Contributed on March 21, 2022 by Anna Wanka. Posted in Jobs
Uppsala University welcomes applications for a doctoral student position in sociology with a specialization in social gerontology, i.e. social scientific studies focusing on older people, aging and/ eldercare. The Department seeks to appoint one candidate with excellent academic merits who can demonstrate their potential for research in this specific area…
Contributed on February 4, 2022 by Anna Wanka. Posted in Calls for Papers, Meetings
Both childhood and age(ing) research have gained momentum during the past decades and have developed a range of conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches. However, even though both work on the ‘margins of the life course’, exchange between them is still scarce. The Linking Ages initiative hence wants to initiate a…
Contributed on June 10, 2021 by Anna Wanka. Articles
Ageing & Society is a leading interdisciplinary and international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the understanding of human ageing and the circumstances of older people in their social and cultural contexts. It draws contributions and has readers from many disciplines including gerontology, sociology, demography, psychology, economics, medicine, social policy and the…
Contributed on April 7, 2021 by Anna Wanka. Posted in Jobs
The DFG-funded Research Training Group ‘Doing Transitions’ at Goethe University Frankfurt and Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen is inviting applications for 2 postdoctoral fellows (f/m/d) (Full-time position at the level of E13 on the German Public Service pay scale) for fixed four-year term beginning October 1, 2021. The Research Training Group ‘Doing Transitions’ investigates how transitions are constituted across the…
Contributed on March 30, 2021 by Anna Wanka. Posted in Calls for Papers
editor Isabella Paoletti PhD, Centro Ricerca e Intervento Sociale NGO, Perugia, Italy www.crisaps.it Realizing the economic, social and cultural rights of older women, as well as their civil and political rights, results in more inclusive and equitable outcomes and helps to tackle more effectively factors driving the social marginalization and exclusion…
Contributed on February 18, 2021 by Anna Wanka. Posted in Calls for Papers
As a response to the unprecedented times and challenges the Covid-19 pandemic has brought, the IFA announces, the first virtual and in-person15th Global Conference, entitled “Rights Matter”. “Rights Matter” represents a critical point of connection for all those fighting for the rights of older people in a time when their value…
Contributed on February 10, 2021 by Anna Wanka.
In the course of the ISA FORUM 2021 (online) the RC11 offers two workshops for interested early career scholars: Please note that because ISA were unable to accommodate a longer session at the ISA FORUM online, we have created our own zoom link for this workshop. We anticipate that colleagues…
Contributed on February 8, 2021 by Anna Wanka. Posted in Calls for Papers
Anna Urbaniak and network member Anna Wanka invite you to submit a chapter proposal for our new book project (to be submitted for publication by Routledge): Doing Ageing Research Together: Innovative Perspectives on Participatory Approaches The aim of the book is to take a closer look at what it means…
Contributed on September 3, 2020 by Anna Wanka. Posted in Jobs
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER OPPORTUNITIES SOCIETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER AT UNIVERSIDAD MAYORPostdoc_Society_and_Health_Research_Center_UM_2020 The Society and Health Research Center at Universidad Mayor (http://ciss.umayor.cl/en/) is seeking to sponsor postdoctoral researchers funded through FONDECYT. The overarching mission of the Society and Health Research Center is to advance well-being at the individual, social, and institutional…
