Contributed on August 22, 2018 by Anna Wanka. News
Guest Edited by EVA SOOM AMMANN (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)Call for contributions for an upcoming special issue in the Journal of Ageing and Later Life (IJAL): MEDIA DISCOURSES ON INEQUALITIES IN OLD-AGE CARE Guest Edited by EVA SOOM AMMANN (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) in collaboration with the IMISCOE ‘Ageing Migrants’ Standing Committee (https://www.imiscoe.org/what-imiscoe-does/research/standing-committees/149-ageing-migrants-demography-welfare-and-agency) This special issue aims to…
Contributed on June 13, 2018 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
The Executive Committee of RC11 is pleased to announce that the winners of the Emerging Scholar Paper Award are: Patricia Homan "Rethinking the role of childhood SES in adult health: Integrating existing theories with life course perspectives on the disablement process" Ella Schwartz "The reciprocal relationship between social connectedness…
Contributed on April 26, 2018 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
Against the backdrop of demographic ageing, ageing research itself is transforming. While widely used concepts such as models of disengagement and active ageing have been heavily critizied for their “crypto-normativity” (Kolland & Amann, 2014), more recent approaches within a ‘cultural gerontology’ put emphasis on the subjective experience, identity construction and…
Contributed on March 26, 2018 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
Extending working life is one of the most important policy measures recommended to respond to population ageing, and the sustainability of social protection systems, in particular pension and health care systems. However, the differential impacts of these policies for various social groups and across different social policy regimes have yet…
Contributed on March 26, 2018 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
Both childhood and aging studies have gained importance during the past decades. However, they are hardly ever thought together. We believe that bringing together perspectives from both ends of the life-course can create fruitful new insights. This is not to say that children and older people share the same needs…
Contributed on December 7, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
The Executive Committee of Research Committee 11 (Sociology of Aging) of the International Sociological Association announces a competition for a conference participation award for best original research paper by an emerging scholar for presentation at the 2018 World Congress of Sociology 15-21 July, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. Emerging scholars include…
Contributed on October 20, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
CHANGING DEMOGRAPHY <-> CHANGING FAMILIES Conference website: https://singaporerc0641.nus.edu.sg/index.php Deadline for submission of abstract: November 1, 2017 ISA research committees on Family (RC06) and Population (RC41) will have its first joint meeting in Singapore hosted by the National University of Singapore Centre for Family and Population Research (NUS CFPR). We welcome…
Contributed on October 20, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
Call for Papers: Contextualizing Productive Aging in Asia Social Science & Medicine invites submissions to a special issue devoted to examining the determinants of productive aging and the health benefits of engagement in Asia. Submission Submit an extended abstract of about 800 words by October 31, 2017 that clearly states:…
Contributed on September 6, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. Blogs, News
Announcement of RC11 Emerging Scholar Paper Award for Aging Research The Executive Committee of Research Committee 11 (Sociology of Aging) of the International Sociological Association announces a competition for a conference participation award for best original research paper by an emerging scholar for presentation at the 2018 World Congress…
Contributed on July 26, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting a paper to the Research Committee on the Sociology of Aging (RC11) for the upcoming World Congress of Sociology, July 15-21, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. Abstracts must be submitted by September 30, 2017 on-line at the following url: https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Symposium448.html Please cut and past the url…