TRANS-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN FRAILTY TO ACHIEVE HEALTHY AGEING

Healthy ageing supported by technology – a cross-disciplinary research challenge

During the last decade, the challenges of an ageing society became focus for extensive scientific, public and political discussions. From discussions in scientific fora within each discipline, there is now a shift towards cross-disciplinary scientific approaches. The aim of this article is therefore, to collect and describe different scientific viewpoints in this regard and to point out researc...

Cognitive frailty, a new target for healthy ageing.

The increase in life expectancy is a global phenomenon, affecting both developed and under-developed countries. Data from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe show that, despite considerable differences between countries, there is a persistent trans-national increase in life expectancy at birth in the recent decades. The global figures in the continent jump from 71.74 ...

Frailty and ageing.

Most elderly people are not at all sans everything and lead full and active lives at home. However, as any organism ages it becomes less and less able to adapt to challenges from the internal and external environment. Initially this may manifest itself only under circumstances of extreme stress and be reflected in an increased likelihood of death following major events such as severe trauma, ov...

Defining Terms for Integrated (Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary) Sustainability Research

Our contemporary social and ecological problems, including climate change, peak oil and food security, necessitate solutions informed by multiple backgrounds that singular disciplines seem unable to provide, and possibly, are even incapable of providing. The increasing occurrence of multi-, interand transdisciplinary (MIT) research projects speak to the recognition of that necessity. But as the...

Quality criteria for inter- and trans-disciplinary doctoral research outcomes