Susanne Iwarsson, professor in gerontology at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden, and Doctor Honoris Causa (DHC) at Riga Stradins University, Latvia. She is the Head of the Active and Healthy Ageing research group at the Department of Health Sciences, concentrating on environmental gerontology in combination with health sciences and neuroscience, studying the ageing individual’s and population’s opportunities for activity and participation in society. She is the Coordinator of the Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments (CASE) and the Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH).