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Earlier this summer SWEAH postdoc Wossenseged Jemberie, Umeå University, and PhD student Jeanne Højgaard-Bøytler, Lund University, held a joint lecture on older adults and substance use issues, for around 60 employees in the health and social care and social psychiatry sectors in Skellefteå. Providing person-centred care and care with respect for the individual's self-determination places high dem

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/important-also-substance-users-have-right-self-determination - 2026-05-19

This week, a first workshop was held for SWEAH PhD students who want to learn more about impact, collaborating with actors outside academia and how to reach decision-makers and achieve real change. It is not always easy and it requires structured work, the participants noted. On October 15, SWEAH is arranging a second workshop, when a tool that can facilitate this will be examined in more detail.

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-want-create-real-change-their-research - 2026-05-19

Frail older adults can participate meaningfully in research and care, when given appropriate methods and support. But institutional cultures often limit their influence and opportunities. That is revealed in a new thesis defended by Roar Hermansen Østby, University of Gothenburg. He is affiliated to SWEAH since 2022 and examines participation, user involvement and frail older adults.How can the re

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/institutional-cultures-limit-influence-frail-older-adults - 2026-05-19

SWEAH PhD student Ana Sabsil, Karolinska Institutet, is home again after one week’s research visit to the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, THL, in Helsinki, financed by SWEAH travel grant. During the visit, she worked on data analysis at the THL offices every day, that gave her the opportunity to meet many colleagues involved in the trial of the MET-FINGER study, Multidomain Lifestyle Int

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/ana-finland-perfect-opportunity-deepen-my-understanding-and-strengthen-collaborations - 2026-05-19

SWEAH's founder and coordinator, Professor Susanne Iwarsson, receives her second honorary doctorate, at the same time as Finnish President Stubb. Iwarsson is being awarded an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, located in Central Finland. She is honored for "her groundbreaking research on the interaction between human functional capacity and the

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/appointed-honorary-doctor-together-finnish-president - 2026-05-19

Those who have been PhD students at SWEAH graduate school have built up a broad network during their doctoral studies, and many continue the collaboration between the partner universities as alumni and researchers. Last week, some SWEAH alumni met to write a joint article. They obviously don't want to reveal exactly what it will be about before publication. But they are happy to highlight the rewa

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumni-new-joint-project - 2026-05-19

This week, SWEAH's board has held both a workshop and a board meeting, this time at the partner university, Mid Sweden University in Sundsvall. During an introductory workshop, the evaluation made by external reviewers of SWEAH's activities during the period 2022-2024 was discussed, as well as the future of the graduate school after the current co-financing agreement expires after 2026.– We have n

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/it-looks-promising-continuation - 2026-05-19

”An outstanding example of a national graduate school with excellent results and exceptional management, which should be continued in the future”, is the recommendation from the SWEAH evaluation. Following a proposal from the graduate school's partner representatives, during spring 2025 three external reviewers evaluated SWEAH's operations during the period 2022-2024.– We are very satisfied with t

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/how-evaluators-rated-sweah - 2026-05-19

SWEAH has received 17 new applications from PhD students who wish to join the graduate school starting next year. That's a few more than last year. This time, doctoral students from 8 of SWEAH's 13 partner universities applied. One application each from Dalarna University, Linnaeus University and Linköping University, two from Jönköping University, Kristianstad University and Umeå University, as w

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/application-process-underway - 2026-05-19

Right after participating in SWEAH’s workshops on impact and collaboration, PhD student Jerry Norlin, Dalarna University, put the theories into practical use. Norlin presented his research on ‘Older adults’ loneliness: Relationships, everyday strategies and design of support’ at Region Gävleborg’s collaboration conference ”Forskare och praktiker möts” (Researchers and practitioners meet) in Söderh

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/research-and-practice-met-lot-cross-fertilization-ideas - 2026-05-19

This week, around 20 SWEAH PhD students are visiting the partner university Dalarna University campus in Falun. It's time for the autumn PhD Student Days, 4-5 November, packed with lectures, workshop, discussions and networking. This time the theme is "Future career path". It is important to have a well-thought-out plan to become a fully-fledged researcher in aging and health. What does your dream

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/time-dream-about-future - 2026-05-19

SWEAH was represented at the conference 'Ageing is Living: Building Age-Friendly Communities in the Nordic-Baltic Region', organized in Copenhagen this week by WHO, The Nordic Welfare Centre and the Centre for an Age-friendly Norway. Two PhD students presented their doctoral projects on site at UN City in Copenhagen, followed by a discussion. One of them was SWEAH PhD student Helena Bjurbäck, Link

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-contributed-who-meeting-age-friendly-societies - 2026-05-19

New technology can make it easier for older adults to be active, but they must be involved in the development of the technology. This is evident in a new thesis by William Son Galanza, a SWEAH PhD student in the Applied Gerontology research group in Lund, who has developed an AI model that can categorize the everyday activities of older adults. Read the full article (in Swedish).

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/better-control-older-adults-everyday-activities-ai - 2026-05-19

Before the new year, more assignments than usual were announced for SWEAH alumni. The management thanks the four who held the assignments during 2025; •    Assistant Study Coordinator; coordination and preparation of evaluation of SWEAH; member in SWEAH pedagogical group: Ana Luiza Dallora Moraes, Blekinge Institute of Technology•    Responsible for PhD student activities: Manzur Kader, Dalarna Un

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-are-working-years-postdoc-assignments - 2026-05-19

On Tuesday, the PhD students who joined SWEAH 2026 met, at Forum Medicum in Lund. They introduced themselves and their research projects, received information about the graduate school, networked and met alumni and PhD students who have been involved with SWEAH for some time. As usual at the graduate school's introductory meetings, a wide range of research projects were presented. This involves co

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/these-are-years-new-sweah-phd-students - 2026-05-19

It is now decided who will take over the management of the graduate school when SWEAH's current coordinator Susanne Iwarsson retires in a year. It will be Lund University's Pro Vice-Chancellor Jimmie Kristensson, and he has already started as an assistant coordinator part-time. – The question of the future management of the graduate school is an important, critical point that was raised in the eva

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/he-new-assistant-coordinator-sweah - 2026-05-19

Since the beginning of the year, SWEAH has engaged a new higher education pedagogy expert in the graduate school. Former SWEAH board member Søren Smedegaard Bengtsen is taking over the role from Lena Dafgård, at the partner university Dalarna University, whose assignment ended in December. He has been researching ageing and health for many years at Aarhus University in Denmark. From March 1, he ho

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-professor-takes-place-sweahs-pedagogical-group - 2026-05-19

How credible are research results? A new biology study shows that the same data can give different answers depending on the method of analysis used – raising questions about the stability of scientific conclusions. To strengthen credibility, researchers need to be better at accounting for their methods. Ever since the 17th century, when modern scientific research was born, methods have been refine

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/reliability-scientific-methods-under-scrutiny - 2026-05-19

Roach that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater migrants to find food in murky waters. This is shown in a large study from Lund University in Sweden. Animals’ eyes, just like those of humans, are a kind of window to the world. Eyesight controls important

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/migrating-roach-have-sharper-eyesight - 2026-05-19

Humans and animals are not the only ones affected by viruses. Unicellular organisms can also be attacked. In a new study, scientists establish that green algae can carry latent giant virus DNA in their genome. Biology researchers at Lund University in Sweden have spent several years studying microorganisms isolated from Lake Krageholm in Skåne and Lake Örsjön in Småland. During the most recent ele

https://www.biology.lu.se/article/unicellular-green-algae-may-carry-giant-virus-dna-their-genome - 2026-05-19