Health, Life Course, and Place
This group develops a new perspective that brings together multiple disciplines and modes of inquiry related to health, changing life courses, and places. Our core assumption is that health, in its broadest sense, cannot be fully understood without an intimate knowledge of the human life course and the places where people live.
Goals
- To foster dialogue between currently disparate ideas and strands of literature on health, life courses, and places
- To examine places and their impact on health
- To analyse the life course in relation to health, health expectations, and living well in specific places
Main Areas of Study
- Anthropology
- Human geography
- Economics
- Sociology
- Cultural studies
- Medical humanities
Main Research Questions
- What are the relationships between health and place?
- How do people perceive their well-being and ill-being throughout the life course?
- What are the critical turning points in the life course in relation to health and place?
- How can we develop better places for healthy living and the inclusion of diverse life courses?
Group members
Acting Lead Researcher, Social Sciences Research Centre
Articles
Ivlevs A., King R. M. 2025. Emigration and tobacco smoking among those staying behind. Journal of Migration and Health, 11.
Lulle A. 2025. How return migration becomes a viable option in older age. International Migration, 63(2).
Lulle A. 2024. Middle-aged migrants: Expanding an understanding of lifecourses and linked lives. Global Networks, 24(4).
News
People in midlife today are more active than in the past: New book and research by RSU visiting professor Aija Lulle (13 May 2025)
RSU Social Sciences Research Centre studies connection between health, aging, and environment (28 January 2025)
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