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…
Contributed on October 11, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
The Centre for Innovative Ageing is hosting the British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017 at the Bay Campus of Swansea University from the 5th-7th July. This international conference draws over 300 national and international delegates at the forefront of research, practice and policy regarding ageing and older adults. The…
Contributed on October 7, 2016 by Ignacio Madero-Cabib. News
A new book to raise awareness of ways to healthy ageing has been published by Dr Barbara Humberstone, Professor of Sociology of Sport and Outdoor Education, and Dr Maria Konstantaki, Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition. ‘Ageing, Physical Activity, Recreation and Wellbeing’ features a collection of studies which focus on the…
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…
