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Aging Research Center (ARC)
A multidisciplinary research center, established in 2000 by Stockholm University and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, with the mission to improve the health and well-being of older individuals by contributing to the understanding of the aging process from a bio̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, psychological and sociological perspective in relation to life-long social and physical contexts. ARC conducts research and education and spreads research findings within and outside the scientific community.
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The National E-infrastructure for Aging Research (NEAR) is a unique research infrastructure that was founded in 2018. NEAR facilitates the use of databases from major population longitudinal studies on aging and health in Sweden. It is a collaboration between eight universities including ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, University of Gothenburg, Lund University, UmeÃ¥ University, Jönköping University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Uppsala University and Stockholm University.
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SNAC-Kungsholmen is part of the ongoing multi-center Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC), which was initiated in 2001 and is conducted on a sample of individuals aged 60 and older. The primary research areas include dementia and brain aging, multimorbidity and frailty, mental health, cardiometabolic health, the body-mind connection, falls and polypharmacy. Key research questions revolve around lifestyle, physical and social environments, biomarkers, time trends, sex differences, treatment, as well as ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ and social care related to different health aspects.
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The Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old – SWEOLD, is an ongoing, nationally representative survey of the older population in Sweden, run by researchers from Aging Research Center at ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡. The first data collection was conducted in 1992, and has been repeated in 2002, 2004, 2011, 2014 and 2021. Older adults are asked questions about their actual living conditions in a number of areas relevant to older people, these include health, health and social care, financial resources, housing, occupation, and everyday activities. The survey also includes a few basic tests on physical and cognitive performance.
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The long-term collaboration between Stockholm University and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ has enabled researchers at ARC to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary research in areas such as ageing and health, equal living conditions, geriatric epidemiology, and the psychology of ageing. Within these areas, we also contribute to teaching and shared responsibility for undergraduate courses and courses at an advanced level at both universities.
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Open academic and administrative positions at Karolinska Insitutet About ARC
The long-term collaboration between SU and KI has enabled researchers at ARC to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary research in areas such as ageing and health, equal living conditions, geriatric epidemiology, and the psychology of ageing. Within these areas, we also contribute to teaching and shared responsibility for undergraduate courses and courses at an advanced level at both universities.
Although ARC is physically and administratively located at KI, the support from SU is significant for all our activities and forms a valuable basis for achieving stability and continuity in our work. It contributes to our interdisciplinary research, facilitates collaborations with researchers at different departments at SU, and favours the use of core facilities at the Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre to collect data.
Increasing longevity and the requirement to be able to work even later in life, places growing demands on both research and education in various aspects of ageing and older individual’s living conditions.
Those who reach retirement age today, often have a long remaining life to look forward to. Simultaneously, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, have clearly shown that older people are a vulnerable group. There are still knowledge gaps and shortcomings in how existing knowledge is applied.
ARC’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older individuals by contributing to the understanding of the aging process from a bio̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, and psychological and sociological perspective in relation to life-long social and physical contexts.
ARC conducts research and education and spreads research findings within and outside the scientific community.
Our main areas of research include:
- Morbidity and function
- Health trends and inequalities
- Treatment and care of older people
- Living conditions and social inequalities
- Brain ageing
- Dementia and the body-mind connection
- Environment and health
- COVID-19
Our research activities are characterised by:
- A focus on health in ageing with the goal of preventing, delaying, or decreasing morbidity and disability in old age
- An acknowledgement of the importance of life course processes on health and functioning in old age
- A focus on both individual and social group differences in late life health and disability
- A multidisciplinary approach that includes ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ epidemiology, psychology, and social gerontology
- Creation of large databases from population-based studies on ageing and health
- Access to other large databases on ageing via national infrastructure and international collaborations
- Integration of epidemiological and social science studies with clinical and molecular research
- Contributions to improve treatment, social and healthcare of older people
- Neuroscience with a focus on neural correlates of cognitive functions and healthy brain ageing
NEAR – The National E-infrastructure for Aging Research
An important part of ARC's successful activities is the collection of high-quality data. For some years now, we house the national infrastructure , which coordinates the existing databases from major population-based longitudinal studies on aging and health in Sweden.
NEAR consists of a variety of longitudinal population studies from several universities in Sweden. NEAR is also a multidisciplinary infrastructure that includes nearly 200,000 individuals aged over 50. The infrastructure includes both nationally representative studies and regional studies with information on people's living conditions, such as health, activities and social interaction, economy, health and social care, as well as a variety of clinical investigations.
SUBIC – Stockholm University Brain Imaging Center
ARC has high competence and extensive experience in the field of brain imaging where data is collected at and at KI.
ARC actively pursues issues of importance to older people, in collaboration with actors outside academia.
We have many years of collaboration with the Foundation, the , , och .
