Media Contributions
Discover the diverse media contributions made by the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) members.
Our team actively engages with various forms of media to share insights and promote discussions on urban ageing. These contributions help disseminate our research findings, raise awareness about key issues, and foster public engagement.
We are proud of the impactful stories and perspectives our members bring to the wider community. Explore the breadth of our media contributions and join us in celebrating the voices and expertise of MUARG.
- 8 October 2025: ‘Saving the 86 bus and designing better cities for the old and young with Tine Buffel and Julia King’, The We Society Podcast by Will Hutton, featuring Tine Buffel, the Academy of Social Sciences in association with the Nuffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Trust
- 6 October 2025: ‘Study warns cities ‘failing to support older residents’ as they age’, by Housing Digital.
- 30 September 2025: ‘Cities must do more to support older residents, study warns’, by Joe Stafford, University of Manchester, Medical Xpress.
- 30 September 2025: ‘Research shows cities must do more to support older residents’, by Joe Stafford, University of Manchester.
- 10 September 2025: ‘Reflections from the Manchester Urban Film Series’, by Arielle Lawson, Ellie Barker, Sandhya Sharma, Philippa Winship, and Shengjun Zhang, University of Manchester: Manchester Urban Institute Blog.
- 21 August 2025: ‘Co-Production at the Heart of MUARG’s Research’, by Jack Greeney, University of Manchester Humanities Blog.
- 26 June 2025: ‘“Alarming” health inequalities between older people in the North and South of England’, by Helen Quinn, Nursing in Practice.
- 26 June 2025: ‘Ageing in the North’, by Housing LIN, Housing LIN Blog.
- 24 June 2025: ‘North-South divide for older people reversible’, by Grace Shaw, BBC News.
- 23 June 2025: ‘Older northerners struggle with "alarming" inequalities compared to people from the South’, by University of Manchester News.
- 23 June 2025: ‘Older northerners struggle with "alarming" inequalities compared to people from the South’, by Amy Huxtable, University of Sheffield News.
- 12 Jun 2025: ‘Manchester celebrates start on site of UK’s first majority LGBTQ+ housing scheme’, by Manchester City Council News.
- 21 May 2025: ‘Tackling unmet needs for social care among older people’, by Jingwen Zhang, Policy@Manchester.
- 7 May 2025: ‘Winners of the Sociology Impact and Engagement Prize announced’, by University of Manchester News.
- 18 April 2025: ‘The radical plan for a futuristic age-friendly neighbourhood in Manchester’, by Chris Osuh, The Guardian.
- 15 April 2025: ‘Insights into Building Inclusive Cities: Reimagining Age-Friendly Urban Communities’, by Tine Buffel, Housing LIN Blog.
- 1 April 2025: ‘Expert says ageing is ‘an opportunity, not a problem to be managed’’, by University of Manchester News.
- 31 March 2025: ‘Professor Tine Buffel calls for reframing ageing as an opportunity, not a problem to be managed’, by Architect Projects.
- 31 March 2025: ‘Age-friendly futures explored at World Health Organisation summit co-hosted by the University’, by Manchester Metropolitan University News.
- 28 March 2025: ‘Age Friendly Summit’, by Age UK Norwich, Age UK Norwich.
- 8 March 2025: ‘13 women from The University of Manchester make annual list of innovators’, by University of Manchester News, University of Manchester.
- 2025: ‘Age-Friendly Futures Summit’, by University of Manchester Social Responsibility.
- 2025: ‘Age-Friendly Futures Summit Statement: A framework for collaborative action’, by University of Manchester Social Responsibility.
- 2025: ‘Episode 16: Age-friendly cities’, Struggles in the City Podcast by Mélodine Sommier, featuring Patty Doran
- ‘Older people have something to say – ensuring voices are heard’ by Patty Doran, Mhorag Goff, Linda Naughton, and Philippa Winship, Policy@Manchester - 14 October 2024.
