Age-It – Ageing well in an ageing society

Age-It: Ageing Well in an Ageing Society

A novel public-private alliance to generate socioeconomic, biomedical and technological solutions for an inclusive Italian ageing society

Mission

Age-It is a Research Programme that aims at generating a quantum leap, making Italy the leading scientific hub in research on ageing, and a state-of-the-art “empirical laboratory” regarding the ageing process to build an inclusive society for all ages.

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Cast

350

world-class experts team from different scientific areas

~50 %

female researchers (~40% in leadership positions)

~20 %

of young researchers

~300

new researchers hired (RTD-A, post-doc, PhD students)

The 10 Spokes of Age-It

La Demografia dell’invecchiamento: un approccio di Data Science per prendere decisioni

Comprendere la biologia dell’invecchiamento

Clinical and environmental factors, functional status and multimorbidity: Stratifying progression and prognosis of diseases, frailty and disability

Traiettorie per l’invecchiamento attivo e in buona salute

Care sustainability in an ageing society

The Silver Economy.
Work, participation, and welfare at older ages

Dimensioni culturali e politiche delle società che invecchiano

Interventions to reduce the burden of age-related diseases, disorders and disabilities

Advanced Gerontechnologies for active and healthy ageing

Mainstreaming ageing by building institutional mechanisms
for better and future-oriented health policy making and prevention

Age-It Consortium

Age-It brings together transdisciplinary competences covering, among others, demography, geriatrics and gerontology, neurology, cardiology, immunology, data science, education science, epidemiology, biology, genetic research, engineering, sociology, law, political science, and economics – encompassing universities, research centres, private firms, public institutions and civil society.