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Featured Project: Social Technologies for Global Aging (2020-)

The Social Technology for Global Aging project aims to connect rapid growth in both the population of older people and technologies. Led by Drs. Arthur Kleinman and Fawaaz Habbal, this interdisciplinary project spans multiple Harvard schools as well as universities in China. The Harvard Graduate School of Design/Healthy Places Design Lab team led by Prof Ann Forsyth and Dr. Yingying Lyu is conducting research in three main areas:

Older and younger person walking in market area
  • Aging-in-Place in China–a multi-method examination of aging, building on earlier work with an existing survey conducted by the Harvard China Project in Chengdu.
  • Urban social technologies–examining the potential for technologies to help people as they age at the scales of the neighborhood and city.
  • Age-Friendly Communities and Aging in Place–examining the global experience and potential in China.

For more see the main web site for the Social Technology for Global Aging initiative and project’s Healthy Places Design Lab page.

Other Projects

Ann Forsyth’s projects and research overview.