Welcome to the seminar in collaboration between the Center of Ageing and Supportive Environments, Urban Arena and Lund University Proactive Ageing Profile Area.

The event is planned as part of MIRAI 2.0 seed-funding to develop collaborations between Japan and Sweden on living environments and health in ageing societies in times of crises. 

The aim of the current seminar is to attract participants from different research fields that touch upon the topic of this collaboration (e.g., urban planning, social work, public health, disaster medicine, gerontology) as well as meet potential future collaborators from a range of disciplines, both within and outside LU.

The seminar will be followed by a workshop. Both parts of the event require registration.


When: 1:00-4:45 pm on May 22, 2023 

Where: The Pufendorf institute, Biskopsgatan 3, Lund


Participation: in real life, free of charge, registration required 


Register here: by 2023-05-15 (The number of participants for the workshop will be limited, and determined by who registers first and/or motivation) 
If you register and cannot attend, please email Dan Lindblom (dan [dot] lindblom [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se) so others can take your place.

Preliminary program
13:00    Welcome by CASE and Urban Arena Dr. Pimkamol Mattsson (LU), prof. Andrew Karvonen (LU)
13:10    Introduction to the seminar, workshop and the MIRAI seed-funding project  
Assoc. prof. Giedre Gefenaite (LU), dr. Chie Teramoto (Hiroshima University)

13:20    The ageing society in Japan and future collaborations Dr. Chie Teramoto (Hiroshima University)

13:30    Climate change and health  Dr. Andreas Vilhelmson (LU)

14:00    Refugees’ Integration in the Built Environment: Challenges in lived experiences Prof. Mo Hamza (LU)
14:30    Coffee break and mingle  

14:50    Immigration, Covid-19, and the Swedish Generational Economy Dr. Haodong Qi (Malmö University)
15:20    General discussion      

15:35    Short break  

15:45    Workshop/discussion on future collaborations and summary