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CASE researchers and doctoral students at international conference

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Doctoral student Samantha Svärdh notes differences between different countries' international conferences. Photo: Private

At the beginning of July, several of CASE's researchers and PhD students participated in the British Gerontology Society's gathering, BSG Annual Conference 2024.

It is one of the largest international research conferences in ageing and health, with researchers from all over the world. This time they met at the University of Newcastle, UK, to share their knowledge.

Associate professor Agneta Malmgren Fänge came from CASE, and presented results from her study on the learning and experiences of nursing and home care staff during the covid-19 pandemic in Sweden, Italy, Germany and Great Britain. 

- The conference was very good, very well planned and very interesting presentations and seminars - quite small format and well organized. I also took the opportunity to meet researchers and colleagues outside the conference to discuss ongoing and future collaborations, she says.

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Agneta Malmgren Fänge to the right of one of the co-authors of the study, Tamara Backhouse, postdoc at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. Photo: Private

Other scientific articles from CASE that were discussed were PhD student David Dahlgren's study on how elderly people's moves are affected in times of economic booms and busts. And PhD student William Son Galanza's study about home technologies.

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Doctoral student David Dahlgren. Photo: Samantha Svärdh
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Doctoral student William Son Galanza. Photo: Samantha Svärdh

PhD student Samantha Svärdh presented her study on user experiences of agency in welfare technology use and discussed it with the attending audience.

My biggest takeaway from the conference was how much of a difference there can be between research conferences. I had recently attended NKG in Stockholm before BSG in Newcastle and was struck by how very different the presentations and research traditions were, she says.

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Doctoral student Frida Nordeström talked about RELOC-AGE. Photo: Samantha Svärdh

I presented 'Relationship between active ageing and perceived aspects of housing among persons aged 55+'. I received valuable feedback, it gave me some thoughts about future studies. I got a lot of inspiration about research and different methods, but also insights into the latest research findings and trends in ageing and living. And, then I had the opportunity to eat a really good fish & chips at a local joint - gold worth, Frida says.

CASE researcher Arlind Reuter offered methods and theories to critically explore the impact of technology on citizenship and the ethics of digital and robotic development.