The 2018 Nordic Gerontology Prize (the Sohlberg Prize) will be awarded to Professor Taina Rantanen from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. The prize will be given at the 24th Nordic Congress of Gerontology in Oslo. We can also hear the laureates´ lecture in the congress.
NGF prize for promising researcher in gerontologyThe NGF prize for promising researcher will be awarded to Dr. Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir from Iceland. The prize will be handed out for the 3rd time.
Next GeroNord newsletter will be published in April! You may provide news, reports from past events, and information on upcoming events etc. to the secretary of NGF.
The 24th Nordic Gerontological Congress will take place in Oslo 2-4 May 2018
More detailed information about the dates, keynote speakers etc. can be found from the congress webpages here.
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The 4th Mid-Term Conference of
the European
Sociological Association Research Network on Ageing in Europe (ESA
RN01). The international conference will take place at the Faculty of
Social Studies, Masaryk University in early September (Sept. 5-7,
2018). The
organizers welcome individual and team contributions from the sociology
of
ageing, social gerontology, and related academic fields, as well as
submissions
for thematic session proposals. More information can be found on the
conference website (http://esaageing-conf.fss.muni.cz/).
The extended call deadline is March 15, 2018.
The Annual conference of the British Society of Gerontology will take
place in Manchester, United Kingdom on 4-6 July 2018. The focus of the
conference is 'Ageing in an Unequal World: Shaping Environments for the 21st
Century'. Please
find full details
The Nordic Gerontological Federation (NGF) was founded 1974 as an
umbrella organization for the gerontological and geriatric
organizations in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The
primary mission of NGF is to support, organize and expand
gerontological research, development and education within the Nordic
countries. Read more about NGF by clicking the tabs in the left menu.