Dissertations Doctoral thesis defence: Erika Augustsson
"Anchored or Adrift? Social Connection, Health, and Loneliness in Later Life"
Welcome to Erika Augustsson's doctoral thesis defence on Friday 12 December 2025 at Karolinska Institutet Campus Solna.
Author
Erika Augustsson, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Aging Research Center
External examinator
Professor Katherine Fiori, Adelphi University, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, USA
Main supervisor
Neda Agahi, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Aging Research Center
Co-supervisors
Stefan Fors, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Aging Research Center
Carin Lennartsson, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Aging Research Center
Examination Board
Filip Fors Connolly, Umeå University, Department of Sociology
Zarina Nahar Kabir, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Caring in Community Care
Georgios Pavlidis, Karlstad University, Department of Social and Psychological Studies, Division of Critical Studies of Age and Aging