Photo: Veronica Tybell

Aging Research Center

A multidisciplinary research center devoted to aging and health. Established in 2000 by Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University.


ARC’s mission

ARC’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of older individuals by contributing to the understanding of the aging process from a biomedical, and psychological and sociological perspective in relation to life-long social and physical contexts. ARC conducts research and education and spreads research findings within and outside the scientific community.

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Welcome to ARC’s website!

If you discover flaws (e.g. links not working or missing photos) or lack some information you think should be included in the website, please notify us by sending an email to info-arc@nvs.ki.se.

ARC Seminar with Thais Lopes De Oliveira (internal speaker), Tuesday 3 October 2023, 11:00

“Protein epigenetic scores and all-cause mortality in the longitudinal Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA)”
Presenter: Thais Lopes De Oliveira, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Division of Aging Research Centre (ARC)
Venue: Large conference room, floor 10, Widerström building, Tomtebodavägen 18a, and online seminar via Zoom (https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/6019910648)
Host/Contact: Malin Ericsson

Half-time seminar with Giorgi Beridze, Monday 9 October 2023, 10:00

“Multimorbidity and kidney function in old age: longitudinal trajectories and synergistic effects”
Venue: Venue: ARC’s large conference room, floor 10, Widerström building, Tomtebodavägen 18a and via Zoom (https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/63215015197)
Main supervisor: Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga

ARC Seminar with Naiara Demnitz, Tuesday 10 October 2023. 11:00, online via Zoom
Half-time seminar with Erika Augustsson, Friday 13 October 2023, 13:30

“The Social Connectedness of Older Adults”
Venue: Large conference room, floor 10, Widerström building, Tomtebodavägen 18a
Main supervisor: Neda Agahi

ARC Seminar with Roman Romero-Ortuno, Trinity College Dublin, Thursday 19 October 2023, 11:00

Link to calendar event
Presenter: Roman Romero-Ortuno, Trinity College Dublin, School of Medicine, Ireland
Venue: Large conference room, floor 10, Widerström building, Tomtebodavägen 18a, and online seminar via Zoom (https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/6019910648)
Host/Contact: Serhiy Dekhtyar

Doctoral thesis defence: Xin Xia, 20 October 2023, 13:00

“Cardiovascular Health, Orthostatic Hypotension, and Cognitive Aging”
Venue: Andreas Vesalius lecture hall, Berzelius väg 3, Solna
External examinator: Roman Romero-Ortuno, Trinity College Dublin
Main supervisor: Davide Liborio Vetrano

ARC upcoming events

Seminars at the Aging Research Center

ARC seminars

Hosts and contact persons

Venue

  • On location: ARC conference room on floor 10, Widerström building, Tomtebodavägen 18a, Solna
  • Via Zoom: permanent Zoom link (unless otherwise specified): https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/6019910648

See all upcoming ARC events in the KI calendar.

Job openings

No available positions at ARC for the moment.

All open academic and administrative functions are listed on Karolinska Institutet’s website – including all open positions for doctoral students and postdocs.

Victor Celis Schüberg.

Who is considered old today?

A collaborative project between ARC and the Stockholm School of Photography at Folkuniversitetet with the purpose of producing representative photographs of older people based on the research conducted at ARC. Read more about the project.

Focus on Aging – a unique arts & science project

A project between ARC and the Stockholm School of Photography at Folkuniversitetet, with the purpose of producing representative photos of older people based on the research conducted at ARC.