Ageing in place is critical to the future of ageing societies in Europe. Older people’s places are recognised as fundamental to long term health and wellbeing outcomes. With 92 million community-dwelling older people in Europe, and a projected increase to 130 million by 2050, targeting advances in ageing in place is crucial. However, there is a striking absence of research leaders who can negotiate cross-discipline, cross-sector research-policy deficits, and who will lead coordinated developments. The HOMeAGE Doctoral Network responds to this absence.

HOMeAGE will address three interconnected challenges of 

1. needs and systems
2. home and belonging
3. rights and voice

through the work of the 12 Doctoral Researchers and their individual research projects (IRPs).

The Swiss doctoral research focus on the voices of diverse older persons in urban planning processes and how their are transformed in expert knowledge. Case study areas are Kopenhagen (Denmark) and Dublin (Ireland).