Impact

Explore the impact that Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) research is having in response to the challenges associated with population ageing in urban environments.

Media mentions

2025

• ‘Study warns cities ‘failing to support older residents’ as they age’ by Housing Digital - 6 October 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 - 30 September 2025.
• ‘Co-Production at the Heart of MUARG’s Research’ by Jack Greeney, University of Manchester Humanities Blog - 21 August 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 - 26 June 2025.
• ‘North-South divide for older people reversible’ by Grace Shaw, BBC News - 24 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 - 23 June 2025. 
• ‘Manchester celebrates start on site of UK’s first majority LGBTQ+ housing scheme’ by Manchester City Council News - 12 June 2025.
• ‘Winners of the Sociology Impact and Engagement Prize announced’ by University of Manchester News - 7 May 2025.
• ‘The radical plan for a futuristic age-friendly neighbourhood in Manchester’ by Chris Osuh, The Guardian - 18 April 2025.
• ‘Expert says ageing is ‘an opportunity, not a problem to be managed’’ by University of Manchester News - 1 April 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 - 31 March 2025.
• ‘Age Friendly Summit’ by Age UK Norwich, Age UK Norwich - 28 March 2025.
• ‘13 women from The University of Manchester make annual list of innovators’ by University of Manchester News, University of Manchester - 8 March 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.

2024

• ‘Professor Judith Phillips joins University of Manchester as Visiting Professor’ by Jack Greeney, University of Manchester News - 3 December 2024. 
• ‘Working Together: Suzanne Lacy interviewed by Larne Abse Gogarty’ by Larne Abse Gogarty, Art Monthly - November 2024.
• ‘Hulme tenants lead the way on Ageing Well in Place’ by Avinash User, Community-Led Action and Savings Support (CLASS) Blog - 2 October 2024.
• ‘Research highlights role of faith spaces in supporting healthy ageing’ by Joe Stafford, University of Manchester News - 24 April 2024.
• ‘Research supports the role of faith spaces in support of healthy ageing’ by University of Manchester Social Responsibility - 24 April 2024. 
• ‘Para incentivar el uso de la bici entre la gente mayor, tiene que ser seguro’ [‘In order to encourage cycling among older people, it has to be safe.’] by Cristina Valls, Diari de Tarragona - 27 March 2024.
• ‘La bicicleta tiene un gran potencial como medio de transporte urbano entre las personas mayores’ [‘Bicycles have great potential as a means of urban transport for older people.’] by GeriatricArea, GeriatricArea - 22 March 2024.
• ‘Una Barcelona más inclusiva y menos estresante: los retos para que los mayores se animen a ir en bicicleta’ [‘A more inclusive and less stressful Barcelona: the challenges of encouraging older people to cycle] by Carlos Márquez Daniel, El Periódico - 21 March 2024.
• ‘New film explores how cities can meet the needs of older people to become more age-friendly’ by University of Manchester News - 20 March 2024.
• ‘“We want equality and recognition”, say 100 older women in new project’ by University of Manchester News - 6 March 2024.
• ‘Manchester expert becomes Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences’ by Joe Stafford, University of Manchester News - 4 March 2024.

2023

• ‘Experts say policymakers must learn from the impact of COVID-19 on older people’ by University of Manchester News - 20 June 2023.

2022

• ‘Derek Jarman-inspired pocket park opens in Manchester’ by BBC News - 24 June 2022.
• ‘Manual labour | Suzanne Lacy: What Kind of City? A Manual for Social Change’ by Frances Guy, Museums Association: Museums Journal - 8 April 2022.
• ‘From protest to inspiration: Eight must-see exhibitions across the North West’ by Bradley Lengden, Manchester Wire - 17 February 2022.
• ‘Housing Lin publishes blog post by Dr Sophie Yarker’ by University of Manchester News - 26 January 2022.

2021

• ‘Can art fix a city’s problems beyond the gallery walls?’ by Ian Youngs, BBC News - 27 Nov 2021.

2020

• ‘Developing age-friendly communities in the Northern Gateway urban regeneration project’ by University of Manchester News - 27 January 2020.

2019

• ‘Age-friendly cities’ by Rowena Roberts, The University of Manchester Magazine - Spring 2019.
• ‘Manchester contributes to major WHO report into age-friendly cities’ by University of Manchester News - 4 February 2019.

2018

• ‘What would an age-friendly city look like?’ by Alice Grahame, The Guardian - 10 October 2018.
• ‘What makes an Age-friendly City? Try asking an old person’ by Sophie Handler, The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Journal - 26 February 2018.

2016

• ‘Ageing in an era of neoliberalism: the impact of extending working lives’ by Jason Powell & Paul Taylor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Blog - 3 October 2016.
• ‘Improving with age? How city design is adapting to older populations' by Alice Grahame, The Guardian - 25 April 2016.