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) AMASE, a bilateral research project on multidimensional social exclusion in later life, with the University of Bucharest (Romania); and 2) Social isolation and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic in the nordic countries. Marja is Fellow of the GSA, member of the Ageing in Europe research network of the European Sociological Association, member of expertise groups on loneliness, and former editor of the European Journal of Ageing.
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Toward a Better Understanding of Social Exclusion in Later Life
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM ET