The Centre for Environment, Dementia and Ageing Research
(CEDAR) conducts multidisciplinary research focused on social, built, natural
and care environments for older people and people living with dementia.
Research produced by CEDAR has a strong applied emphasis,
older people are front and centre in all our projects, and CEDAR’s research
advances our conceptual understanding of ageing and dementia in society.
Research is commonly co-produced with research
beneficiaries, and group members continue to innovate in working with
vulnerable research participants, for example through arts-based methods.
Our team includes social scientists, clinicians and
psychologists who collaborate closely and thus maximise the benefits of
interdisciplinary research.
Recent major projects have explored:
- the meaning and
experience of localities for older people
- the design of living and
socialising environments for people with dementia
- technological and
material aspects of ageing
- the experiences of older
people in hospitals and at the end of life.
- Two significant
ESRC-funded projects in March 2021 are Designing Homes for Healthy
Cognitive Ageing (DesHCA) and Generating Older Active Lives Digitally
(GOALD).
We are proud to co-host HAGIS, the Scottish Longitudinal
Study of Ageing with Economics. Going forward, our emphasis on environments of
ageing is core to national research priorities, notably the UKRI’s Healthy
Ageing Challenge.
You can also find more information about the Dementia
Services Development Centre (DSDC), our internationally renowned centre of
knowledge and expertise dedicated to improving the lives of people with
dementia.