The University of the Third Age and Active Ageing: European and Asian-Pacific Perspectives

Prof. Marvin Formosa, PhD, is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Gerontology and Dementia Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, University of Malta. At the University of Malta, he coordinates the Master of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and the Master of Arts in Ageing and Dementia Studies. Presently, Prof. Formosa holds the posts of Chairperson of the National Commission for Active Ageing (Malta), Director of the University of the Third Age (Malta), and Director of the International Institute on Ageing United Nations - Malta (INIA). Recently, Prof. Formosa headed UN-sponsored training programmes in gerontology, dementia care and geriatrics in the Philippines, China, India, Turkey, Malaysia, Belarus, Kenya, Dominican Republic, and Russia. Prof. Formosa is the author or various articles and books on mainstream and educational gerontology, is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Ageing in Developing Countries, and is Country Team Leader (Malta) of the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).