Reports, presentations and speeches

NDA handbook (PDF, 816KB) - Key messages from the NDA Programme presented in a Handbook

Older People's Reference Group - End of programme report (PDF, 2.9MB)

Multi-disciplinarity - A rejoinder (PDF, 197KB) - Copy of Professor Alan Walker's 'Multi-disciplinarity, user engagement and the design of special programmes of ageing research in the United Kingdom – A Rejoinder'.

Programme meeting, 14 June 2012 - Presentations from the NDA Programme Meeting held on the 1 November 2011 at the Friends House, London:

• Leela Damodaran (PDF, 665KB)

• Catherine Hennessy (PDF, 4.9MB)

• Jane McCann (PDF, 3.4MB)

• Alan Walker (PDF, 916KB)

Early Career Workshop, 13 December 2011 - Presentations from the NDA Early Career Researchers Workshop held on the 13 December 2011 at Friends House, London:

• • Marian Barnes - Involving older people in research (key principles) (PDF, 415KB)

  • Marian Barnes - References (PDF, 39KB)

  • Frederike Ziegler - Involving older people in research (practice) (PDF, 936KB)

  • Mary Sinfield - Involving Older People in Research – Older People’s Reference Group Experiences

  • Mary Brown - Involving Older People in Research – Older People’s Reference Group Experiences

  • Tracey Williamson - Practical impact of involvement (PDF, 903KB)

  • Karen Lowton (on behalf of Anthea Tinker) - Ethical issues in older people’s involvement (PDF, 230KB)

AGE UK - Agenda for Later Life conference 2012 (docx, 16KB) - NDA directors presentation summary from the Age UK conference

Art and identity seminar - Presentations from the events

• Alan Walker, NDA Director's presentation (PDF, 6.1MB)

• Alice Thwaite - Equal Arts (PDF, 2.8MB)

• Bruce Davenport and Zoe Brown - Research into Practice - Practice into Research, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums (PDF, 314KB)

• Lynne Corner - Changing Age: A Policy Perspective, Institute for Ageing and Health/ University of Newcastle upon Tyne (PDF, 2.8MB)

• Dave O'Brien - Measuring Value and Values, City University, London (PDF, 2.8MB)

GSA 64th Annual Scientific Meeting, 18-22 November 2011 - Presentations from the event

• • GSA Arts, Humanities and Ageing (PDF, 3.3MB)

  • GSA New Dynamics of Nutrition (PDF, 3MB)

  • GSA Music for Life - A Creech and S Hallam (PDF, 1.1MB)

  • GSA Alternative Images of Ageing - L Warren (PDF, 2.7MB)

  • GSA The role of social networks in determining the nature of older people’s engagement with contemporary visual art and its relationship to wellbeing - A Goulding and A Newman (PDF, 1.1MB)

NDA Programme Meeting - Presentations from the NDA Programme Meeting held on the 1 November 2011 at the Friends House, London

• • Bagley, MC and Davis, T - The New Science of Ageing (PDF, 2MB)

  • Peace - Transitions in Kitchen Living (PDF, 711KB)

  • Stefanovska, A - Dynamics of Cardiovascular Ageing (PDF, 1.5MB)

  • Thompson, J - MINA (Migration, Nutrition and Ageing) (PDF, 1.3MB)

  • Tew, P - Progress Report: Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project (PDF, 2.1MB)

  • Walker, A - NDA Programme Meeting 1 November 2011 ppt 1a (PDF, 863KB)

  • Walker, A - Towards a New Science of Ageing ppt 1b (PDF, 1.1MB)

NDA OPRG/PI Meeting 19 October 2010 - Reports from the OPRG / PI Meeting held at the Hilton London Euston

• • Anthea Tinker (NDA Advisory Committee) - Report of OPRG / PI Meeting (doc, 34KB)

  • Elizabeth Sclater and Mary Sinfield - Report of OPRG / PI Meeting (doc, 129KB)

NDA OPRG/PI Meeting 19 October 2010 - Presentations from the Joint OPRG / PI Meeting at the Hilton London Euston Hotel

