Meaningful Mobility: a novel approach to movement within and between places in later life

Project Information

MeaningfulMobility

Grant agreement ID: 802202

DOI

10.3030/802202

Project closed

EC signature date 6 November 2018

Start date 1 April 2019

End date 30 September 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 225,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 225,00

Coordinated by

RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN
Netherlands

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (24)

Geographical life-space and subjective wellbeing in later life

Author(s): Linden Douma, Nardi Steverink, Louise Meijering
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 70, 2021, Page(s) 102608, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102608

Seasonal differences in mobility and activity space in later life in the Northern Netherlands

Author(s): Meijering, Louise; Osborne, Tess; Van Doorne, Marlene; Weitkamp, Gerd
Published in: Mobilities, 2023, ISSN 1745-0101
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2023.2289453

Associations Between Informal Caregiving and Physical Functioning: A Longitudinal Analysis of Dutch Older Adults

Author(s): Zeinab Sattari, Dorly Deeg, Louise Meijering, Gerd Weitkamp
Published in: The Gerontologist, Issue 65, 2025, ISSN 0016-9013
Publisher: Gerontological Society of America
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaf108

Hopeful adaptation after acquired brain injury: The case of late referrals in the Netherlands

Author(s): Louise Meijering; Ant Lettinga
Published in: Social Science & Medicine, Issue 293, 2021, ISSN 0277-9536
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114651

The role of performativity in informal dementia carers' capability to be mobile

Author(s): Lowe T.A., de Haas B., Meijering L.
Published in: Social Science & Medicine, Issue 329, 2023, Page(s) 116030, ISSN 0277-9536
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116030

Remote graphic elicitation: A critical reflection on the emotional affordance and disruption management in caregiver research

Author(s): Thomas A. Lowe; Tess Osborne; Sarah Bell
Published in: Area, Issue 1, 2022, Page(s) 264-273, ISSN 1475-4762
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/area.12846

Beschouwingen over grafische elicitatie op afstand

Author(s): Lowe, Tom
Published in: KWALON Tijdschrift voor kwalitatief onderzoek in Nederland, Issue 27(1), 2022, Page(s) 176-179, ISSN 1875-7324
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
DOI: 10.5117/kwa2022.3.004.lowe

Uncovering layers of vulnerability: geographical research during the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Meijering, Louise; Osborne, Tess; Lowe, Thomas; Sattari N., Zeinab; Haas, Billie de; Schreuder, Lisa; Weitkamp, Gerd; Maeckelberghe, Els
Published in: Social Science & Medicine - Qualitative Research in Health, Issue 5, 2024, Page(s) 100419, ISSN 2667-3215
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100419

A Healthier Distance? Spatial Proximity to Everyday Amenities and Self‐Rated Health among Older Adults in the Northern Netherlands

Author(s): Zeinab Sattari, Tobias Vogt, Louise Meijering, Gerd Weitkamp
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Issue 117, 2026, Page(s) 121-136, ISSN 0040-747X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.70020

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Nostalgia and mobility perceptions of informal dementia carers

Author(s): Thomas A. Lowe
Published in: Emotion, Space and Society, Issue 53, 2024, Page(s) 101028, ISSN 1755-4586
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2024.101028

‘We may be long in the tooth, but it makes us tough’: exploring stillness for older adults during the COVID-19 lockdowns

Author(s): Tess Osborne, Louise Meijering
Published in: Social & Cultural Geography, 2021, Page(s) 1-20, ISSN 1464-9365
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2021.2000019

Werken vanuit plekken in het echte leven

Author(s): Lettinga, Ant T.; Slagter, Martian; Merkelijn, Ellis; Meijering, Louise
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Gezondheidswetenschappen, Issue 99, 2021, Page(s) 30-35, ISSN 1876-8776
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s12508-020-00286-4

Restorative and afflicting qualities of the micro-space encounter: psychophysiological reactions to the spaces of the city

Author(s): Osborne, T.
Published in: Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2021, ISSN 2469-4460
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2021.1972791

Special Issue on Ageing in Place: Introduction

Author(s): Thomas A. Lowe, Louise Meijering
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Issue 117, 2026, Page(s) 4-9, ISSN 0040-747X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.70063

What happens behind doors? Exploring everyday indoor activities when ageing in place

Author(s): Sattari, N., Z., Weitkamp, S.G., Meijering, L.
Published in: Journal of Aging Studies, 2023, ISSN 0890-4065
Publisher: Pergamon Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2023.101109

Older adults' adaptations to life events: A mobility perspective

Author(s): Lowe, T.A., Haas, B. de, Osborne, T., Meijering, L.
Published in: Ageing & Society, 2021, Page(s) 1-19, ISSN 1469-1779
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x22001283

Towards meaningful mobility: a research agenda for movement within and between places in later life

Author(s): Louise Meijering
Published in: Ageing and Society, 2019, Page(s) 1-13, ISSN 0144-686X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x19001296

Mundane mobilities in later life - Exploring experiences of everyday trip-making by older adults in a Dutch urban neighbourhood

Author(s): Bettina van Hoven, Louise Meijering
Published in: Research in Transportation Business & Management, Issue 30, 2019, Page(s) 100375, ISSN 2210-5395
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2019.100375

Health Literacy in the Everyday Lives of Older Adults in Greece, Hungary, and the Netherlands

Author(s): Liesbeth de Wit, Pania Karnaki, Archontoula Dalma, Peter Csizmadia, Charlotte Salter, Andrea de Winter, Louise Meijering
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 17/7, 2020, Page(s) 2411, ISSN 1660-4601
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17072411

‘I choose the quiet roads’: Everyday mobility in later life on the urban–rural continuum of the Northern Netherlands

