Vegard Skirbekk
Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Professor at Columbia University.
Vegard Skirbekk is a professor at Columbia Aging Center, Columbia University and a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. His research focuses on understanding the links between aging, health and individuals productivity in countries undergoing demographic change around the world. He is currently interested in looking at differences across countries in terms of health and cognitive skills and relationships with investments in education and health. He is also interested in comparing variations in life trajectories in health across societies and countries. Skirbekk has published widely in academic journals (Demography, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science) and his research has received attention in global media (e.g., BBC, the New York Times, The Economist, New Scientist). He has received research support from EU funding bodies (including the European Research Council), and research councils from several countries.
Visit website: https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/people/our-faculty/vs2551
See also: Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health - Public health graduate school of Columbia University
Details last updated 01-Jan-2021
Vegard Skirbekk News
Expectations of old age determine desire for longevity
ScienceDaily - 24-Aug-2016
1 in 4 want to live more than 100 years – about the same chance as someone born in the 1990s. 1 ...
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