Activities

October 26, 2021

NEAR Methodological Workshop, 27 October 2021

We are happy to announce that NEAR will hold its third workshop on “Methodological issues in harmonizing and pooling of data”, 27 October 10 AM- 3 PM. Due to the current situation, the workshop will take place online (Zoom) and onsite (KI Solna Campus) for selected participants only. 

Register for the event latest by 26 October using this link: https://survey.ki.se/registration_NEAR_WS

You are more than welcome to participate!

Picture from the latest NEAR workshop, 23 September 2020

Program: NEAR Workshop_2021

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Database Workshop Meeting in Karlskrona

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February 9, 2024

Book release: “70 is the new 50”

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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 […]