• Mary Gilhooly (on behalf of Eleanor van den Heuvel) - TACT3 (ppt, 2.5MB)

• Paula Moynihan - mappmal (ppt, 678KB)

• Michael Murray - CALL-ME Project (pptx, 126KB)

NDA Programme Meeting 20 October 2010 - Presentations from the Programme Meeting held at the Hilton London Euston Hotel

• • Nigel Walford - Older People’s Use of Unfamiliar Space (OPUS): overview and findings (ppt, 2.2MB)

  • Mike Murphy - Modelling Ageing Populations to 2030 (MAP2030) (ppt, 1.6MB)

  • Sara Arber and Rebekah Luff - The SomnIA Project (ppt, 3.4MB)

  • James Goodwin - Partnership with Age UK (pptx, 264KB)

  • Alan Walker - NDA Programme Update (ppt, 173KB)

Fairness in an Ageing Society (PDF, 290KB)- Alan Walker gave a speech at the Fairness in an Ageing Society Forum launch on 20 January 2009

Department of Housing Conference - DH/DCLG Conference on delivering the future of housing for older people and an ageing population London. The links between housing and health in later life (PDF, 911KB)

NDA Programme Meeting, 6 October 2008 - The Royal Institute of British Architects, 66 Portland Place, London

• Diana Kuh (PDF, 1.5MB)

• Cheryl Haslam - Working Late (PDF, 305KB)

• Eleanor van den Heuvel - TACT3 (PDF, 383KB)

• Leela Damodaran - SUS-IT (PDF, 336KB)

• Sara Arber - SomnIA Project (PDF, 246KB)

• Arlene Astell - NANA (PDF, 302KB)

• Janice Thompson - MINA (PDF, 955KB)

• Paula Moynihan - MAPP-MAL (PDF, 354KB)

• Catherine Hennessey - The Challenge of Multidisciplinary Working (PDF, 3.4MB)

• Catherine Hennessey - Grey and Pleasant Land (PDF, 372KB)

Workshop on the social and economic challenges of ageing societies: China and the UK - On behalf of the ESRC and RCUK (China) the NDA Programme organised a highly successful workshop in Beijing, in October 2008, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

• • China National Committee on Ageing (CNCA) - Qingchun Yan (in Chinese) (PDF, 918KB)

  • The Labour Market and Older Workers - Dewen Wang (in Chinese) (PDF, 735KB)

  • Health and Health Services - Christina Victor (PDF, 460KB)

  • Social Quality and its Potential Role for Public Policy Making in Asia and the Pacific - Tetsuo Ogawa (PDF, 2MB)

  • The Social Quality Approach - Bridging Asia and Europe - Alan Walker (PDF, 349KB)

  • Urbanisation and Migration - Population Ageing and the Rise of Global Cities - Chris Phillipson (PDF, 5MB)

  • Social Participation of the Elderly Villagers - Xiao Mei Pei (PDF, 1.2MB)

  • The Social and Economic Challenges of Ageing Societies - China and the UK - Alan Walker (PDF, 597KB)

  • Societal Participation in Later Life - Tony Maltby (PDF, 745KB)

  • Why the UK and China are Ideal Partners in Research - Grace Lang (PDF, 1.1MB)

  • Financial Resources at Older Ages - James Banks (PDF, 1.4MB)

  • Changing Family Households in China - Zhigang Guo (PDF, 2.3MB)

  • The Demographic Context: Structure, Trends and Family Relationships in the UK (and Europe) - Emily Grundy (PDF, 2.1MB)

  • Social Care for Older People in the UK - Julien Forder (PDF, 320KB)

  • Urbanisation and Migration in China: Situations and Implications - Du Yang (PDF, 194KB)

  • Ageing with a Lifelong Disability - Carol Walker (PDF, 2.9MB)

  • The Challenge of Multi-disciplinary Research - The SomnIA Project - Sara Arber (PDF, 245KB)

NDA PhD Student Workshop PowerPoints - The workshop was held in Keele University.

