Activities

February 7, 2022

Deadline: 18 February 2022 – NEAR is looking for a Scientific Communicator

NEAR is looking for a Scientific Communicator where the primary task is to promote and facilitate ongoing communication and support for the National E-Infrastructure on Aging Research (NEAR). The assignment includes:

  • continuously work with the project’s own website (WordPress), as well as with news and calendar events related to the project on ki.se (Drupal)
  • develop and disseminate relevant information about NEAR to identified target groups, e.g., through newsletters and campaigns
  • be of operational and strategic support to the NEAR team
  • contribute to the planning, marketing and implementation of workshops, events, conferences, and board meetings

Read more and apply latest by 18 February, 2022

More activities

November 21, 2023

Symposium at SWEAH conference in Norrköping

On November 21, NEAR attended and held a symposium at the Swedish Graduate School on Ageing and Health (SWEAH) conference in Norrköping. SWEAH is a multidisciplinary research school on aging and health, which Lund University coordinates. The theme of the conference was: “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainable Ageing” and was aimed at researchers at all levels […]

November 8, 2023

New Possibilities for Aging Research – Focus of the 2023 NEAR workshop

On November 8, NEAR organized its fourth workshop in collaboration with the Ferrero Foundation during Healthy Aging Week 2023 in Alba, Italy. This year’s workshop focused on new opportunities for aging research in Europe. NEAR presented several examples and projects using NEAR data. The workshop was chaired by Maria Eriksdotter, Dean of Karolinska Institutet (KI) […]

October 12, 2023

Ethical Perspectives on Data Usage in Research Infrastructures

On October 12th, NEAR and the Comparative Research Center Sweden (CORS) held a seminar entitled “Ethical Perspectives on Data Usage in Research Infrastructures”. The seminar aimed to understand the ethical aspects of using secondary data in research infrastructures. During the afternoon, around 100 participants attended, on-site or online, to listen to the seminar, which involved […]