Promoting Active Ageing: Developing Age-Friendly Cities

Project Information

AGE-FRIENDLY

Grant agreement ID: 330354

Project closed

Start date 1 October 2013

End date 30 September 2015

Funded under

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Total cost € 231 283,20

EU contribution € 231 283,20

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
United Kingdom

Objective

Need for the research: Although the issues raised by the 'age-friendly city' movement are well-understood at the level of the World Health Organisation and European Union, awareness within relevant academic disciplines is still limited. This project will fill a major gap in the literature by providing a substantial research base for assisting the development of age-friendly cities.
Host and researcher: The proposed fellowship is a collaboration between a world-class scientist working at the University of Manchester, UK (Prof. Chris Phillipson) and an ambitious post-doctoral researcher currently based in Belgium (Dr. Tine Buffel). The research fellow, Dr. Tine Buffel (Vrije Universiteit Brussel), is one of Belgium’s most accomplished young researchers in the field of ageing. The host, Prof. Chris Phillipson has been a key figure in the development of social gerontology, and is one of the world’s leading researchers with expertise in population ageing and urbanization.
Interdisciplinary nature: A key objective of the fellowship includes the development of an interdisciplinary approach to studying age-friendly environments. An interdisciplinary project team and advisory board will be formed to support and develop the career progression of the fellow. Both will comprise leading international researchers working across a range of disciplines (including social geography, psychology, environmental gerontology, urban design, architecture, and epidemiology) relevant to developing age-friendly cities.
Benefits to Europe: Promote healthy and active ageing in Europe; contribute to European excellence regarding research on population ageing; advance Europe’s competitiveness by involving older people in research and innovation; provide outreach activities which will be beneficial to the development of the European policy agenda on Active Ageing.

Fields of science

• medical and health sciences › clinical medicine › gerontology
• social sciences › social geography › urban studies

Programme(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Topic(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF - Marie-Curie Action: "Intra-European fellowships for career development"

Call for proposal

FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
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Funding Scheme

MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF)

Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

• EU contribution: € 231 283,20
• Address: OXFORD ROAD ; M13 9PL Manchester ; United Kingdom
• Region: North West (England) › Greater Manchester › Manchester
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Liz Fay (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data