Research professor
OsloMet Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslo, Akershus, Norway
Marja Aartsen, PhD, works as research professor at NOVA Norwegian Social research at Oslo Metropolitan University. She is a sociologist and specialized in longitudinal research on social exclusion, social inequalities, loneliness and cognitive functioning in older adults, and how developments in social, physical, mental, and cognitive functioning are interrelated. More recently, the focus has been on how macro-social factors (e.g., welfare state provisions, collective trust) and changes in these factors influence individual developments and lead to inequalities in health and social functioning. Current research projects include: 1) GENPATH a cross-national research project on Gendered Pathways of Social Exclusion and its consequences for health and wellbeing, with Masaryk University (Czech Republic), Haifa University (Israel), University of Vienna (Austria), Linköping University (Sweden), National University of Ireland and University of Barcelona (Spain); 2) AMASE, a bilateral research project on multidimensional social exclusion in later life, with the University of Bucharest (Romania); and 3) Social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic in the nordic countries. Marja is member of the Nordic expertise group on loneliness in later life, advisory board member of the Gerontological Research Centre GEREC / Finand, former editor of the European Journal of Ageing, and co-leader in the COST-Action ROSEnet - Reducing Old-Age Social Exclusion (2016-2020).
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET