Aging and Life Course (ALC) Lab

Project Awarded 2026 Academia Sinica Grand Challenge Program Seed Grant

The project “Economic Valuation of Informal Care in Aging Societies: A Comparative Study of Current Burden and Future Projections in Taiwan and Singapore” (Project No. AS-GCS-115-H03), led by PI Chi‑Tsun Chiu (Academia Sinica), together with Co‑PIs John Pastor Ansah (Case Western Reserve University), Chetna Malhotra (National University of Singapore), Rahul Malhotra (National University of Singapore), Ching‑Ju Chiu (National Cheng Kung University), Ying‑Ting Wang (Yuan Ze University), and Yao‑Chi Shih (National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences), has been selected for funding under the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences in the 2026 1st Round Academia Sinica Grand Challenge Program Seed Grant.

Population & Social Data Science Summer Incubator – MPIDR 2026

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research is looking for motivated PhD and master students to join their 3-month summer program in Rostock, Germany.

Work in teams on cutting-edge research combining data science and social science, gain practical experience, attend lectures, and aim for a journal publication. Travel costs and living expenses will be supported for selected participants.

Deadline: January 14, 2026

Apply here: https://wp.me/p23f03-hFI

Aging Colloquium, Center for Healthy Aging, The Pennsylvania State University

Wednesday, October 22, 2025, beginning at 10:00 a.m. in 110 Henderson Building (the Living Center).

Featured speakers:

· Dr. Juan Manuel “Manny” Vazquez, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, “Evolution of Longevity and Aging-Related Disease Resistance in Extraordinarily Long-Lived Mammals”

· Dr. Steven Haas, Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Cohort Shifts in Older Adult Health”

· Dr. Amilcar Matos-Moreno, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Healthy Aging, “Transnational Ties, Local Gaps: Rethinking Family, Aging, and Belonging in a World on the Move”

· Dr. Ying-Ling Jao, Associate Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, “Optimizing Nursing Home Environments to Advance Dementia Care”

· Dr. Tim Chen, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, “Sleep Health and Healthy Aging”

· Dr. Stephanie Lanza, Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, “Characterizing Complex Phenotypes in the Moment: The Promise of Multilevel Latent Class Analysis”

Event link: https://healthyaging.psu.edu/news-events/events/aging-colloquium-0

Call for Papers: 37th REVES (International Network on Health Expectancy) Conference

The Call for Papers for the 37th REVES annual is now OPEN.

The conference will be held on 11-13 March 2026 in Tokyo, Japan.

Submissions on the following conference themes are welcome:

Cross-country comparisons of health expectancy
Mortality and morbidity
Social inequalities in health and mortality
Population aging
Longevity and centenarians

Submit your work via https://www.reves2026.com/

Deadline for submission: 30 November 2025

REVES (Réseau Espérance de Vie en Santé) is a global network of researchers invested in advancing knowledge in global longevity, aging and population health.

More: https://reves-network.org/

Mailing list: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/reves-network/reves-mailinglist-subscription

Congratulations to Dr. I-Fen Lin on her Election to the Population Association of America (PAA) Board of Directors.

We are pleased to announce that our lab friend, Dr. I-Fen Lin, Coleman-Ganong Endowed Professor in Family Structure and Family Process at the University of Missouri, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the PAA, with her term commencing in January 2026.

Dr. Lin's election to this prestigious position reflects her significant contributions to demographic research and her leadership in the field of population studies. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Lin on this distinguished honor.

View full : https://www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-web2/2025/09/02/meet-our-newly-elected-leadership