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COMMUNITY AND SPACE IN SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN LATER LIFE

The journal Sociální studia / Social Studies is announcing a call for papers for a monothematic issue with the working title Community and space in social exclusion in later life. The editors of the issue are Lucie Vidovicová (Masaryk University) and Isabelle Tournier (Université du Luxembourg). For this monothematic issue,…

Call for sessions for ISA XIX World Congress of Sociology (Toronto)

Dear RC11 Members, The call for sessions for International Sociological Association’s XIX World Congress of Sociology is now open. Please consider proposing a session on any topic in the area of the Sociology of Ageing. The strict deadline for submitting session proposals is March 15, 2017. The conference will be held…

Call for papers: Conference “Institutional reforms in ageing societies”. Budapest, 8-9 June, 2017.

Organiser: Centre for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. Axel Gosseries (Université Catholique de Louvain), Prof. Rainer Grote (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law, Heidelberg), Prof. Pieter Vanhuysse (Syddansk Universitet, Odense) Deadline for abstract submission: 20 February 2017 Population ageing poses important challenges for…

Call for papers for the PhD students’ workshop “Life-course influences on retirement: Researchers’ and stakeholders’ perspectives” Helsinki, Finland, May 17-19, 2017

Population ageing draws more and more attention to retirement. As the number of retirees increases, retirement becomes a prominent part of life and diverse retirement lifestyles emerge. Societies, states and markets adapt to the increasing number of retirees, for example through pension reforms. Life-course scholars underline that the situation in…

Announcement of RC11 Emerging Scholar Paper Award for Aging Research

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…

New Book: “Delaying Retirement Progress and Challenges of Active Ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan”

To a backdrop of ageing societies, pension crises and labour market reforms, this book investigates how the policy shift from early retirement to active ageing has affected individual retirement behaviour. Focusing on eleven European countries, the United States and Japan, it brings together leading international experts to analyze recent changes…

New Book “Social Research: Paradigms in Action”

Social Research: Paradigms in Action By Norman Blaikie & Jan Priest   Important introduction to social research, unique in helping readers to set the necessary philosophical groundwork to find solutions to social problems Works through the three most common paradigms of social research Includes extensive applications and examples of the paradigms…

Training School COST Action 1409 ‘Gender and health impacts of policies extending working life in western countries’ (Deadline: 18th December 2016)

Call for applications for the 2017 Training School We are happy to announce that the 2017 Training School will take place from March 7th – 10th 2017, at the Centre for Demographic Studies, located on the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. A detailed schedule of the TS…

Recruitment of pre-doctoral fellows for Purdue’s dual-title PhD program in Sociology and Gerontology

Purdue University is actively seeking candidates for our Dual-Title PhD program in Sociology and Gerontology.  Graduate students build disciplinary depth in sociology while integrating interdisciplinary breadth in gerontology. Recent Purdue PhD graduates of this program hold faculty positions at top universities, including Minnesota, Toronto, Baylor, Iowa State, and Chung-Ang. In…