A combined genetic and small molecule approach to studying the role of the p38/MK2 stress signalling pathway in a human premature ageing syndrome:

Mark Bagley, University of Sussex; Terry Davis, David Kipling and Joanna Latimer, Cardiff University.

Ages and Stages: the place of theatre in representations and recollections of ageing:

Miriam Bernard, David Amigoni, Lucy Munro, and Michael Murray, Keele University; Jill Rezzano, New Vic Theatre; Michelle Rickett; Ruth Basten; Tracy Harrison.

Ageing, poverty and neo-liberalism in urban South India:

Penny Vera-Sanso, Birkbeck College; V. Suresh, M. Hussein, K. Saravanan and S.Henry, Centre for Law, Policy and Human Rights Studies, Chennai, India; Barbara-Harris White, HelpAge International.

Ageing, wellbeing and development: a comparative study of Brazil and South Africa:

Armando Barrientos, Julia Mase, University of Manchester; Peter Lloyd Sherlock, University of East Anglia; Joao Saboia, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Valerie Moller, Rhodes University; Astrid Walker-Bourne, HelpAge International.

Biomechanical and sensory constraints of step and stair negotiation in old age:

Costas Maganaris, Liverpool John Moores University; Vasilios Baltzopoulos, Brunel University.

With I. Di Giulio, University College London; D.A. Jones, E. Kingdon, and N. Reeves, Manchester Metropolitan University; G. Spiropuolos, University of Thessaly; J. Gavin, A. Ewen, G.S. King and T. Underdown, Liverpool John Moores University; and M Royes, Building Research Establishment.

CALL-ME: Promoting independence and social engagement among older people in disadvantaged communities:

Michael Murray, Roger Beech, Sian Maslin-Prothero, Tom Scharf, Frederika Ziegler, Keele University: Amanda Crummett, Jan Bailey, Sharon Middling, Amy Bennion, Tracey Harrison and Kim Rawlinson.

Contemporary visual art and identity construction – wellbeing amongst older people:

Andrew Newman, Anna Goulding, Newcastle University.

Partners and collaborators included Arts Council England; Equal Arts (a charity facilitating access to the arts for older people); Age Concern Gateshead; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art; and the Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle University.

Decision making in detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults:

Mary Gilhooley, Priscilla Harris, Brunel University; Ken Gilhooley, University of Hertfordshire; Catherine Hennessy and Tony Gilbert, University of Plymouth; David Stanley, Northumbria University; Bridget Penhale, University of East Anglia; Deborah Cairns, Miranda Davies and Libby Notley, Brunel Institute of Ageing Studies.