Deadline - November 15, 2020 / 15/11/2020In collaboration with the Open Access journals of Frontiers (www.frontiersin.org) we are bringing together a selected group of international experts to contribute to an article collection on: "Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Socio-Economic Systems in the Post-Pandemic World: Design Thinking, Strategic Planning, Management, and Public Policy" Submission Deadline: 15 December 2020…
Deadline - November 15, 2020 / 15/11/2020In collaboration with the Open Access journals of Frontiers (www.frontiersin.org) we are bringing together a selected group of international experts to contribute to an article collection on: "Citizen Science and Social Innovation: Mutual Relations, Barriers, Needs, and Development Factors" The manuscript submission deadline is 15 December 2020. Visit…
Deadline - August 31, 2020 / 15/11/2020Guest Edited by Magdelane Kania-Lundholm (Dalarna University College, Sweden) & Helen Manchester (University of Bristol, UK)Scholars agree that information technologies, digital devices and mediated systems of communication have profoundly shaped societies on all levels and later life is no exception. However, to date, the majority of scholarship addressing old age and digital technologies has focused either on issues pertaining to inequalities and digital divides or…
Conference/Meeting - New Pathways in Retirement Research: Innovative Perspectives on Social Inequalities and the Distribution of Transitional Risks (Research Topic)Deadline - July 31, 2020 / 15/11/2020Editors: Anna Wanka, Moritz Hess, David Lain About this Research Topic The transition from work to retirement remains one of the major turning points within an individual's life course, as it entails a variety of significant changes. Income and occupational prestige may decrease, but so does work-related stress; similarly, work-related social networks may loosen, but private…
Conference/Meeting - PhD Workshop: An exploration of methodological issues in the study of age and ageingDeadline - April 16, 2020 / 15/11/2020Call for applications PhD workshop, 24.-26.8. Jyväskylä, Finland An exploration of methodological issues in the study of age and ageing Organized by the ESA Research Network on Ageing in Europe and the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (CoE AgeCare). Overview We invite PhD students and early-career…
Conference/Meeting - Sustainable Care International Conference 2020Deadline - September 16, 2019 / 5 PM BSTCare: challenges and solutions for a sustainable future Around the world, arrangements for the care of people who need help to manage daily life are evolving. Care is needed ‘at home’ and ‘across continents’; it must meet the needs of individuals and of families and communities; it must be possible…
Conference/Meeting - Gender, Work & Organization - 11th Biennial International Interdisciplinary ConferenceDate - June 24, 2020Deadline - November 01, 2019 / 5 PM BSTFind more information here: 2020-GWO-Call-for-Abstracts-Gendered-Ageism-and-DisAbleism-in-the-Workplace-1
Conference/Meeting - Special Issue in Gérontologie et société "Older people and the end-of-life" Deadline - December 09, 2019 / 5 PM BSTCoordinators of this issue: Frédéric BALARD, Pierre MOULIN and Cherry SCHRECKER
Chief editors: Frédéric BALARD and Aline CORVOL
Editorial committee: Pascal ANTOINE, Frédéric BALARD, Pascale BREUIL, Catherine CALECA, Arnaud CAMPÉON, Christophe CAPUANO, Aline CHAMAHIAN, Aline CORVOL, Olivier DUPONT, Roméo FONTAINE, Agathe GESTIN, Fabrice GZIL, Dominique KERN, Pascal LAMBERT, Sylvie MOISDON-CHATAIGNER, Bertrand PAUGET, Sophie PENNEC, Bertrand QUENTIN, Alain ROZENKIER, Dominique SOMME, Benoît VERDON
Editorial coordination: Hélène TROUVÉ and Valérie ZILLIQuestions related to the end-of-life have given rise to numerous articles in scientific reviews and to extended ethical, legal and political debates. The aim of this special issue is to problematize this vast subject in the area of gerontology. We would like to consider this question from two points of…
Conference/Meeting - 4th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN)Date - September 09, 2019Deadline - April 12, 2019 / 5 PM BSTThe aging of societies across Europe is not only fundamentally changing the demographic composition of populations as a whole, but also the structure of the workforces within. As working populations are ageing and simultaneous shrinking, the quest of extending working lives and - as rather new phenomena - enabling post-retirement…
Conference/Meeting - Health, Morbidity and Mortality in Europe -- and BeyondDate - September 04, 2019Deadline - March 15, 2019 / 5 PM BSTOn behalf of the European Association for Population Studies Working Group on Health, Morbidity and Mortality; ISA RC41 (Soiology of Population) and the local organising committee at the Medizinische Hochschule, Hanover are pleased to announce a workshop on "Health, Morbidity and Mortality in Europe – and Beyond”, to be held…