Contributed on August 17, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
Dear Colleagues, This Special Issue of Societies invites manuscripts of original research that explore “aging futures” through critical and interdisciplinary perspectives from the social sciences or humanities. According to Nikolas Rose, “contemporary biopolitics is infused with futurity, saturated with anticipations of imagined futures”. How such biopolitics is connected to age…
Contributed on August 12, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
Dr. Pei-Chun KoDate: 13 Mar 2017 - 14 Mar 2017 Venue: Asia Research Institute, Seminar Room AS8, Level 4, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260 “Productive Aging” emphasizes older adults’ engagement in productive activities, including working, care giving, volunteering or helping in later life. Asian countries (especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia)…
Contributed on August 12, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
Prof. Loretta Baldassar, Dr. Raelene WildingWe would like to invite students interested in doing a PhD associated with our ARC project to collaborate with us to apply for a Forrest scholarship (http://www.forrestresearch.org.au/). Ageing and New Media: A New Analysis of Older Australians’ Support Networks is a collaborative research project coordinated by Loretta Baldassar (Anthropology and Sociology,…
Contributed on August 5, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. Articles
Hal Kendig, James NazrooThe papers contained in this special issue of the Journal of Population Ageing originated in a session held at the 2014 International Sociological Association Conference, for which we organised a symposium for the Research Committee on Sociology of Aging, sharing the same title as this editorial. The main motivation for the symposium,…
Contributed on June 2, 2016 by Virpi Timonen. Books
Virpi Timonen, Trinity College DublinThis controversial book argues that concepts such as ‘successful’ and ‘active’ ageing - ubiquitous terms in research, marketing and policy making concerned with older adults – are potentially dangerous paradigms that reflect and exacerbate inequalities in older populations.This author presents a new theory to make sense of the popularity of…
Contributed on November 29, 2015 by Virpi Timonen. Articles
Kristine Theurer, Ben Mortenson, Robyn Stone, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen and Julia RozanovaLoneliness and depression are serious mental health concerns across the spectrum of residential care, from nursing homes to assisted and retirement living. Psychosocial care provided to residents to address these concerns is typically based on a long-standing tradition of ‘light’ social events, such as games, trips, and social gatherings, planned and implemented by…
Contributed on October 5, 2015 by Virpi Timonen. News
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Contributed on October 1, 2015 by Virpi Timonen. News
The Syracuse University publication "Maxwell Perspective" has featured an article on the Aging Families, Changing Families conference that the RC11 Vide-President Merril Silverstein hosted in June 2015. Read on from page 12!
Contributed on September 15, 2015 by Sandra Torres. Books
Karl, U. & Torres, S. (Eds.) (2015). Ageing in Contexts of Migration. Routledge.
Contributed on August 24, 2015 by Kathrin Komp. News
Komp, K., & Johansson, S. (Eds.) (2015), Population ageing from a lifecourse perspective. Critical and international approaches. Bristol: Policy Press. Populations around the globe are ageing rapidly. This demographic shift affects families, market structures and social provisions. This timely volume, part of the Ageing and the Lifecourse series, argues that the lifecourse perspective helps us understand the causes and effects of population ageing. The lifecourse perspective suggests that individuals’ experiences…
