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.
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.
Recent news
Laura Fratiglioni awarded the Bengt Winblad Prize 2023
19 September, 2023Several new grants go to researchers at ARC
8 September, 2023ARC 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
“Is it all in the baseline? Trajectories of chair stand performance over 4 years and their association with grey matter structure in older adults”
Presenter: Naiara Demnitz, Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance, Denmark
Venue: online via Zoom (https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/6019910648)
Host/Contact: Malin Ericsson
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
Ageing in a transforming world – 27th Nordic Congress of Gerontology
On behalf of the Swedish Gerontological Society, the Swedish Geriatric Association, the Nordic Gerontological Federation (NGF), and Karolinska Institutet we invite you to join the 27th Nordic Congress of Gerontology (NKG) to share your knowledge and engagement with ageing in a transforming world.
Registration and call for abstracts open on 2 October 2023.
ARC upcoming events
Seminars at the Aging Research Center
Hosts and contact persons
- Serhiy Dekhtyar (serhiy.dekhtyar@ki.se)
- Ingrid Ekström (ingrid.ekstrom@ki.se)
- Malin Ericsson (malin.ericsson@ki.se)
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.