Research behind the era App
The concept of the era App is founded on interdisciplinary research conducted by an international group of academics from business and management, gerontology, occupational health, digital medicine, design and informatics. The work is led by Professor Wendy Loretto at the University of Edinburgh Business School.
Development Timeline
The era App has been developed in multiple stages:
2021-2024
Supporting Healthy Ageing at Work (SHAW) project, funded through UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge Social, Behavioural and Design Programme, ES/V016148/1.
2023-2024
Caring For Carers: Innovating for Workplace Health and Wellbeing Support project, funded through UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge Catalyst Award, ES/Y007980/1
2024-2025
Supporting Healthy Ageing – Reflection and Communication (SHA-RC), led by Dr Belinda Steffan, and funded through ESRC Impact Accelerator Award.
2025
Supporting Health at Work: Accelerating Development of the era App, funded through UKRI Healthy Ageing Catalyst Accelerator Award
Publications
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Steffan, B., Loretto, W. & Vickerstaff, S. (forthcoming). Women in mid-later life, health and work: A narrative of uncertainty. Handbook on Aging Workers, Occupational Health, and Safety.
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Steffan, B., & Loretto, W. (2025). Menopause, work and mid‐life: Challenging the ideal worker stereotype. Gender, Work & Organization, 32(1), 116-131.
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Kiersten Hay, Larissa Pschetz, Billy Dixon, Belinda Steffan, Jakov Jandric, Thanasis Tsanas, Kate Sang, and Wendy Loretto. 2024. “Working it Out”: Exploring How Digital Technologies Could Support Healthy Ageing at Work. In Proceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (NordiCHI ‘24). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 24, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1145/3679318.3685357