
Older people happier in the Nordic countries
Rates of loneliness and depressive symptoms among older adults is up to three times higher in eastern European countries than...
Read more 0 commentsRates of loneliness and depressive symptoms among older adults is up to three times higher in eastern European countries than...
Read more 0 commentsA new SHARE-based study explores the effects of voluntary work on life satisfaction in midlife and old age across 12...
A scientific meeting in the prosject "Social Inequalities in Ageing" (SiA) took Place in Oslo, Oct 25-26, 2018.
The second AgePaths advisory board meeting was held at Voksenåsen, Oslo, Sept 20-21.
Read moreAlmost 800 participants from 40 countries were gathered in Oslo May 2-4 for the 24th Nordic congress of gerontology. NOVA...
Read moreACCESS is a research infrastructure project at NOVA that aims to improve data quality and accessability of Norwegian life course...
Read moreData collection for the third wave of the NorLAG survey was recently completed. Almost 9000 interviews were conducted (response rate...
Read moreSelf-esteem peaks in the 50s and 60s, but declines markedly in later life. This is the main conclusion of a...
Read more 0 commentsThree NOVA researchers presented their research at the The 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics 23-27 July 2017...
Read more 0 commentsA recent NorLAG paper explores the role of the social network in the relationship between socio-economic position and health. The...
Read moreParents and adult children live close to one another, stay in close contact and help each other. However, children mean...
Read moreNurses are happier with life and work than other professions with the same level of education, according to a new...
Read moreThe annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America took place in New Orleans 16-20 November. NOVA-researcher Thomas Hansen...
Read moreThe department of ageing research and housing studies held a seminar together with Dutch researchers in Amsterdam October 12-14.
Read moreThe 23rd Nordic congress of gerontology took place in Tampere, Finland, on June 19-22. Eight NOVA-researchers presented findings from the...
Read moreThe third round of data collection will start in November 2016 and continue during the spring of 2017. Statistics Norway...
Read moreIn 2016 Martina Brandt and Christian Deindl were guest researchers at NOVA.
Read moreThe Norwegian study on life course, ageing and generation (NorLAG) is a multidisciplinary and longitudinal study that includes data on...
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