Event type:

In person

Date & time:

24 May 2023, 17:30 – 19:30

Healthy longevity in the 21st century: A cross-generational life course perspective

Join George Ploubidis for this Professorial Lecture which explores findings from across several generations suggesting how to delay the onset of chronic illness and promote health and wellbeing.

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Healthy longevity in the 21st century: A cross-generational life course perspective

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Professor George Ploubidis

Professor of Population Health and Statistics

UCL Social Research Institute

His research interests relate to socioeconomic and demographic determinants of health over the life course and the mechanisms that underlie generational differences in health, well-being and mortality. His methodological work in longitudinal surveys focuses on applications for handling missing data, causal inference and measurement error.

Professor Alissa Goodman (Respondent)

Professor of Economics, and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies

UCL

Alissa’s main research interests relate to inequality, poverty, and the intergenerational transmission of well-being.

Professor Lynn Ang (Chair)

Pro-Director of Research and Development

IOE

Her research interests include the interdisciplinary fields of early childhood and international development, and early childhood across cultures, particularly in South East Asia and the Asia-Pacific region. She is interested in the social, cultural and policy influences on children's development and early learning in a range of formal and informal contexts such as preschool and home-based settings.

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Cost

Free

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All

Availability

Yes

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