Contributed on February 7, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
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…
Contributed on January 25, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
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…
Contributed on January 24, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
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…
Contributed on January 6, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. 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 January 4, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
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…
Contributed on January 4, 2017 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
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…
Contributed on December 15, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
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…
Contributed on November 9, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. Articles
Dear Researchers COST Action CA15122 - Reducing Old-Age Social Exclusion: Collaborations in Research and Policy (ROSEnet) invites Researchers from Participating COST Countries to submit applications for the 1st call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSM) Applications for missions occurring between 1st December 2016 and 31st March 2017. Purpose of a STSM STSM are aimed at…
Contributed on November 2, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
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…
Contributed on October 27, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. Articles
Workshop for PhD students: “Life-course influences on retirement: Researchers' and stakeholders' perspectives” Helsinki, Finland, May 17-19, 2017 The European population is ageing rapidly. This demographic change creates challenges to workplaces and pension schemes, among others. The diminishing number or workers and the growing number of retirees are of special concern, because…
