Reimagine Ageing Interdisciplinary Research Network

Reimagine Ageing Interdisciplinary Research Network

Our focus is on the ideal view of ageing and how we would like to age with innovative solutions. Through research, we're challenging the perceptions, narratives and experience of ageing.

The network brings together academics, industrial partners, charities, the third sector, and local authorities to stimulate new interdisciplinary collaborations and co-create novel, imaginative responses to the global challenge of reducing inequalities in later life.

Our vision

We want to cultivate an interdisciplinary, collaborative research agenda between academics, clinicians and our local community.

  • Core research themes

    Learn about our three core themes – aligned to Leeds City Council’s Age-Friendly Leeds Strategy – and our three cross-cutting themes.

    Four older people smiling while exercising outside in the sunshine.

Interview: The art of ageing

In September 2024, artist and researcher Garry Barker was awarded a prize for the best conference poster at the Reimagine Ageing Showcase. We asked him some questions about his work and career.

Garry Barker with his best poster award, stood with Maria Kapsali, Anne Forster and Sarah Astill.

Get involved

Join our growing community of researchers, collaborate with other leading institutions and help create new interdisciplinary partnerships.

  • Join the network as a researcher

    Discover the benefits of joining our network and contribute to a challenge-led research community.

    Two academics presenting research in a group session.

  • Attend our events

    Participate online or in person at events that focus on how we perceive, talk about and experience ageing – through workshops, presentations, networking, performances and meetings.

    Three mature people sat smiling, arm in arm, in a park.

  • Partner with the network

    We're seeking to work with industrial partners, charities, the third sector and local authorities to stimulate new interdisciplinary collaborations.

    View of the Great Hall on University of Leeds campus. The sun is shining on the surrounding trees.