Vanessa Stjernborg

PhD student
MSc Social and Economic Geography

+46 46 222 91 58
vanessa.stjernborg@tft.lth.se

Forskning
The ambition in the dissertation are to study the everyday life of older persons, with a focus on the outside mobility and geographical aspects. The intention is to elucidate those resources and restrictions, that in connection with outside mobility, can be attached to older individuals depending on place of residence. Case studies will be carried out in Malmö.

Ongoing project
Doctoral dissertation: The outside mobility of older persons - about resources and restrictions in everyday life, 2008-2014
Supervisor: Agneta Ståhl
Assistant supervisor: Anders Wretstrand

Publications
Stjernborg, V (2010) Everyday life of older persons in a suburb in Sweden. In Abramsson et al. (Eds.) Rum för åldrande – Essäer om äldres boende.

Confererences
Waara N, Stjernborg, V (2010) Mobility of older women and men at transition from a two person household to a one person household. 12th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED), Hong Kong 2010