Author(s): Meijering, Louise; Weitkamp, Gerd
Published in: Journal of Transport Geography, Issue 114, 2024, ISSN 0966-6923
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103762

Care and rhythmanalysis: using metastability to understand the routines of dementia care

Author(s): Osborne, T., Lowe, T.A., Meijering, L.
Published in: Social Science & Medicine, Issue 331, 2023, Page(s) 116099, ISSN 0277-9536
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116099

“If you just sit at home and look out of the window, then there is no life.” an ethnographic study of how home-dwelling people with dementia use the cityscape's life in practice

Author(s): Tiemensma, Mirjam Due; Tanggaard Andersen, Pernille; Meijering, Louise; Sturge, Jodi
Published in: Social Science & Medicine - Qualitative Research in Health, Issue 5, 2024, Page(s) 100448, ISSN 2667-3215
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100448

A more realistic picture of older adults’ activity spaces: combining spatial and bodily micro-movements

Author(s): Zeinab Sattari, Louise Meijering, Gerd Weitkamp
Published in: Health & Place, Issue 98, 2026, Page(s) 103625, ISSN 1353-8292
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2026.103625

Using Everyday Technology Independently When Living with Forgetfulness: Experiences of Older Adults in Barcelona

Author(s): Samuel Briones, Louise Meijering
Published in: Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Issue 7, 2021, Page(s) 233372142199375, ISSN 2333-7214
Publisher: Sage Journals
DOI: 10.1177/2333721421993754

Book chapters (4)

Population ageing and care arrangements in later life in the Netherlands

Author(s): Louise Meijering, Tobias Vogt
Published in: Care of Older Persons, 2024, Page(s) 140-156, ISBN 9781003528432
Publisher: Routledge India
DOI: 10.4324/9781003528432-11

Exploring Older Adults’ Experiences of Urban Space in the COVID-19 Lockdowns:

Author(s): Osborne, Tess; Dul, Arlinde; Meijering, Louise
Published in: Public Space and Mobility, Issue Volume 3, 2021, Page(s) 109-118, ISBN 9781529219029
Publisher: Bristol University Press
DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1t4m1m6.17

Inclusive Approaches for Inclusive Cities: Exploring Older Adults’ Mobility in the United Kingdom

Author(s): Thomas A. Lowe, Zeinab Sattari
Published in: Inclusive Cities and Global Urban Transformation, 2025, Page(s) 145-154, ISBN 978-981-97-7521-7
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-7521-7_13

Homemaking and cohousing by postcolonial migrants in later life

Author(s): Louise Meijering, Ajay Bailey
Published in: Handbook on Home and Migration, 2024, Page(s) 426-437, ISBN 9781800882775
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
DOI: 10.4337/9781800882775.00047

Non-peer reviewed articles (8)

Corrigendum to “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Nostalgia and mobility perceptions of informal dementia carers” [Emotion, Space Soc. 53, (2024) 101028]

Author(s): Thomas A. Lowe
Published in: Emotion, Space and Society, Issue 55, 2025, Page(s) 101082, ISSN 1755-4586
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2025.101082

Veerkrachtig omgaan met verandering tijdens corona

Author(s): Dul, Arlinde; Meijering, Louise
Published in: Geron: tijdschrift over ouder worden & samenleving, Issue 23:11, 2021, ISSN 1389-143X
Publisher: Geron: platform over ouder worden & samenleving

Naar betekenisvolle beweging. Redactioneel [Towards meaningful mobility. Editorial]

Author(s): Meijering, L.
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, Issue 51(3), 2020, Page(s) 1-4, ISSN 1875-6832
Publisher: Vilans

Ouderen tijdens de eerste lockdown in Nederland en Engeland

Author(s): Meijering, Louise; Dul, Arlinde; Osborne, Tess
Published in: Demos: bulletin over bevolking en samenleving, Issue 37:4, 2021, Page(s) 5-7, ISSN 0169-1473
Publisher: Netherlands Interdiscisplinary Demographic Institute

How the GDPR can contribute to improving geographical research

Author(s): Louise Meijering, Tess Osborne, Esther Hoorn, Cristina Montagner
Published in: Geoforum, 2020, ISSN 0016-7185
Publisher: Pergamon Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.05.013

Dupliek op de reacties op het artikel ‘Beschouwingen over grafische elicitatie op afstand’

Author(s): Lowe, Tom
Published in: KWALON, tijdschrift voor kwalitatief onderzoek in Nederland, Issue 27:3, 2022, Page(s) 198-199, ISSN 1385-1535
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
DOI: 10.5117/kwa2022.3.011.lowe

Naar betekenisvolle beweging

Author(s): Louise Meijering
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie, Issue 51(3), 2020, Page(s) 1-4, ISSN 1875-6832
Publisher: Radboud University Press
DOI: 10.36613/tgg.1875-6832/2020.03.02

Levens na hersenletsel in sociaal-ruimtelijk perspectief. Wat biedt het de neurorevalidatie? [Lives after acquired brain injury from a socio-spatial perspective. What’s the use for neuro-rehabilitation?]

Author(s): Meijering, L. Lettinga, A.
Published in: Tijdschrift voor Revalidatiegeneeskunde, Issue 41(5), 2019, Page(s) 41-43, ISSN 2211-3665
Publisher: Performis

Other (1)

sj-pdf-1-ggm-10.1177_2333721421993754 – Supplemental material for Using Everyday Technology Independently When Living with Forgetfulness: Experiences of Older Adults in Barcelona

Author(s): Briones, Samuel; Meijering, Louise
Published in: Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2021
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.25384/sage.13857243.v1