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Theme: Old
age changing

There are becoming more and more elderly people

in the community. Instead of referring to the burden,

however, we should possibly be talking about the strength – and researchers

are paving the way with new solutions to the challenges of an ageing population

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Old age changing 

There are becoming more and more elderly people in the community. Instead of referring to the burden of the ageing population, however, we should possibly be talking about the strength of the elderly – and researchers are paving the way with new solutions to the challenges of an ageing population.

Biological age of the body
Associate Professor Peter Kristensen
Department of Engineering
+45 8715 5468/2036 9097
pk@eng.au.dk

Prints of surgical implants
Associate Professor Jens Vinge Nygaard
Department of Engineering
+45 4189 3170
jvn@iha.dk

Telemedicine and patient involvement
Associate Professor Finn Olesen
Department of Aesthetics and Communication
+45 8716 1992
imvfho@hum.au.dk

Design of telemedicine
Head of Research Morten Kyng
Department of Computer Science
+45 2026 9911
mkyng@cs.au.dk

Customised treatment
Professor Torben Ørntoft
Department of Clinical Medicine
+45 2819 2680
orntoft@ki.au.dk

Projecting mortality
Postdoctoral Fellow Malene Kallestrup-Lamb
Department of Economics and Business
+45 8716 5547
mkallestrup@econ.au.dk

The Ageing Society Research Group
Centre for Health, Humanity and Culture
Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University
Research group manager: Karen Munk
+45 8716 2247/+45 2012 7996
filkpm@cas.au.dk 

Cultural generation differences
Marie Konge Nielsen, associate professor of anthropology
+45 8716 5774/+45 2256 9060
etnomkn@hum.au.dk (in collaboration with Karen Munk)

Justice and prioritising welfare services
Keld Thorgård, associate professor of philosophy
+45 8716 2246
filkt@cas.au.dk

Biotechnology and ageing: a modern challenge to the ageing body?
Karin Christiansen, associate professor of medical philosophy
+45 8716 2276
filkc@cas.au.dk

Ageing, state, citizen and society
Contact: Morten Raffnsøe-Møller, associate professor of philosophy
+45 8716 2262
filraf@cas.au.dk (currently on leave from the group)