Workshop on Social infrastructure and cognitive abilities in an ageing population

A workshop on “Social infrastructure and cognitive abilities in an ageing population” will take place on 1 of June, as one of the final events of the research project “Sociable”, granted by the Cariplo Foundation.

The workshop will be held on Zoom and will last about 3 hours, according to the following programme:

Welcome by Flaminio Squazzoni (University of Milan, ItalyFlaminio Squazzoni – Behave Lab) & Marco Castellani (University of Brescia, ItalyCASTELLANI Marco | Portale di Ateneo – Unibs.it)

Two presentations by the Sociable team, including:

  • A meta-analysis on the effect of complex social networks on cognitive abilities by Matteo Piolatto (University of Padua, Italy) (20 min)
  • An empirical study on the effect of complex social networks on cognitive abilities in a sample of elders in Brescia by Federico Bianchi (University of Milan, Italy: About (federico-bianchi.github.io)) (20 min)

Three invited presentations:

Final discussion

A dissemination workshop for local stakeholders, which will involve all Sociable partners, will be next planned.