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HOMeAGE
Call For Applicants
HOMeAGE is a new, nine country, Marie Skłodowska Curie (MSCA) Doctoral Network Programme on Advancing Research and Training on Ageing, Place and Home which is funded by the European Commission. HOMeAGE seeks to recruit 12 Doctoral Researchers (DRs) on a full-time basis over three years starting in September 2023.
HOMeAGE institutes an interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international programme of doctoral training and research that drives the development of new leaders in excellence for the advancement of evidence-based innovation on ageing in place.
The Doctoral Researchers will be hosted by one of the following beneficiary organizations in the HOMeAGE network, and will be supported by associated partner organizations. HOMeAGE beneficiaries and partners represent the key intersectoral actors in the field, comprising: leading research units, major intergovernmental organisations, international civil society actors, governmental and non-governmental organisations, public advisory agencies and innovation bodies. HOMeAGE delivers a unique employability and skills development process for DRs ensuring that they can lead the response to current research and policy deficits.
Host Organisations
| Country | Host Organisation | Division/Unit | Primary Supervisor |
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| Ireland | University of Galway (UoG) | Irish Centre for Social Gerontology | Kieran Walsh |
| Czech Republic | Masarykova Univerzita (MU) | Faculty of Social Studies | Lucie Vidovicova |
| Belgium | Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) | Deparment of Adult Educational Science | Liesbeth de Donder / An-Sofie Smetcoren |
| Germany | Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt Am Main (GUF) | Interdisciplinary Ageing Research (IAW) | Frank Oswald |
| Italy | Instituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura Per Anziani (IRCSS INRCA) | Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing | Giovanni Lamura |
| Netherlands | Open University (OU) | Faculty of Humanities | Alexander Peine |
| Finland | Tampereen Korkeakoulusaatio SR (TAU) | Faculty of Social Sciences | Anu Siren |
| United Kingdom | The University of Manchester (UoM) | Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing | Tine Buffel |
| Switzerland | Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW) | Institute for Social Planning, Organisational Change and Urban Development | Matthias Drilling |
This project has received funding from European Union’s EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Europe Horizon Europe (HORIZON) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) under the grant agreement 101073506.











