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Marja Aartsen

Marja Aartsen

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Marja Aartsen er forsker 1 ved NOVA, seksjon for aldring og boligstudier. Hun har bakgrunn i sosiologi med doktorgrad fra VU Universitetet i Amsterdam. Hennes faglige interesse er i tillegg sosialgerontologi. Marja er særlig opptatt av ensomhet, sosial ekskludering, sosial ulikhet og utvikling av sosial funksjon i andre halvdel av livet. Hun er også interessert i statistiske modelleringer av longitudinelle sammenhenger mellom sosial funksjon og kognitiv/mental funksjon og fysisk helse. Marja er delprosjektleder for to internasjonale forskningsprosjekter med fokus på sosial ekskludering i senlivet: GENPATH og AMASE (som er et rumensk-norsk samarbeid). Videre er hun del av forskerteamet som har ansvar for den norske NorLAG-studien, og hun er tidligere redaktør av European Journal of Ageing.

Fagfelt

Aldring   Gerontologi   Sosial ulikhet   Metodologi   Sosialt nettverk   Sosial ekskludering

Forskningsprosjekter

Aktive forskningsprosjekter

Avsluttede forskningsprosjekter

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Dury, Sarah; Grinshteyn, Erin; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Older people’s formal volunteering. Serrat, Rodrigo (Red.). Civic Engagement in Later Life. s. 90-107. Policy Press.
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447373551.ch006

Rapolienė, Gražina; Gedvilaitė-Kordušienė, Margarita; Tretjakova, Vaida; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Subjective Meanings of Loneliness: Narratives of Young and Middle-Aged Adults. Sociológia (Bratislava). Vol. 57.
https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2025.57.2.6

Aartsen, Marja ; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (2025). Introduction. For a macro-social perspective on loneliness. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 3-16. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_1

Gentha, Mihaela; Matei, Aniela; Rothe, Franziska; Aartsen, Marja ; PRECUPEȚU, Iuliana (2025). Assessing the transferability potential of policy practices for older people. Archives of Public Health. Vol. 83.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-025-01548-w

Aartsen, Marja ; Vangen, Hanna ; Pavlidis, George; Hansen, Thomas; Precupetu, Iuliana (2024). The unique and synergistic effects of social isolation and loneliness on 20-years mortality risks in older men and women. Frontiers in Public Health. Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1432701

Sauter, Julia; Precupetu, Iuliana; Aartsen, Marja (2024). Cohort and gender differences in the association between childlessness and social exclusion in old age. European Journal of Ageing. Vol. 21.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-024-00831-z

Tiilikainen, Elisa; Aartsen, Marja ; Kraav, Siiri-Liisi (2024). Early-life circumstances and late life loneliness trajectories among Finnish older adults. BMC Geriatrics. Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-04967-6

Stegen, Hannelore; Duppen, Daan; Savieri, Perseverence; Stas, Lara; Pan, Honghui; Aartsen, Marja ; Callewaert, Hannelore; Dierckx, Eva; Donder, Liesbeth De (2024). Loneliness prevalence of community-dwelling older adults and the impact of the mode of measurement, data collection, and country: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Psychogeriatrics.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610224000425

Aartsen, Marja ; Vasile, Marian; Tufa, L.D.; Dumitrescu, Diana; Radogna, Rosa M.; Wörn, Jonathan; Precupetu, Iuliana (2023). Patterns and correlates of old-age social exclusion in the Balkan states. European Journal of Ageing. Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-023-00762-1

Vasile, Octavian-Marian; Aartsen, Marja ; PRECUPEȚU, Iuliana; Tufa, Laura; Dumitrescu, Diana; Radogna, Rosa Maria (2023). Association Between Social Isolation and Mental Well-Being in Later Life. What is the Role of Loneliness?. Applied Research in Quality of Life.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10239-z





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Fagbøker⁄lærebøker

Aartsen, Marja ; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (2025). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. ISBN: 9783031945656. 366 s. Springer.

