Jyväskylä University of the Third Age: Health, Wellbeing and the Environment

Welcome to the University of the Third Age’s public lecture series on current topics, held every other Wednesday from 14:00 to 16:00. Everyone interested in current knowledge and research is welcome to attend Jyväskylä University of the Third Age lectures. You can participate online or in the Assembly Hall, C 1, in the university’s main building (except on 9 December, when the venue is the Martti Ahtisaari Hall at Agora, Mattilanniemi 2). Price: €6 per lecture or €35 for the series. Please note: lectures are available only live!

16 September: Healthy ageing
Pekka Puska, Professor Emeritus and former Director General

30 September: The autonomy and documents of an older person – the boundaries between respect and restriction in changing situations
Henna Nikumaa, Postdoctoral Researcher in Elder Law, University of Eastern Finland

14 October: The many meanings of Finnish forests, now and in the future
Teppo Hujala, Professor, University of Eastern Finland

28 October: The planetary diet – what is it, why, and for whom?
Mikael Fogelholm, Professor, University of Helsinki

11 November: Diabetes, a major public health disease in Finland, and its rapidly developing treatment
Petteri Ahtiainen, Chief Physician, MD, specialist in endocrinology, specialist qualification in diabetes care, Wellbeing Services County of Central Finland

25 November: What is gerasthenia, or frailty in old age, and can it be prevented? (Memorial lecture for Professor h.c. Ahti Rekonen)
Kaisu Pitkälä, Professor, University of Helsinki

9 December: Perspectives on the effects of music and other arts on wellbeing
Ava Numminen, Doctor of Music, Master of Psychology, psychotherapist and singing teacher
The Ikis Choir will also perform, conducted by Yufei Liu.

PLEASE NOTE: The venue is the Martti Ahtisaari Hall at Agora.