The IARU Librarians' Group Exchange Scheme, which has been in the making since 2018/19, finally had its first exchange in May 2023 after facing many derails. The pandemic restricted travel for all the 12 applicants who were vying for the grant for a good couple of years, coupled with the war in Ukraine which diverted some flight paths.
The Ageing, Longevity and Health (ALH) alliance has been actively fostering co-creative research and facilitating the exchange of young researchers on ageing and health issues since 2012. The IARU-ALH Annual Conference was hosted by the Institute of Gerontology and the Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) at the University of Tokyo’s International Research Centre from 16 to 18 October 2023.
Dr Claudia Zingerli, Head of ETH Sustainability at ETH Zurich, reflects on the success of the IARU Sustainability Initiative, for which she is the group lead.
We are delighted to announce that the University of Copenhagen will be hosting a five-day online course on 'Sustainable Ageing'.
Population ageing is a major demographic trend across world regions and brings with it complex opportunities as well as challenges for individuals, the healthcare systems, societal resources, infrastructure, and resource allocations.
The course will be held 4 - 8 December 2023 and is open to Master's students and PhD students in their first years of their PhD who are interested in ageing and interdisciplinarity. All scientific backgrounds are welcome.
We are delighted to announce that applications are now open for IARU's Early-Career Collaboration Grants.
This new scheme has been created to increase opportunities for in-person global collaboration for early-career academics in the wake of the pandemic. Researchers within 10 years of submitting their PhD (excluding Postdocs), can apply for up to 5,000 USD to help meet the costs of a short-term research stay at another IARU university.
We hope that the grants will provide valuable support to junior academics and will foster additional collaboration between the two universities in the future.
Full details and the application form can be found on the Early-Career Collaboration Grants page.
UC Berkeley's Chancellor, Prof. Carol Christ, is the current IARU chairperson from 2017 to 2018.
