News and Updates | Supporting Healthy Ageing at Work

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Gathering data from wearables

9 February 2022

Dr Athanasios Tsanas (University of Edinburgh, Centre of Population Health Sciences) explains how wearable devices will be used in SHAW to collect data on sleep and physical activity, and how this is relevant to supporting healthy ageing at work.

Older workers and Covid-19: challenges for extending working life

24 November 2021

Mariska van der Horst (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam), Sajia Ferdous (University of Manchester), and Chris Phillipson (University of Manchester) raise some critical issues about the policy of extending working life in the context of Covid-19.

How did the SHAW study come about?

14 October 2021

The SHAW study involves academics and industry working closely together to solve a key societal challenge — how to support healthy ageing at work and enable productive later-life employment.

Menopause and mind

11 October 2021

Dr Belinda Steffan, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Business School, explores her research on menopause and how it affects women in the workplace.