Director's Spotlight: China
December 2013 saw the continuation of CEPAR's work in China.
A delegation comprising Elisabetta Magnani, Hazel Bateman and John Piggott attended a number of key research institutions including one of China's top universities, Tsinghua. The delegation also visited the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the College of Public Policy and Administration and the South Western University of Finance and Economics. The group presented keynote addresses and workshops on pension issues across the five days.
Professor Piggott said the trip was an important opportunity to extend CEPAR's international research network ahead of this year's GO8C9 graduate conference which CEPAR will co-host in Sydney. The topic of this year's graduate workshop will be population ageing.
"Our research on the issue of population ageing will contribute to the knowledge base from which policy responses to this important issue can be prepared. Building these links with researchers in China facilitates knowledge sharing with one of our most important neighbours in the region," Professor Piggott said.
For more on CEPAR and China, see the Director's Message
Different risk factors to ageing well identified for men and women
Hal Kendig will present new research findings on the risk factors associated with ageing well at the Impact of Ageing on Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference in Barcelona this week.
The findings identified that risk factors to ageing well differ for men and women. The findings are from the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing Program (MELSHA) and are co-authored by CEPAR Associate Investigator Colette Browning.
These findings are an important step on the road to designing and implementing interventions to assist people in the process of ageing well.
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