• • Common ground? A critical articulation of the places and connectivity of older people in rural communities - Jane Bailey, Michael Murray (PDF, 897KB)

  • Obtaining project NHS Ethical Approval - Miranda Davies, Mary Gilhooly (PDF, 332KB)

  • An Examination of Decision-making by Managers and Professionals in Health, Social Care and Banking - Libby Notley, Mary Gilhooly (PDF, 515KB)

  • MAPP-MAL Malnutrition Project - Clare Payne, Paula Moynihan (PDF, 447KB)

  • Managing Chronic Illness at Work - Aadil Kazi, Cheryl Haslam (PDF 281KB)

Ageing in China and the UK - A Policy and Research Exchange. On behalf of the Economic and Social Research Council and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the NDA Programme organised the first Anglo/China Workshop on Ageing Policy, in London, on 20 May, 2009.

• • Tony Maltby, Social Cohesion and Integration (PDF, 166KB)

  • Carol Walker, Health and Social Care Thematic Group (PDF, 306KB)

  • Chris Phillipson, Migration, Urbanisation and Inequality (PDF, 164KB)

  • James Banks, Inequalities Across the Life Course (PDF, 148KB)

  • Emily Grundy, Families and Households of Older People: Now and in the Future (PDF, 143KB)

  • Yan Qingchun, Social Development Strategy of China - Take Proactive Measures to Meet the Challenge of Population Ageing (PDF, 873KB)

  • Zhang Kaiti, The Status of Care and Service for the Elderly in Urban China (PDF, 326KB)

  • Li Xiang, The Ageing Health and Health Care in China (PDF, 1.2MB)

  • Zhang Yi, Migrants and their Pension, A Comparison between China and the UK (PDF, 339KB)

  • Wang Guangzhou, Research of the Health and Care of the Rural Aged of Shandong Chinese (PDF, 525KB)

  • Lu Jiehua, An Empirical Analysis of Desired Living Arrangements and their Determinants for the Elderly among Chinese Metropolitan Areas (PDF, 658KB)

  • Li Jun, A Possible Reason for the Slowdown of the World Economic Growth: Aging Population (PDF, 649KB)

  • Lei Xiaoyan, Social Interactions of Chinese Elderly: Evidence from CHARLS (PDF, 513KB)

  • Alfred Chan, Social Care for the Older Persons in Hong Kong (PDF, 6.4MB)

NDA Postdoctoral workshop presentations - The NDA Programme's PowerPoint presentation, along with Professor Tony Warnes' and Professor John Bond's presentations:

• • Kate Threapleton - Working Late (PDF, 314KB)

  • Hans-Jorg Ehni - The Ethical Evaluation Of Age-related Biomedical Interventions (PDF, 452KB)

  • Pamela Gregory - SomnIA - Optimising Quality of Sleep (PDF, 229KB)

  • Edgar Samarasundera - Older People's Use of Unfamiliar Space (PDF, 616KB)

  • Maria Zubair - Families and Caring in South Asian Communities (PDF, 327KB)

  • Subrata Saha - Families and Caring in South Asian Communities (PDF, 168KB)

  • Interdisciplinary Research in Gerontology by Professor John Bond (PDF, 178KB)

  • NDA Programme and Getting Published by Professor Tony Warnes (PDF, 1.5MB)

NDA Programme Meeting, 3 November 2009 - Presentations from the Fifth Programme Meeting

• • Alastair Macdonald (PDF, 1.1MB)

  • Lynn McInnes (PDF, 3.5MB)

  • David Blane (PDF, 324KB)

  • Lorna Warren (PDF, 630KB)

  • Constantinos Maganaris (PDF, 863KB)

NDA Programme PhD Workshop - The workshop was held at the University of Sheffield, 25 February 2010

• • The role of blood brain barrier failure in progression of cerebral small vessel disease: A detailed Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study - Xin Wang (PDF, 290KB)

  • SomnIA (Sleep in Ageing) - Susan Venn, Theresa Ellmers and Lloyd Morgan (PDF, 501KB)

  • Personalising the care and support of older people: a qualitative study in a disadvantaged community in Manchester - Sharon Middling (PDF, 91KB)

  • Visualisation of Biomechanical Mobility and Exercise advice for the Healthy Older Adult - Felix Ofori Dartey (PDF, 585KB)

