Two Funded Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships at INRCA IRCCS, Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, Ancona, Italy
Ancona/I
The Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing at INRCA IRCCS (National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing: https://www.inrca.it/zz?uMH9) is delighted to announce a call for applicants for two new Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Research (DR) posts on critical issues concerning home, ageing and care, in collaboration with the Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), Department of Economic and Social Sciences (DISES: https://dises.univpm.it/en/presentation/).
These prestigious positions, to start on 1st September 2023, include a salary and mobility allowance as well as a research, training and networking budget, and are a part of the HOMeAGE international and interdisciplinary training programme on place in later life, coordinated by the Irish Centre For Social Gerontology (ICSG) at the University of Galway (Ireland): https://icsg.ie/doctoral-research-projects/. Here you can find some basic information on the two positions:
- Addressing spatial disparities of frail older people through care and support (DR post N° 3), supervised by Professor Micol Bronzini (UNIVPM), Giovanni Lamura (INRCA IRCCS) and Kieran Walsh (ICSG). The successful applicant will complete two funded 4-month secondments: (1) University of Galway, Ireland, focussing on social exclusion models in later life; (2) an Italian SME specialised in innovative technologies for ageing in place;
- Technology-enhanced housing, care and mobility (HCM) in a post-pandemic context (DR post N° 4), supervised by Professor Marco Arlotti (UNIVPM), Dr. Francesco Barbabella (INRCA IRCCS) and Prof. A.S. Smetcoren (Vrije Universiteit Brussel - VUB, Belgium). The successful applicant will complete two funded 4-month secondments: (1) VUB, Belgium, focussing on housing models for later life and European housing policy; (2) an Italian SME specialised in research on technology innovations for ageing in place.
More details on the two positions can be downloaded here: https://www.inrca.it/inrca/Files/Ricerca/PROJECT_DESCRIPTION_INRCA_UNIVPM.docx.
Deadline for applications: 17:OO CET on 28th February 2023. To apply please refer to: https://icsg.ie/to-apply/.