In addition to international academic publications, the researchers at ARC regularly publish their results at conferences and seminars as well as in popular scientific journals, and other media. In addition, the results are used in various government investigations and reports.
Organisation
ARC's organisation consists of the Operational Leadership Team, the Strategic Leadership Team, the Administration Group, two Junior representatives and the External Advisory Board.
Operational Leadership Team
The Operational Leadership Team meets every three weeks and deals with everyday decision-making and information sharing.
Erika Jonsson Laukka
Head of DivisionCarin Lennartsson
Director and Deputy Head of DivisionChengxuan Qiu
Assistant Division Head (specific responsibility for strategic research questions)Cecilia Annerholm
Economy coordinatorMaria Wahlberg
Safety representativeStrategic Leadership Team/Research group leaders
The Strategic Leadership Team consists of the research group leaders at ARC. The team meets every three weeks and share responsibility for major strategic discussions and decisions.
There are currently ten research groups within the division, categorised into three scientific areas: Medical Epidemiology, Psychology and Social Gerontology.
Neda Agahi
Principal ResearcherAmaia Calderon Larrañaga
Principal ResearcherSerhiy Dekhtyar
Principal ResearcherGrégoria Kalpouzos
Senior LecturerErika Jonsson Laukka
Chair, Senior lecturerCarin Lennartsson
Senior lecturerChengxuan Qiu
Senior lecturerDebora Rizzuto
Principal ResearcherDavide Liborio Vetrano
Principal ResearcherWeili Xu
ProfessorAdministration group
The administration at ARC supports management, staff and affiliates in the day-to-day work.
Cecilia Annerholm
Economy coordinatorEllinor Lind
HR administratorMaria Yohuang
AdministratorLotte Brandt
Communications OfficerJunior representatives
Mariam Kirvalidze
PhD representativeJavier Oltra
Postdoc representativeExternal Advisory Board
The External Advisory Board gathers approximately three times a year to discuss ARC's scientific, economic and organisational development as well as collaboration with the surrounding society.
- Hugo Westerlund, Professor of Epidemiology at the Stress Research Institute, Department of Psychology and Director of the national REWHARD infrastructure consortium at Stockholm University (new Chair).
- Maria Ankarcrona, Head of the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS) and Professor of Experimental Neurogeriatrics, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (KI-representative)
- Martin Annetorp, Community Health Manager, Stockholm County's healthcare area
- Bo Burström, Professor/senior physician, Department of Public Global Health (GPH), ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡
- Maria Eriksdotter, Professor of Geriatrics at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ (new member)
- Susanne Rolfner Suvanto, Manager/co-owner, Omvårdnadsinstitutet (the Nursing Institute)
- Maria Stanfors, Deputy Dean, Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM), Professor Department of Economic History and Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University
- Petra Ulmanen, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, Stockholm University (new member)
- Ulrika Winblad, Professor of Health Services Research at the Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University (new member)
Adjunct member
- Carin Lennartsson, Director/Deputy Head of ARC, Senior lecturer
You will find all open academic and administrative positions at Karolinska Insitutet listed at Available positions at KI, including all open positions for doctoral students and post docs.
Publications
Cover of ARC Activity Report 2020-2022.
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Activity reports
The activity reports from ARC provide a brief overview of our organisation, research infrastructure, major findings, global collaborators, active projects, outreach, education, publications, and more.
Activity Reports (flipbook)
Download ARC Activity Reports (PDF)
ARC Activity Report 2020-2022 (4,50 MB) (PDF, 4.51 MB)
ARC Activity Report 2017-2019 (6 MB) (PDF, 5.88 MB)
ARC Activity Report 2015-2016 (3,4 MB) (PDF, 3.34 MB)
ARC Biennal Report 2013-2014 (5,95 MB) (PDF, 5.95 MB)
ARC Biennal Report 2011-2012 (1,89 MB) (PDF, 1.84 MB)
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Publications
Publication lists over the years
ARC Publication list 2020-2022 (395 KB) (PDF, 595.18 KB)
ARC Publication list 2017-2019 (387 KB) (PDF, 387.11 KB)
ARC Publication list 2015-2016 (201 KB) (PDF, 201.02 KB)
ARC Publication list 2014 (370 KB) (PDF, 370.53 KB)
Doctoral theses at ARC between 2020-2022.
Photo: Lotte Brandt
Doctoral theses
All doctorate theses are accessible through .
