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The VIU Summer Institute on Ageing offers a “state-of-the-art” program which will provide the students with a thorough understanding of the ageing process, ranging from recent advances of the medical and epidemiological literature, to an extensive treatment of the economic dimension (pensions and long term care) and of the sociological dimensions (intergenerational transfers, role of family networks). Special attention will be given to the use of large micro-data sets, such as SHARE (Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe) and sister surveys: the HRS, ELSA, TILDA, CHARLS

This edition of the VIU Summer Institute will have a focus on Long Term Care

As the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, VIU will continue to monitor the situation. Should the COVID-19 situation prevent international travel or the confirmation of the program on campus as scheduled, the activity will be moved online. Applicants and confirmed participants will be informed of any changes.

The decision on whether it will be possible to hold the activity in person at VIU or not shall be made by the end of January/mid-February, and in any case at least 3 months prior to the start date.

The fees will be revised consequently. 

The VIU Summer Institute on Ageing will:

  1. provide students and trainees with a thorough understanding of the ageing process, offering notions of the medical and epidemiological recent literature to the socio-economic advances in this research area
  2. enhance the multidisciplinary approach for researchers who work on ageing
  3. provide “hands on” experience on the micro data-sets
  4. increase the mobility and the interconnectivity of PhD students, researchers, teaching staff and policy makers, hence favouring the creation of research networks
  • participants will gain special insight into the recent advances of the ageing process from a theoretical and practical point of view and will be able to perform impact evaluation (e.g. health care costs);
  • participants will learn how to use the data in this area of research
  • participants will be offered the opportunity to share their ideas in a poster-sessions and during social events
  • participants will develop transversal competences based on a multidisciplinary approach. Specific training sessions, such as “revolving conversations”, will take place.
  • policy makers and people involved in public policy and public services will be able to learn how to connect issues between the health dimension of ageing and the socio-economic dimension of ageing.

The Summer Institute is addressed mainly to graduate and PhD students in social sciences (economics, sociology, demography, political science), to MDs particularly geriatrics, students in epidemiology, public health. Moreover, policy makers and high-level officials in public and private institutions will be admitted if their background is adequate.

The Program will admit a maximum of 35 participants.

The Summer Institute will consist of three blocks of activities

1. Morning lectures from leading researchers addressing the most recent advances in the area. Presentations in the fields of biomedicine, geriatrics, genetics, epidemiology, patient care, psychiatry, as well as economics of ageing, pension economics and finance, health economics, public health, demography and sociology.

2 Hands on sessions in the afternoon.

Provide students a thorough presentation of the survey data on ageing available to the scientific community. The 2017 VIU-Summer Institute will focus on datasets such as SHARE, ELSA, TILDA, CHARLS.

3. Poster sessions and revolving conversations

Students are invited to prepare a poster about their ongoing research: a paper they are working on or other preliminary work. Poster sessions will be held typically around lunch-time: students will have the opportunity to discuss their own research with the senior scholars. Studentswill be askedto take part to dedicated interactive sessions, such as “revolving conversations”, aimed at discussing new research ideas.

Elena Bassoli, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT
Marco Bertoni
, University of Padua, IT
Agar Brugiavini, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice – Venice International University, IT (Scientific Coordinator)
Raluca Elena Buia, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT
Ludovico Carrino, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & King’s College London, IT
Joan Costa-Font, London School of Economics, UK
Luigi Ferrucci, National Institute on Ageing, US
Anja Leist, Université du Luxembourg, LU
Hamish Low, Univeristy of Oxford, UK
Stefania Maggi, National Research Council, IT (Scientific Committee)
Jürgen Maurer, University of Lausanne, CH (Scientific Committee)
Giacomo Pasini
, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT (Scientific Committee)
Irene Simonetti, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, IT
Guglielmo Weber, University of Padua, IT (Scientific Committee)

Application via VIU website, available from December 5, 2020.

Deadline: February 28, 2021 | Deadline extended until March 15, 2021

Applicants must submit via application form: a brief research statement including candidate’s interests and a curriculum vitae with photo.

Admitted candidates will be notified by March 8, 2021, and should pay the fee by March 14, 2021 | Deadlines extended: admission notification by March 25, 2021; fee payment by April 1, 2021

Full fee: € 800 VAT included
Applicants from VIU member universities: € 200 VAT included

Scholarships may be available to cover part of the fee.

The fee will cover tuition, teaching materials, accommodation in shared rooms at the VIU campus, lunches in the VIU cafeteria and social events.

Student participants will be responsible for covering their own travel expenses to and from Venice, local transportation and evening meals.

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