George Pavlidis

Assistant professor

I am a graduate psychologist with a PhD in social gerontology. My research is located at the intersection of social gerontology and psychology.

Research at the intersection of social gerontology and psychology

I am conducting my work with a focus on adult development and ageing.

I am a graduate psychologist with a PhD in social gerontology, experienced in teaching (certified by HEA) in undergraduate and postgraduate level.

At LiU, I am conducting my work with a focus on adult development and ageing. Ageing is a field that requires interdisciplinary work; therefore, my research is located at the intersection of social gerontology and psychology. I have been involved in many applied and research project, funded from national and international institutions.

Teaching

I coordinate the course Life course, ageing and social exclusion in the Division of Ageing and social Change (ASC) and teach in other courses as well.

Networks

I am a board member of 50plus Hellas, a Greek organization that deals with issues of people older than 50.

Research

Exclusion from social relations in older age

Currently, I am a member of the GENpath project research team, examining the gendered pathways and the outcomes of exclusion from social relations in older age. In addition, I conduct my independent project that examines the effect of exclusion from social relations on cognitive and functional decline among older persons in Sweden.

GENPATH - GENdered PATHways of social exclusion in later life

GENPATH analyses gender differences in social exclusion across Europe. It asks for its roots and consequences in health and wellbeing in old age.

Research into the effects of social exclusion on older people receives grant

How are healthy older people influenced by a lack of social contact and relationships? This is to be studied by George Pavlidis in a three-year project funded by FORTE – the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare.

The Ageing and Social Change research environment

The Ageing and Social Change research environment conducts leading-edge research on key social, political and cultural issues of ageing.

Publications

2023

2022

News

Two women sitting on a bench looking at the sea.

Research gives new perspectives on social isolation in older age

Social relations are important for people. But this does not mean that solitude is always harmful. On the contrary, research shows that a small minority of older people are alone and that a considerable proportion of them are happy with being so.

Research into the effects of social exclusion on older people receives grant

Organisation

Division of Ageing and Social Change (ASC)

ASC conducts leading-edge research on key social, political and cultural issues of ageing.

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

At the Department of Culture and Society (IKOS), social sciences and the humanities gather in environments where research and education work together.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FILFAK)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences provides education and research in humanities, social- and behavioral sciences, commercial law, art disciplines and thematic science.

George Pavlidis

Teaching

Networks

Research

Exclusion from social relations in older age

GENPATH - GENdered PATHways of social exclusion in later life

Research into the effects of social exclusion on older people receives grant

The Ageing and Social Change research environment

Publications

2023

2022

News

Research gives new perspectives on social isolation in older age

Research into the effects of social exclusion on older people receives grant

Organisation

Division of Ageing and Social Change (ASC)

Department of Culture and Society (IKOS)

Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FILFAK)

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