Objective The overall aim of this research programme is to uncover how family life courses influence health and well-being in later adulthood, whether family related strengths or disadvantages relevant to health offset or compound socio-economic sources of disadvantage, and the extent to which these associations are influenced by societal factors. An important element will be to consider the role of intergenerational influences, including support flows. The geographical focus will be on Europe and the methodological focus on the advanced quantitative analysis of large scale longitudinal data sets. These data sets, chosen for their complementary strengths, will include both country specific and cross national sources. Three major interlinked strands of work will be undertaken. These will focus on 1) Impacts of parenting and partnership histories on health and mortality in mid and later life. 2) Intergenerational support exchanges: demographic, cultural and policy influences and effects on health of both providers and receivers. 3) An over arching theme to be addressed in the above strands and consolidated in the third is how investments in family and social networks are related to socio-economic disparities in later life health and mortality. The programme is will bring together perspectives from a range of disciplines to address issues of great relevance to current policy challenges in Europe. It is challenging because of the problem of dealing with issues of health selection and possible bias arising from various kinds of missing data which will require methodological care and innovation. Results will contribute to the development of theory, the development of methods and provide substantive knowledge relevant to the health and well-being of older Europeans. Fields of science social sciencessociologydemographymortalityhumanitieshistory and archaeologyhistory Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-AG-SH3 - ERC Advanced Grant - Environment and society Call for proposal ERC-2012-ADG_20120411 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Host institution LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE EU contribution € 1 023 622,71 Address Houghton Street 1 WC2A 2AE London United Kingdom See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maureen Green (Mrs.) Principal investigator Emily Marjatta Dorothea Grundy (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beneficiaries (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE United Kingdom EU contribution € 1 023 622,71 Address Houghton Street 1 WC2A 2AE London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maureen Green (Mrs.) Principal investigator Emily Marjatta Dorothea Grundy (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITETET I OSLO Norway EU contribution € 166 140,00 Address PROBLEMVEIEN 5-7 0313 Oslo See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Johannes Elgvin (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE ROYAL CHARTER Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 29 944,68 Address KEPPEL STREET WC1E 7HT London See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact John Paul (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 4 669,24 Address TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS CB2 1TN Cambridge See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX United Kingdom EU contribution € 198 733,37 Address WIVENHOE PARK CO4 3SQ Colchester See on map Region East of England Essex Essex Haven Gateway Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shereen Anderson Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data