Promoting senior voluntarism in Oslo
NOVA-researcher Thomas Hansen is now a member of the advisory board of a 3-year project which aims to promote senior...
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NorLAG at the IAGG congress
Nine NOVA researchers will participate at the 9th IAGG congress in Gothenburg May 24-25. They will present altogether 8 papers...
PhD defence on May 29
Maja W. Grøtting will defend her PhD dissertation "Empirical essays on health and aging" at the University of Bergen on...
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...
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Are volunteers happier?
A new SHARE-based study explores the effects of voluntary work on life satisfaction in midlife and old age across 12...
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“Social inequality in ageing” meeting in Oslo.
A scientific meeting in the prosject "Social Inequalities in Ageing" (SiA) took Place in Oslo, Oct 25-26, 2018.
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AgePaths advisory board meeting
The second AgePaths advisory board meeting was held at Voksenåsen, Oslo, Sept 20-21.
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24th Nordic Gerontological Congress in Oslo
Almost 800 participants from 40 countries were gathered in Oslo May 2-4 for the 24th Nordic congress of gerontology. NOVA...
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ACCESS Upgrade kick-off
ACCESS is a research infrastructure project at NOVA that aims to improve data quality and accessability of Norwegian life course...
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NorLAG3 data collection completed
Data collection for the third wave of the NorLAG survey was recently completed. Almost 9000 interviews were conducted (response rate...
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Self-esteem peaks in late midlife
Self-esteem peaks in the 50s and 60s, but declines markedly in later life. This is the main conclusion of a...
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NorLAG researchers at IAGG World Congress
Three NOVA researchers presented their research at the The 21st IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics 23-27 July 2017...
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The social patterning of health
A recent NorLAG paper explores the role of the social network in the relationship between socio-economic position and health. The...
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Strong solidarity in Norwegian families
Parents and adult children live close to one another, stay in close contact and help each other. However, children mean...
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Nurses satisfied with their jobs and lives
Nurses are happier with life and work than other professions with the same level of education, according to a new...
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NorLAG at the GSA congress
The annual scientific meeting of the Gerontological Society of America took place in New Orleans 16-20 November. NOVA-researcher Thomas Hansen...
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Department seminar in Amsterdam
The department of ageing research and housing studies held a seminar together with Dutch researchers in Amsterdam October 12-14.
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NorLAG at the 23NKG congress
The 23rd Nordic congress of gerontology took place in Tampere, Finland, on June 19-22. Eight NOVA-researchers presented findings from the...
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NorLAG3 data collection
The third round of data collection will start in November 2016 and continue during the spring of 2017. Statistics Norway...
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Two guest researchers at NOVA
In 2016 Martina Brandt and Christian Deindl were guest researchers at NOVA.
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