- ‘Opinion: Co-Creating age-friendly social housing – how can social housing providers better support ageing in place?’ by Mark Hammond and Niamh Kavanagh, Housing Quality Network (HQN) - 2 October 2024.
- 'The enormous contributions older people make to society – and the barriers holding them back’ by Sarah Wilkinson, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 9 May 2024.
- ‘A critical reflection on ageing in place: Discussions on life, mortality and how we approach the ageing process’ by Patty Doran, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues - 27 February 2024.
- ‘Extending working lives – healthy ageing in the workplace’ by Christopher Phillipson, Policy@Manchester - 22 Febraury 2024.
- ‘The voices behind the numbers’ by Sarah Wilkinson, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 5 December 2023.
- ‘Black History Month 2023 – Census data shines a new light on the Windrush generation’ by Sarah Wilkinson, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 31 October 2023.
- ‘Capacity for change: improving the governance of dementia research’ by James Fletcher, Policy@Manchester - 11 September 2023.
- ‘“Powerful and humanising”: bringing research on ageing and displacement to life’ by Tess Hartland, Global Development Institute Blog - 25 July 2023.
- ‘The LGBT+ community should not be left to fend for itself as it grows older’ by Sarah Wilkinson, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 15 June 2023.
- ‘Tackling inequality a priority as older population becomes more diverse’ by Sarah Wilkinson, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 1 February 2023.
- ‘Co-creation and Co-production Initiatives for the Development of Age-friendly Strategies: Learning from the Three Capital Cities in the Basque Autonomous Region’ by Martin Zuniga, Tine Buffel, and Felix Arrieta, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues - 30 June 2022.
- ‘Age-friendly volunteering emerging from the pandemic’ by Sarah Wilkinson, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 5 April 2022.
- ‘To live with Covid, we will still need vital public health measures’ contribution by Christopher Phillipson, The Guardian- 3 April 2022.
- ‘Why we need to stop neglecting communities in tackling the virus’ by Christopher Phillipson and Tine Buffel, International Longevity Centre UK - 10 Aug 2021.
- ‘Is the voluntary and community sector adequately resourced to support older people in the recovery from COVID-19?’ — by Sophie Yarker, Kirsty Bagnall, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, and Christopher Phillipson, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues — 17 Jun 2020.
- ‘The voluntary and community sector and COVID-19: Going to war without ammunition?’ by Sophie Yarker, Kirsty Bagnall, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, and Christopher Phillipson, Policy@Manchester - 16 June 2020.
- ‘Locked down by inequality: Why place matters for older people during COVID-19’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Mhorag Goff, Luciana Lang, Christopher Phillipson, Sophie Yarker, and Camilla Lewis, Emerald Publishing Blogs - 15 June 2020.
- ‘The changing role of social infrastructure in response to COVID-19’ by Sophie Yarker, Discover Society - 4 June 2020.
- ‘Support and exclusion for older adults during Covid-19: is the neighbourhood always best placed?’ by Sophie Yarker, Christopher Phillipson, Camilla Lewis, Tine Buffel, and Patty Doran, Geography Directions - 3 June 2020.
- ‘Lost in the Community: A Brief History of Covid-19 and Residential and Nursing Home Care’ by Christopher Phillipson, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues - 22 May 2020.
- ‘Prisoners of space: How the COVID-19 lockdown is deepening inequalities in later life’ by Christopher Phillipson, Camilla Lewis, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, and Sophie Yarker, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues - 13 May 2020.
- ‘Prisoners of Space: How the Covid-19 lockdown highlights inequalities in ageing’ by Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, and Sophie Yarker, Discover Society - 12 May 2020.
- ‘COVID-19: How social distancing will deepen inequalities among older people’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, and Sophie Yarker, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 27 April 2020.
- ‘COVID-19: Bringing the social back in’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, and Sophie Yarker, Somatosphere - 21 April 2020.
- ‘Examining the impact of social distancing on older adults’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, and Sophie Yarker, Policy@Manchester - 20 April 2020.
