‘Psychology for all’ kicks off with talk on ‘Happy Ageing’ by Mr Pavlidis

‘Psychology for all’, the successful open seminar series of our Psychology Department, kicked off for academic year 2015-16 with an interesting talk on Ageing by Mr George Pavlidis, PhD Candidate at SEERC and Lecturer at the Psychology Department. The event took place on 2 December 2015 at our main campus in Thessaloniki.

With his insightful presentation Mr Pavlidis George addressed a number of misconceptions about ageing, including that: being older than 50 is accompanied by the catholic decline in abilities, the prevalence of negative emotions, and the dominance of illness. The speaker explored why ageing as a process is not the sum of inescapable routes endured passively throughout life. Rather than that, there are reasons why one should be grateful of being able to age, in a manner that allows to claim one's own life at any age.

The series will continue to host 1-hour talks by different guest speakers specialising in different psychology areas who will be sharing their knowledge and expertise with a varied audience.

Watch Mr Pavlidis' presentation:

Watch previous ‘Psychology for all’ events’