English title:
Challenges in Ageing societies – Health, Care work, Technologies and Ethics

Swedish title:                                                                                                                          Utmaningar i åldrande samhällen – Hälsa, Omsorgsarbete, Teknik och Etik

Delivered online with a thematic campus-based week in Malmö in May.

Course start: 20 April 2026.

Delivered online (20 April and 27 April 09.00-13.00) with a thematic campus-based week

(4-8 May  09.00-16.00) + online supervision 15 May (part of the day/09.00-16.00).

Application

Application is now closed. For late applications, please email the course coordinator.

Content

  • The course focuses on care work, dementia, and welfare technologies related to welfare state politics, ageing theories and ethical issues. Mixed methods and qualitative approaches will be represented.
  • The course presents critical perspectives from social sciences and the humanities. Cases from a number of  countries will be introduced by professionals with practical experience in the field.
  • The course will offer possibilities to work with theories on and research in the field of ageing, involving students own projects.
  • On a networking level, the course gives a unique opportunity to meet PhD students from the participating countries and establish contacts for future collaboration.  You also meet a transnational and interdisciplinary team of researchers/teachers.

Themes

  • Social Gerontology: Introduction to the State of the art
  • European Policies on Ageing; healthy, active ageing and vulnerability
  • Care, dignity, and ageing abjection
  • Dementia, society and lived lives
  • Cultural understanding of dementia
  • Ageing and care work within a changing welfare state
  • Perspectives on care work, gender, and technology
  • Argumentation challenge on technology in elder care
  • Methods and ethical aspects in research concerning vulnerable or marginalised groups

Language

English

Course Code

HÄSA227

Syllabus

Challenges in Ageing societies – Health, Care work, Technologies and Ethics (5 ECTS)

Contact

For academic questions, please contact the course coordinator

Jonas Christensen

For administrative questions, please contact the doctoral education administrator

Jonna Hulthe