- ‘COVID-19: Bringing the social back in’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, and Sophie Yarker, Policy@Manchester - 16 April 2020.
- ‘Callous neglect of people in care homes is a scandal’ contribution by Christopher Phillipson, The Guardian - 13 April 2020.
- ‘COVID-19 and the crisis in residential and nursing home care’ by Christopher Phillipson, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues - 8 April 2020.
- ‘Developing age-friendly communities in urban regeneration projects’ by Camilla Lewis, Housing LIN Blog - 6 February 2020.
- ‘Ageing needs to be part of the debate about urban regeneration’ by Camilla Lewis, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 28 January 2020.
- ‘Is the voluntary and community sector adequately resourced to support older people in the recovery from COVID-19?’ — by Sophie Yarker, Kirsty Bagnall, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, and Christopher Phillipson, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues — 17 Jun 2020.
- ‘The voluntary and community sector and COVID-19: Going to war without ammunition?’ by Sophie Yarker, Kirsty Bagnall, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, and Christopher Phillipson, Policy@Manchester - 16 June 2020.
- ‘Locked down by inequality: Why place matters for older people during COVID-19’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Mhorag Goff, Luciana Lang, Christopher Phillipson, Sophie Yarker, and Camilla Lewis, Emerald Publishing Blogs - 15 June 2020.
- ‘The changing role of social infrastructure in response to COVID-19’ by Sophie Yarker, Discover Society - 4 June 2020.
- ‘Support and exclusion for older adults during Covid-19: is the neighbourhood always best placed?’ by Sophie Yarker, Christopher Phillipson, Camilla Lewis, Tine Buffel, and Patty Doran, Geography Directions - 3 June 2020.
- ‘Lost in the Community: A Brief History of Covid-19 and Residential and Nursing Home Care’ by Christopher Phillipson, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues - 22 May 2020.
- ‘Prisoners of space: How the COVID-19 lockdown is deepening inequalities in later life’ by Christopher Phillipson, Camilla Lewis, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, and Sophie Yarker, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues - 13 May 2020.
- ‘Prisoners of Space: How the Covid-19 lockdown highlights inequalities in ageing’ by Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, and Sophie Yarker, Discover Society - 12 May 2020.
- ‘COVID-19: How social distancing will deepen inequalities among older people’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, and Sophie Yarker, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 27 April 2020.
- ‘COVID-19: Bringing the social back in’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, and Sophie Yarker, Somatosphere - 21 April 2020.
- ‘Examining the impact of social distancing on older adults’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, and Sophie Yarker, Policy@Manchester - 20 April 2020.
- ‘COVID-19: Bringing the social back in’ by Tine Buffel, Patty Doran, Camilla Lewis, Christopher Phillipson, and Sophie Yarker, Policy@Manchester - 16 April 2020.
- ‘Callous neglect of people in care homes is a scandal’ contribution by Christopher Phillipson, The Guardian - 13 April 2020.
- ‘COVID-19 and the crisis in residential and nursing home care’ by Christopher Phillipson, British Society of Gerontology: Ageing Issues - 8 April 2020.
- ‘Developing age-friendly communities in urban regeneration projects’ by Camilla Lewis, Housing LIN Blog - 6 February 2020.
- ‘Ageing needs to be part of the debate about urban regeneration’ by Camilla Lewis, Centre for Ageing Better Blog - 28 January 2020.
- ‘Christopher Phillipson: re-thinking ageing populations’ by Christopher Phillipson, The British Academy - 23 May 2014.
- ‘Case Study: The Age-friendly Programme in Akita City’ by Tine Buffel, Natalie Cotterell, Christopher Phillipson, Samuèle Rémillard-Boilard, and Ken Sasaki, World Health Organization (WHO).
- ‘Case Study: The Age-friendly Programme in Hong Kong’ by Tine Buffel, Natalie Cotterell, Christopher Phillipson, Samuèle Rémillard-Boilard, and Grace Chan, World Health Organization (WHO).