Tine Buffel
@BuffelTine
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Professor @MCRSociology. Director Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group @MUARG1. #Ageing #agefriendlycity #SpatialJustice #citiesforall All views are mine.
Manchester
Joined June 2021
I’m moving on from X! Find me on LinkedIn https://t.co/CJKGWzZx2p or Bluesky: @tinebuffel.bsky.social. Looking fw to continue building a community with those passionate about #Ageing, #Justice, #Equity, and #AgeFriendly #citiesforall #SocialGerontology. Hope to see you there!
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📢 Julia Wadoux, Policy Manager at AGE, was interviewed by the @idem_EU project about #ageism, #digitalisation and how to ensure equal access to all, including #olderpeople. 🎧🗞️Full interview and article here: https://t.co/ha4uabiwDv
#AWorldforAllAges
We interviewed Julia Wadoux from @AGE_PlatformEU 🇪🇺 Learn about: 🔹Ageism and the exclusion of older people from democratic digital spaces. 🔹How to include older people in democratic digital spaces. Listen to the full interview and read our article👉 https://t.co/qRRHMo4VTT
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📚 Last chance! Our book, ‘Ageing in Place in Urban Environments: Critical Perspectives’ by @BuffelTine and Chris Phillipson, is included in the @routledgebooks October Sale — ending tomorrow! https://t.co/8H3KvYCKbJ
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Just a week to go before our next Conversation with Helen Manchester, tickets still available below! 🌟
🌟 Exciting news! Join us for the second MUARG Conversation Series event of the semester: ‘Connecting Through Culture as We Age: Digital Creative Citizenship’ on Oct 21, 12:00pm–1:30pm at the Christabel Pankhurst Building. 📅✨
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This exhibition is gorgeous, if I may say so! Please take a look, Santi and the team have worked really hard on it. https://t.co/Avk3qVvoQl
At our symposium this week we launched our Future Lives and Austerity digital exhibition. Ft. oral stories, participatory materials and artistic depictions, you can view the whole (multi-lingual) exhibition here: https://t.co/OXFnKwi9ST
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Congratulations to @lutilang on receiving the Research Staff Excellence Award! This recognition highlights her outstanding contributions to MUARG’s impactful research on how diverse faith spaces can support #healthyageing.
Success for the School of Social Sciences in the Research Staff Excellence Awards
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🌟 The MUARG Conversation Series is back for the new academic year! 🌟 Our events highlight efforts to combat social exclusion of older people in urban areas. 🏙️ #Ageing #SocialInclusion #UrbanStudies #MUARG
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The @HOMeAGE_DN Doctoral Training Network is nurturing the next generation of scholars in ageing and place, with 12 brilliant PhD researchers across multiple countries leading the way. Check out the latest newsletter to follow their progress! #ageing #agefriendly @MUARG1
We are delighted to launch our HOMeAGE Newsletter on this International Day of Older Persons. Our aim is closely aligned with this year's theme, which is focused on the importance of strengthening care & support systems for older people worldwide https://t.co/lFRuLHShJm
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To mark International Older People’s Day, Age-Friendly Manchester released a brilliant 4-min poem & film, performed by the incredible Older People's Board and co-created with poet Liz Mytton. It’s truly inspiring; take a look and share their amazing work!
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October 1 is International Day of Older People! Join us in celebrating older people and the vital part they play, and have the potential to play, in making our community a better place to be. #AgeFriendlyMCR #IDOP2024
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The 1st IN-CITU paper is Open Access @socscimed Guided by passengers with dementia on Manchester's re-municipalising bus network We go shopping👜 We pet dogs🐕 We navigate time, disability, inequality & segregation🏙️ https://t.co/fdGRlv63fJ
@MCRSociology @morgancentre @MUARG1
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Dr Kingsley Purdam highlights how many older adults on low incomes are not claiming the means-tested benefits they're entitled to. Research shows this could be due to a lack of awareness, access to information or stigma associated with claiming benefits. https://t.co/X8I5iz18ni
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📢 Vacancy: Assistant Professor in Healthy Aging Simon Fraser University's Gerontology Dept. is hiring a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Healthy Aging (Start: July 15, 2025). 🌟 Expertise in health equity, social/dementia care. PhD required. Link below!
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VACANCY: Lecturer in Sociology (focus on ethnicity & 'race') Teaching modules on ethnicity 'race' & mental health, and contributing to core methods/theory teaching. 3 years, starting Jan 2025. Closing date: 8 Oct 2024 https://t.co/9khwKNA4Ar
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Are you entitled to a Pension Top Up? 8,000+ older people in Manchester are missing out on this & other support. More important this year as only pensioners on #PensionCredit will receive #WinterFuelPayment & you must register by Dec 21st. Call @IndependentAge 0800 319 6789
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Interested in co-production and co-creation? Join us in person at the University of Manchester on Wed 11 Sept 12pm for a thought-provoking discussion with leading experts from Amsterdam and Auckland on the ethical challenges in building age-friendly communities. @uomsoss
Join us for the MUARG Conversation Series on age-friendly communities & co-creation! 🌍✨ Hear from Barbara Groot-Sluijsmans (VU Amsterdam) & Vanessa Burholt (Uni of Auckland) as they tackle real-world ethical challenges in their research. Lunch & coffee included ☕🍴#AgeFriendly
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Please help us spread the word about our current search for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Public Health (open area of specialization!): https://t.co/lV61L3LJBU
📣Our Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health is hiring an Assistant Prof in Public Health. Apply by 10/10! Please spread the word to your students and colleagues!📣 Contact christine_mair@umbc.edu with any questions. :) Details below: https://t.co/lV61L3LJBU
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Ever notice how photos shown at a beloved one's funeral are never from work? They're of family, friends, holidays, cherished memories and happy moments. Makes you wonder why we spend so much time worrying about work. Time to switch off... #LifePriorities #WorkLifeBalance
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Exploring the impact of transport, housing and urban development initiatives affect older adults' mobility, see our latest publication co-authored by @Patty_NZ and @BuffelTine in the Journal of Transport and Health below!
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