Komp, Kathrin; Aartsen, Marja (2013). Old age in Europe: A textbook of gerontology. ISBN: 9789400761346. 141 s. Springer Science+Business Media B.V..



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Forskningsrapporter

Aartsen, Marja ; Rothe, Franziska (2023). The impact of the COVID-19pandemic on social isolation and loneliness - A Nordic research review. 48 s. Nordic Welfare Centre.
https://doi.org/10.52746/EGPO9288

Ghenta, Mihaela; Matei, Aniela; Aartsen, Marja ; Rothe, Franziska (2022). Pension, health and long-term care policy frameworks for older people in Norway and Romania. 100 s. INCSMPS.
https://amase-project.eu/dissemination/

Walsh, Kieran; Dahlberg, Lena; Conboy, Patricia; Tiilikainen, Elisa; Sepannen, Marjaana; Ogg, Jim; Myck, Michal; Aartsen, Marja ; Burholt, Vanessa; Lamura, Giovanni; Draulans, Veerle; Vidovićová, Lucie; Tournier, Isabelle; Kafková, Marcela Petrová; Torres, Sandra; Lowenstein, Ariela; Waldegrave, Charles; Barbabella, Francesco; Scharf, Thomas; Emirhafizović, Mirza; Villar, Feliciano; Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas (2020). MULTIDIMENSIONAL SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN LATER LIFE; Briefing Paper A Roadmap for Future Research and Policy Collaboration. ISBN: 9781908358769. 20 s. ROSEnet CA15122 COST ACTION.

Aartsen, Marja (2018). Exclusion from social relations in later life, ROSEnet Briefing Paper Series edited by Thomas Scharf and Kieran Walsh. 20 s. COST action ROSEnet, Ireland.

Burholt, Vanessa; Winter, B; Aartsen, Marja ; Constantinou, Costas M.; Dahlberg, L; Gierveld, Jenny de Jong; Regenmortel, S van; Waldegrave, Charles (2017). An Evidence Review of Exclusion from Social Relations: From Genes to the Environment. 21 s. ROSEnet Social Relations Working Group.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&so

Aartsen, Marja ; Thomese, Fleur (2015). Variaties in zorggebruik bij verschillende typen Amsterdamse ouderen: een langetermijnanalyse [Variations in care use among older People in Amsterdam: A longitudinal analyses]. 15 s. Ben Sajet Centrum.



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Formidling

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Loneliness in older Europeans: An overview of current emprical findings. 21st European Geriatric Medicine Society Congress. New landscapes in geriatric society. EUGMS.

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Bli mer sosial - lev lenger.

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Ensomhet kan øke dødelighet blant eldre.
https://erfaringskompetanse.no/nyheter/ensomhet-ka

Precupetu, Iuliana; Pop, Cosmina; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Macro-Level Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: An fsQCA Analysis. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 251-280. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_11

Suanet, Bianca; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Linking Life Course Theory to Multi-Level Explanations of Loneliness: Towards a Sociology of Loneliness. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 321-344. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_14

Vasile, Octavian-Marian; Aartsen, Marja (2025). Loneliness Prevalence in Different Age Groups in Europe. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 89-114. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_5

Aartsen, Marja ; Suanet, Bianca; Hansen, Thomas; Precupetu, Iuliana (2025). Loneliness Re-Examined: Societal Influences and Future Research Directions. Aartsen, Marja; Precupetu, Iuliana; Suanet, Bianca (Red.). Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life: Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe. s. 345-364. Springer.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94565-6_15

Aartsen, Marja (2025). Resolving the loneliness paradox through life course theory. Mid-Term Conference of the Sociology of Health and Medicine Section. Italian Association of Sociology.

Aartsen, Marja ; Dyb, Halvard Naterstad (2024). Disse eldre har økt risiko for å dø tidlig.
https://www.forskning.no/aldring-helse-oslomet/dis

Vangen, Hanna ; Aartsen, Marja (2024). Disse eldre har økt risiko for å dø tidlig.





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