  • MINA: Migration, Nutrition and Aging Across the Lifecourse in Bangladeshi Families: A Transnational Perspective - Hannah Jennings (PDF, 101KB)

  • Ageing, wellbeing and development: A comparative study of Brazil and South Africa - Julia Mase (PDF, 308KB)

  • Design for Ageing Well: Development of a technology enabled smart clothing system for the active ageing - Dave Taylor (PDF, 801KB)

  • Occupational Health interventions to encourage physical activity across the life course: a Stage of Change approach - Aadil Kazi (PDF, 244KB)

  • The New Dynamics of Ageing Programme - Alan Walker (PDF, 742KB)

  • Promoting Ageing Continence: Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory, Tools and Technology - Dona Jayakoddy (PDF, 494KB)

  • MINA: Migration, Nutrition and Ageing Across the Lifecourse in Bangladeshi Families: A Transnational Perspective - Hannah Jennings (PDF, 101KB)

  • Promoting independence and social engagement among older people in disadvantaged communities - CALL-ME (PDF, 86.4KB)

  • Ways of Addressing the Question: collecting, analysing and presenting ageing research - Sheila Peace (PDF, 142KB)

  • Getting Published - Tony Warnes (PDF, 125KB)

Writing Successful Research Proposals in Ageing Studies - On Monday 5 July 2010 a workshop took place just prior to the British Society of Gerontology Conference at Brunel University.

• • Tips on Getting Grants - Sharing a Life Time of Rejection - Mary Gilhooly (ppt, 1MB)

  • Early career research: possibilities & opportunities for success - Chris Phillipson (ppt, 79KB)

  • The Research Journey and the Art of Securing Funding - Teresa Waller (ppt, 589KB)

NIA/ESRC Meeting - On behalf of the ESRC, the NDA Programme organised the UK's first workshop on this new area of scientific inquiry in July 2008. It was a joint meeting between leading researchers from the UK and US and funded jointly by the ESRC and US National Institute of Aging (NIA). Social Neuroscience of Ageing workshop resources:

• • Walter Mischel - The Science of the Individual (PDF, 892KB)

  • Bob Levenson - Social and Emotional Behaviour in Ageing (PDF, 318KB)

  • Shelley Taylor - Early Environment (PDF, 365KB)

  • Robert Logie - Social and Economic Interventions for Healthy Ageing (PDF, 315KB)

  • Mary Gilhooly - Bridging Laboratory and Survey Science in the Study of Behaviour (PDF, 274KB)

  • Lousie Phillips - Socioemotional Cognition (PDF, 1.1MB)

  • Linda Waite - Intimacy and Social Isolation (PDF, 329KB)

  • Kevin Morgan - Sleep and Caregiving (PDF, 290KB)

  • Jim Stevenson - Factors in Early Development (PDF, 958KB)

  • John Bond - Population Studies CFAS-85+ (PDF, 146KB)

  • John Bond - Enhancing Healthy Ageing (PDF, 140KB)

  • John Bond - Cognition, Social Behaviour and Ageing (PDF, 99KB)

  • Felicia Huppert - Psychological Well-being (PDF, 149KB)

  • David Weir - HRS and the ADAMS Study (PDF, 483KB)

  • David Weir - Economic Measures in HRS (PDF, 76KB)

  • David Laibson - Behavioural Interventions (PDF, 132KB)

  • D Bunce (PDF, 756KB)

IAGG Symposium, Paris - Poster Presentations from the IAGG Symposium in Paris.

• • Neighbourhood Environment Walkability and Ageing in Place (PDF, 1.4MB)

  • Pedestrian Navigation in Familiar and Unfamiliar Town Spaces (PDF, 1.3MB)

  • Promoting Multi- and Interdisciplinary Ageing Research in the United Kingdom (PDF, 494KB)

University Research Ethics Committees - Many funders, including the research councils, are increasingly emphasising research governance, and ethical review is one aspect of this.

• • University Research Ethics Committees (doc, 203KB)

Brazil’s rural pension system - A report on Brazil's rural pension plan - FUNRURAL (PDF, 91KB)