Charlotta Nilsen

Charlotta Nilsen is a Senior Lecturer at Jönköping University's Institute of Gerontology and a Researcher at Stockholm University's Stress Research Institute. She is also affiliated with Karolinska Institutet and the Swedish Gerontological Society.

• Primary Affiliations: Stockholm University (Stress Research Institute), Jönköping University (Institute of Gerontology), Karolinska Institutet, Aging Research Center (ARC)
• Research Focus: Social gerontology, occupational epidemiology, psychosocial working conditions, and their long-term impacts on aging-related cognitive, physical, and social outcomes.

Her work explores how working conditions across the life course influence successful aging, social exclusion, and cognitive decline. Key projects include:

• SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network (SAIN) (2023-2025): Funded by the Kamprad Family Foundation, this initiative supports early-career aging researchers.
• Stress Across the Life Course (2022-2025): Investigates modifiable social/lifestyle factors affecting late-life cognitive/physical function.
• Working Conditions and Fourth Age (2020-2023): Examines how adverse work environments expand the "fourth age" (frailty) and funded by Forte.
• Gender and Caregiver Burden (2020-2023): Demonstrates how caregiving children's work stressors impact older parents' mental health.

Recent publications highlight:

• Adverse working conditions increase old-age dependency (2023)
• Low-control jobs correlate with cognitive/physical impairment in older adults (2023)
• Job strain accelerates cognitive decline before/after retirement (2021)
• Midlife risk factors (non-employment, psychological health) predict late-life social exclusion (2022)