Summer Institute on Ageing | Longevity: Mutual Support across Generations

About

The program provides students and early-career researchers with a multidisciplinary and rigorous understanding of the ageing process, ranging from some basic notions of the medical and epidemiological literature, to key concepts in the economics and sociology of ageing.

This edition of the Summer Institute will present four days of lectures, testimonials and hands-on sessions with distinguished scholars and leading experts (June 8-11), plus one day devoted to presentations by students and discussions of scientific papers (June 12).

Course leader

Agar Brugiavini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & Venice International University (VIU)

Target group

PhD students, post-doc scholars and graduates in economics, statistics, social sciences and medicine, but also professionals active in the field of ageing.

Course aim

Participants will gain insights into the recent advances of research on the ageing process, from a multidisciplinary perspective. Furthermore, participants will take part in “hands-on” sessions where they will be trained on how to use the data behind the research efforts in this area. Participants will gain subject-related competences in handling large data sets on ageing, which contain relevant information on health and socio-economic conditions.

Attending the school means you will develop your transversal skills as the approach is multidisciplinary, and those who have a specific economic or sociological background will learn more about medical advances in ageing research, acquiring the specific language in which MDs deal with these issues as well.
High-level policymakers or officials who may also take part in this program will be able to learn how to connect issues between the health dimension and the economic dimension of ageing.

Fee info

Registration fee for student fee-waiver scholarship recipients of Ca' Foscari University and the University of Padova: 50 EUR