Doctoral theses at ARC
Abigail Dove (3 October 2024): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Jonatan Gustavsson (8 March 2024): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Jing Wu (15 June 2023): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Yuanjung Li (6 September 2023): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Xin Xia (20 October 2023): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Federico Triolo (25 October 2023): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Marguerita Saadeh (22 September 2022): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Mahwish Naseer (14 October 2022): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Jie Guo (10 November 2022): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Louise Sundberg (24 November 2021): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Harpa Sif Eyjólfsdóttir (24 May 2021): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Ying Shang (16 April 2021): "". Stockholm, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Giulia Grande (11 December 2020): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Xin Li (28 October 2020): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Nicola Maria Payton (8 October 2020): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Christina Silvia Dintica (8 May 2020): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Mozhu Ding (12 December 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Stina Ek (25 October 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Lieke de Boer (3 October 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Lucas Morin (20 September 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Bárbara Avelar Pereira (16 September 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Kuan-Yu Pan (5 June 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Johan Rehnberg (27 May 2019): "". Stockholm: Stockholm University
Davide Liborio Vetrano (13 May 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Rasmus Berggren (12 April 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Dominika Seblova (22 March 2019): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
George Samrani (30 November 2018): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Linnea Sjöberg (28 September 2018): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Emerald Georgiana Heiland (4 June 2018): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Anna Marseglia (30 May 2018): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Alexander Darin-Mattson (16 March 2018): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Charlotta Nilsen (19 January 2018): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Nina Becker (1 September 2017): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Giola Santoni (2 June 2017): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Ylva Köhncke (23 May 2017): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Beata Ferencz (17 March 2017): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Martin Bellander (30 November 2016): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Behnaz Shakersain (29 November 2016): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Krister HÃ¥kansson (28 October 2016): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Josephine Heap (29 September 2016): "". Stockholm: Stockholm University.
Susanne Kelfve (20 November 2015): "". Stockholm: Stockholm University.
Alexandra Pantzar (2 October 2015): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Rui Wang (24 September 2015): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Joakim Svärd (22 May 2015): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
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Anders Sköldunger (20 February 2015): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Jonas Wastesson (28 November 2014): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Britt-Marie Sjölund (5 May 2014): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Babak Hooshmand (27 September 2013): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Debora Rizzuto (8 February 2013): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Johanna Lovén (28 September 2012): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Ylva Haasum (5 June2012): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Francesca Mangliasche (1 June 2012): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Anna Rieckmann (6 October 2011): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Barbara Caracciolo (31 May 2011): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Pär Schön (8 April 2011): "". Stockholm: Department of Social Work, Stockholm University.
Stefan Fors (14 June 2010): "". Stockholm: Department of Social Work, Stockholm University.
Lina Keller (16 April 2010): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Anna Rita Atti (13 May 2009): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Stéphanie Paillard-Borg (11 May 2009): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Ã…sa Livner (8 May 2009): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
A K M Masud Rana (24 April 2009): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Petra Thilers (9 January 2009): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Syed Imran Haider (30 September 2008): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Neda Agahi (10 June 2008): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Bettina Meinow (4 June 2008): "". Stockholm University.
Weili Xu (16 May 2008): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Suvi Rovio (18 April 2008): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Alessandra Marengoni (19 February 2008): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Joakim Gavazzeni (2008). . Stockholm University.
Gunilla Nordberg (21 September 2007). "" Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Ilija Batljan (11 May 2007): "". Stockholm University.
Anna Beckman Gyllenstrand (30 March 2007): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Margareta Westerbotn (21 March 2007): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Jenny Rehnman (15 March 2007): "". Stockholm University.
Erika Jonsson Laukka (15 December 2006): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Erik Nilsson (8 June 2006). "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Tiia Ngandu (19 May 2006): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Inga Klarin (12 May 2006): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Jan Nilsson (16 December 2005): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Anita Karp (9 December 2005): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Galina Passare (20 May 2005): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Sari Jones (6 May 2005): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Anna Derwinger (29 April 2005): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Diana De Ronchi (27 April 2005): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Katie Palmer (29 September 2004): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Kristina Larsson (14 May 2004): "". Stockholm University.
Anna-Karin Berger (16 April 2004): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Christel Cornelius (27 February 2004): "" Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡
Chengxuan Qiu (30 January 2004): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Linus Jönsson (5 December 2003): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Julie E Yonker (2003): "Hormones and Cognition: Testosterone and Visuospatial Ability, Estrogen and Episodic Memory". Stockholm University.
Kjell Fahlander (24 May 2002): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Maria Stella Giron (28 February 2002): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Wallis Jansson (6 June 2001): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Hui-Xin Wang (9 May 2001): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Zarina Nahar Kabir (26 April 2001): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
Eva von Strauss (25 May 2000): "". Stockholm: ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡.
ARC Seminar Series
ARC organises seminars every week, usually on Tuesdays, and you are more than welcome to join on location or via Zoom.
When and where
Usually on Tuesdays, between 11:00-12:00, in ARC's large conference room, floor 10, Widerström building, Tomtebodavägen 18a, Solna.
Via Zoom
You can also join via Zoom (permanent link):