FutureGEN researchers presented 4 papers at the 5th Transforming Care Conference that took place online on 24-25 June 2021.
Papers presented at Transforming Care Conference
Virtual launch event of the FutureGEN Data Navigator
The FutureGEN team is pleased to present the Data Navigator, an open-access tool that compares gender and socioeconomic differences in health and long-term care use for community-dwelling older people (aged 65+ years) in Europe over time. The online webinar will take place
Call for participants – FutureGEN PhD Workshop 7-8 June 2021
The FutureGEN project will hold a virtual PhD workshop on “Gender differences in health and care in old age” on 7-8 June, between 14h-16h. In this workshop, we will spend two afternoons discussing the gendered nature of health and caregiving in
FutureGEN contributes to the EU Green Paper on Ageing
The researchers of the FutureGEN research consortium welcome the initiative of the European Commission to publish the Green Paper on Ageing. We consider this an important stepping stone to deepen the discussion on ageing, its consequences and related policies in
Findings presented at Society of Epidemiologic Research
Afshin Vafaei presented findings of our systematic review of methods used to study intersections of sex and social circumstances on older adults’ health at the Society for Epidemiologic Research on December 17, 2020. The presentation was delivered live online (due
First paper of the FutureGEN project is published
There is broad recognition that health outcomes are shaped both by individual and group characteristics such as sex, race, socio-economic status. Including categories that go beyond, for example, women and men to locate individuals at the intersections of social circumstances
GENDER-ERA Net release new Video about FutureGEN
The GENDER-ERA Net program of the EU has just released a video featuring the PIs of the project FutureGEN, where we explain the aims and relevance of the project. Watch the youtube video to find out more about this project.
Webinar on inequalities in health and care across generations with the OECD
Ricardo Rodrigues will give a webinar on FutureGEN’s early findings and make the case for research on gender inequalities and intersectionality in care and health.
Second project and Sounding Board meeting
Our second project and Sounding Board meeting took place on 13-14 May 2020 in the form of an online meeting due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
We welcome four new members to the FutureGEN project team
Since the start of the project four researchers joined the FutureGEN team: Selma Kadi, Afshin Vafaei, Johan Rehnberg and Erika Augustsson.