The PlaceAge Project has just been awarded two fellowships from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPQ), a research agency in Brazil, with a duration of 12 months belonging to the Universal Edital CNPQ coordinated by Professor Adriana Portella in Brazil: a Scientific Initiation scholarship and an Extension scholarship in the Country –…

On 10/16/20,  Professor Adriana Portella presented the PLaceAge Project at the UN-Habitat Conference – Connecting Generations, Building Longevity. Broadcast through the Urban Circuit channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuntso3y0Vcwvr2kWCeiR1g

The Behavior Studies Laboratory of the Federal University of Pelotas in partnership with the Center for Studies on Healthy Cities, Aging and Citizenship at UFPEL, CAPES PRINT, is organizing a photo album with the theme: Perspectives on Aging. Everyone is invited to send photos of authorship whose scene deals with aging and social inequality. Deadline:…

They were fantastic every day at the 2019 IAPS Symposium organized by the PlaceAge research group at the Federal University of Pelotas. We had participants from Chile, Australia and many different regions of Brazil. Please see some images of the event:

Keynote Speakers of 2019 IAPS Symposium Ageing in Place in a World of Inequalities. Ricardo Garcia Mira, Hartmut Günther, Isolda Günther and Mark Del Aguila. See all information on the website: https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/placeage/palestrantes-mesa-redonda/ Image: Professor Adriana Portella (Organizer of the IAPS 2019 Symposium) and Speaker Ricardo Garcia Mira. Image: Speaker Hartmut Günther, Professor Adriana Portella (Organizer of…

During the IAPS 2019 Symposium at the Federal University of Pelotas, fairs selling sustainable and vegan products to involve more people in discussions on sustainable urban lifestyles. The events were held on the 27th, 28th and 29th of November, we had the Vegan Pocket Fair and the Hands of the Earth Fair. Also, during these…

PlaceAge – IAPS Symposium 2019 ‘Ageing in Place in a World of Inequalities: How to Design Healthy Cities for All AGEING IN PLACE IN A WORLD OF INEQUALITIES: How to Design Healthy Cities for All  The IAPS Symposium (International Association of People-Environment Studies) is One of the biggest international events in the area of architecture, psychology…

The Ageing in Place Book Launch was a success at the Pelotas Book Fair, Brazil, on October 15, 2019. Authors Adri Portella and Ryan Woolrych thank you very much for your support. Those interested in obtaining the book should contact the UFPel publisher through the link: https://wp.ufpel.edu.br/editoraufpel/ See some pictures of this day:

On November 15, at 7 pm, at the Pelotas Book Fair, we will be releasing the Book – Aging in Place – Narratives and Memories in the United Kingdom and Brazil. This book brings a collection of reports from residents of Brazil and the United Kingdom of what it’s like to grow old in their…

Researchers from PlaceAge and Urbanism Theory 2, from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), with the guidance of Professor Adriana Portella, in the week of October 21-25, 2019, made papers presentations. at the event SIIEPE (Integrated Week of Innovation, Teaching, Research and Extension of UFPel. “Excellent quality works…