Two Funded Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowships at INRCA IRCCS, Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, Ancona, Italy

The Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing at INRCA IRCCS (National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing) 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).

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). 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 this website: https://icsg.ie/to-apply/.