SIA junior workshop 2024
The 2024 SIA junior workshop was held in Stockholm at the Långholmen hotel and conference center on September 2 to 3. Junior researchers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands participated, presented manuscript drafts from their ongoing work (see Table 1 for a list of presenters and titles) and contributed to others’ work by reading each other’s papers and providing feedback.
From left to right: Farzana Rahman, Robin Ramos Serrano and Isabelle von Saenger. Foto: Neda Agahi
Table 1 List of titles of manuscripts presented
| Title | Author |
| Demographic and socioeconomic differences in home-based healthcare in Region Stockholm: A descriptive study using register data | Farzana Rahman, Karolinska Institutet |
| What is it like to apply for support due to ageing? The qualitative meaning of making a debut in Swedish home care | Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, Karolinska Institutet |
| Association between nursing home quality and emergency department visits for residents in Swedish nursing homes during the covid-19 pandemic | Wilhelm Linder, Uppsala university |
| Trouble in paradise? Emotional and social loneliness among international retirement migrants | Esma Betül Savaş, Netherlands interdisciplinary demographic institute |
| Cohort differences in old-age depression in Sweden: a longitudinal population-based study | Franziska Steffens, Karolinska Institutet |
| Exploring Intergenerational Dynamics: Care and Financial Transfers within Three-Generation Families of Older Adults – A Nordic inequality perspective | Isabelle von Saenger, Karolinska Institutet |
| Mediators of educational differences in dementia risk in later life: the HUNT study | Teferi Mekonnen Yitayew, University of Oslo |
| Skillnader i psykisk hälsa bland äldre personer i Sverige. En epidemiologisk studie (Rapport till Folkhälsomyndigheten) | Robin Ramos Serrano, Karolinska Institutet |
| Comparison of home visit interview data versus self-administered survey data in samples of very old adults- Results from the GERDA study | Laura Corneliusson, Umeå university |
From left to right: Robin Ramos Serrano, Nele Plefka and Laura Corneliusson. Foto: Pernilla A Siljehag
In addition to learning more about each other’s projects and discussing related aspects of social inequalities in ageing, junior participants also took part in a speed dating session on future research exchange and collaboration between their research groups in the Nordic countries. Some participants also initiated a discussion about a possible collaboration on a symposium application for the upcoming Transforming care conference 2025 in Finland.
From left to right: Nele Plefka, Sébastien Lindhagen and Farzana Rahman. Foto: Pernilla A Siljehag
Valuable inspiration to the discussions was provided by senior SIA researchers Linda Enroth (Tampere university) and Terese Sara Høj Jørgensen (University of Copenhagen) through their interesting keynote talks titled “Climate change effects on health and health care use among older people” (Linda) and “Intergenerational perspectives on social inequality in aging” (Terese). Linda and Terese also participated in a panel discussion about social inequalities in ageing together with Neda Agahi and Johan Fritzell.
From left to right: Terese Sara Høj Jørgensen and Franziska Steffens. Foto: Pernilla A Siljehag
The workshop offered several moments for social mingling and networking. It also offered a guided tour of the Långholmen prison museum, which, among other things, provided an interesting historical insight into aspects of social inequalities in ageing in Stockholm in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
From left to right: Franziska Steffens, Esma Betul Savas and Isabelle von Saenger. Foto: Pernilla A Siljehag
From left to right: Franziska Steffens, Laura Corneliusson, Esma Betul Savas, Farzana Rahman, Linda Enroth, Sébastien Lindhagen, Wilhelm Linder, Johan Fritzell, Terese Sara Høj Jørgensen, Teferi Mekonnen, Isabelle von Saenger, Pernilla Alencar Siljehag, Nele Plefka and Robin Ramos Serrano. Foto: Neda Agahi