ISPA Early Career Network: Långholmen Writing Retreat

The Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA) project is about creating inclusive change that can tackle stigma around age, disability and place, while shaping the future of inclusive, values-driven research. This is realised through their Early Career Network (ECN), where ISPA supports a group of around 20 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from a range of disciplines and institutions.

The ECN provides dedicated mentorship, peer learning spaces, and training opportunities through online reading groups, in-person events, and support for external engagement. As part of this, ISPA has enabled several ECRs to attend and contribute to international networking activities.

In this ISPA blog, Lucia Crowther, University of Hull, and Sadhana Jagannath, Imperial College London (members of the ISPA early career network) share their experiences of being part of ISPA and attending an international writing retreat that was a collaboration between the British Society of Gerontology Emerging Researchers in Ageing (BSG ERA) and the SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network (SAIN).