3 weeks left to sign up for the BSG Emerging Researchers in Ageing 2026 Conference: Pathways to Impact: Publishing, Policy & Practice for ECRs #ERA2026 📆22nd & 23rd June 📍East Oxford Community Centre www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsg-emergi...

✨Registration deadline: FRIDAY 22nd MAY✨ In 36 days #BSG2026 will take place in the award-winning John Henry Brookes Building, #OxfordBrookes University: a vibrant, contemporary space designed to bring people, ideas, learning & collaboration together.

#BSG2026 Plenary Speaker Bio: Dr Emi Kiyota (1/4) Associate Prof Emi Kiyota is an internationally recognised expert in environmental gerontology, participatory design & inclusive urban development. With over 2 decades of experience, she is dedicated to creating age-inclusive communities.

✨Emerging Researchers in Ageing 2026 Conference Pathways to Impact: Publishing, Policy & Practice for ECRs #ERA2026 📆22nd & 23rd June 📍East Oxford Community Centre ❗Deadline for tickets WITH accommodation 30th April ❗ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsg-emergi... @britishgerontology.bsky.social

#BSG2026 Plenary Speaker Bio: Prof. Sarah Harper (1/4) Prof. Sarah Harper is Professor of Gerontology at University of Oxford & Director of Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. Sarah was appointed a CBE for services to Demography in 2018 & Chair of the NGO HelpAge International in 2024.

🐦Reminder: 10 days till #BSG2026 Early bird Deadline - Don't forget to book your tickets here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve... 🏘️Accommodation (booked separately) can be organised here: shop.brookes.ac.uk/product-cata...

Meet our Plenary Speakers for #BSG2026! Plenary speaker 1: Prof. Sarah Harper, Clore Professor of Gerontology, University of Oxford Plenary speaker 2: Dr. Emi Kiyota, Associate Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore

🚨FINAL CHANCE!!🚨 Late Breaking Deadline Wednesday 1 April 2026!! From the Local to the Global: Ageing in an Interconnected World, Oxford Brookes University #BSG2026 Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of the conversation... Submit your abstract here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...

🚨FINAL CHANCE!!🚨 Late Breaking Deadline Wednesday 1 April 2026!! From the Local to the Global: Ageing in an Interconnected World, Oxford Brookes University #BSG2026 Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of the conversation... Submit your abstract here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...

Sharing some reflections on teaching MSc Gerontology and MSc Global Ageing and Policy (DL) @cra-soton.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social #Gerontology #Ageing #Masters #Education @bupjournals.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social

A great opportunity for anyone with a previous affiliation to the Gerontology Department at the University of Southampton to network and reconnect!

Educational Gerontology SIG's latest webinar is now live on Ageing Bites: youtu.be/259srXG79-0?... Trish Finegan & Joe Butler speak on Ensuring the Centrality of the Older Adult Voice in the Development of an Age-Friendly University Framework for a Multi-campus Technological University

The first 2 instalments of the collaborative series between our Early Career Group @bsg-era.bsky.social & Journal of Global Ageing #JoGA is now available on our Ageing Bites YouTube Session 1: Writing for Publication youtu.be/yd2bsDpVIxM Session 2: Strengthening your Argument youtu.be/7_XDFCdd0TQ

Missed the BSG abstract deadline? There’s still time to be part of the 55th Annual Conference at Oxford Brookes. 🚨Late Breaking Abstracts & Posters🚨 🗓 Deadline: 1 April 2026 (Early Bird Registration closes: 24 April 2026) www.britishgerontology.org/events-and-c... #BSG2026

Reminder! We have our Gerontology & Tonic with @fawnharradhyde.bsky.social this afternoon. Fawn will speak to us about her experience conducting research in care homes at 4pm. Sign up on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gerontolog...

@britishgerontology.bsky.social Nominations for the BSG Outstanding Achievement Award 2026 close 23rd March 2026. An Annual Prize for Outstanding Contribution to British Social Gerontology For further details: www.britishgerontology.org/bsg-awards/o...

BSG ERA 2026 Conference 🔎Pathways to Impact: Publishing, Policy and Practice for Early Career Researchers 📅 Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd June 📍 East Oxford Community Centre, 44 Princes St, Oxford, OX4 1DD www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsg-emergi...

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: [email protected] #BSG2026 app.oxfordabstracts.com/auth?redirec...

Amazing @unisouthampton.bsky.social alumni writes about his experience presenting at @britishgerontology.bsky.social annual conference tinyurl.com/2zyyt9xp Valuable insights for presenters as well as for conference organisers! #Gerontology #Ageing #Research Abstracts for 2026 conference due 30 Jan.

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

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...

@bsgtechagesig.bsky.social @bsg-era.bsky.social @britishgerontology.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social

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

🕛 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

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

🧑‍🏫 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

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 shorturl.ac/IvlHj

‼️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

✨️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...

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

BSG Scotland Inclusive Housing Event - today @ 10am!

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

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

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

✨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

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...

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!

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 Use the code HEALTH35 at @berghahnbooks.bsky.social bit.ly/3aa3TfO

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…