiosity and engagement with social science and citizenship for …

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Wise Owls Come Home to Roost

October 29, 2015

It is amazing what 30 years as a member of the BSG can do for perspective. Yesterday, Jill Manthorpe, a …

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Re-Presenting Age: Launching the BSG in Northern Ireland in Style

May 15, 2015

Buoyed up by the support and enthusiasm of everyone who supported the launch of the BSG in Northern Ireland, we will continue to challenge negative stereotypes of ageing. Representing Age will provide a focus for the work of the BSG in Northern Ireland for many years to come.

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