Our Films
Discover the powerful films created by the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) and its members.
Our films showcase collaborations with various stakeholders, introducing key aims, co-produced approaches, and disseminating findings.
Many of these films are co-produced with older people themselves, providing authentic insights into their experiences. We are proud of the impactful stories our members have brought to life, highlighting themes such as age-friendly communities, social infrastructure, and urbanisation.
Additionally, we host film screenings that spark important conversations about social justice and community voices. Explore our collection and join us in celebrating the creativity and dedication of our research group.
As part of the Ageing in Place project, we asked older people what ‘age-friendly’ meant to them. This film shares some of what they said.
Professor Debora Price, Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing, discusses the unequal business of ageing.
MUARG member Amy Barron outlines the key points from Beyond Older Age, a booklet for anyone wanting to engage older people in a more inclusive, creative, and participatory way.
Sophie Yarker from MUARG explains key themes from her book 'Creating spaces for an ageing society: The role of critical social infrastructure'.
MUARG Director, Tine Buffel, discusses developing age friendly communities with older people as co-researchers.
MUARG director, Tine Buffel outlines the key points from a recent publication - 'Locked down by inequality: Older people and the Covid-19 pandemic'.
A short film by MUARG members based upon the Covid-19 and social exclusion research project. Older people in Greater Manchester talk about their experiences of lockdown and their hopes for the future.
A short film by MUARG members based upon the Covid-19 and social exclusion research project. Older people in Greater Manchester talk about their experiences of lockdown and their hopes for the future.
Members of the research team introduce the aims and methodologies for the project.
MUARG member Joanna Salles produced a short-film made for her final project in the MA Visual Anthropology.
'Researching age-friendly cities'. A film funded by the School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester.
Event videos
Below you can find a videos of selected talks and events that MUARG have hosted or contributed to.
Video: Dismantling and rebuilding praxis for age-friendly cities and communities
Listen to Yarmin Yeh, from the University of California, as she traces her own entrée into the study of urban ageing and presents a critical perspective on age-friendly cities and communities.
Professor Tine Buffel discusses challenges and opportunities in developing age-friendly societies at the Norwegian Ageing Research Congress.
MUARG director Tine Buffel has won Researcher of the Year Award in the Distinguished Achievement Awards 2023. Watch to see Tine talk about her career, research with MUARG, and hopes for the future.
COVID-19, inequality and older people
This award-winning research project identified gaps in service provision for older people arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
A panel discuss issues around age-friendly cities and social justice to launch the new Leverhulme Trust funded project, 'Population ageing and urbanisation'.
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham responds to MUARG research into the experiences of social distancing for older people living in Greater Manchester.
Researchers and practitioners come together to share knowledge around how to develop age-friendly cities.
Professor Tine Buffel delivers a keynote speech on 'Spatial justice and the right to an age-friendly community' for the IAGG World Congress.
MUARG member Joana discusses her PhD thesis on 'Ageing in place in a gentrifying neighbourhood: Redefining spatial justice for older people through the urban commons'.