Ageing & Well-being

Thematic areas

Context

The demographic transition is a major challenge that makes it essential to address mechanisms of ageing and social, political and economic sustainability. While life expectancy has increased by 5 years over the last 20 years, the increase in healthy life expectancy has been very slow and has stagnated at 64 years in Europe. Being healthy implies finding solutions to promote health, prevent diseases and help individuals live healthier lifestyles.

Based at Université Côte d’Azur in Nice (France), the Innovation Hub Université Côte d’Azur, wishes to strengthen and promote innovative disciplinary, inter-, and transdisciplinary research to better understand and explain the process of ageing and its implications. It deals with topics such as “Ageing in the city”, “Silver economy”, “Environmental impacts on Ageing and Well-being” and “Understanding the process of ageing”.

The hub

Innovative disciplinary, inter-, and transdisciplinary research is possible through:

• Development of effective and strong connections between researchers, citizens, companies, incubators and local authorities
• Fostering innovation through targeted actions such as building startups programs and supporting innovative solutions
• Placing people at the center of the approach through data and research (living lab)
• Gathering main actors of the research ecosystem in a digital platform
• Provide training to build capacity and develop skills of the public health workforce to use systems thinking and innovative approaches for public health.

In the context of abundant multisource health data and the development of simulation and artificial intelligence (AI), it is also important to develop the ethical and sustainable interaction of citizens with AI-based algorithms that support healthy living.

Existing facilities & resources

The Innovation Hub is installed in a building that belongs to the municipality located 50 metres from the Hospital University and from some of our research units dedicated to health.

In this building you have several rooms dedicated to: office space, start-ups, conference room to organise events such as Ulysseus workshops and Ulysseus brokerage sessions, a date center, a learning lab, and a living lab with a medical practice and adjoining flat for experimenting.