Aging & Social Change: Fourteenth Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, 18-20 September 2024
Conference Welcome, Aging & Social Change: Twelfth Interdisciplinary Conference, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 22-23 September 2022
Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
Talking Circle, Aging & Social Change: Ninth Interdisciplinary Conference, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 16-17 September 2019
Talking Circle, Aging & Social Change: Twelfth Interdisciplinary Conference, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 22-23 September 2022

Founded in 2011, the Aging & Social Change Research Network is a forum for discussion of challenges and opportunities for a rapidly growing segment of the population worldwide. The process of aging is a concern for individuals, families, communities, and nations. The social context of aging provides a rich background for community dialogue on this, one of the critical questions of our time. As a Research Network, we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

Research Network Chairs

We are thankful for the leadership of the following Research Network Chairs.

Andreas Motel-Klingebiel

Andreas Motel-Klingebiel

Current Chair and Editor

(2017 - )

Sharon Wray

Sharon Wray

Founding Chair and Editor

(2011-2016)

Conferences

  • 2011 - University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • 2012 - UBC-Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada
  • 2013 - University Center, Chicago, USA
  • 2014 - Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, UK
  • 2015 - Catholic University of America, Washington D.C., USA
  • 2016 - Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
  • 2017 - University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
  • 2018 - Toyo University, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2019 - University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  • 2020 - UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada (Virtual)
  • 2021 - UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada (Virtual)
  • 2022 - Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
  • 2023 - Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
  • 2024 - University of Galway, Galway, Ireland

Plenary Speakers

The Aging & Social Change Conference has a rich history of featuring leading and emerging voices from the field, including:

John L. Graham

John L. Graham

Director of Centre for Global Leadership, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, USA
(2011)

Sharon Wray

Sharon Wray

Reader in Sociology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
(2012)

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Director, Aging, Mobility, & Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
(2012)

Katja Heinemann

Katja Heinemann

Project Co-Director, The Greying of AIDS, New York City, USA
(2013)

James Nazroo

James Nazroo

Honorary Professor, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
(2014)

John M. Thompson

John M. Thompson

Executive Director, Midlands Community Development Corporation, Columbia, USA
(2015)

Joakim Palme

Joakim Palme

Professor, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
(2016)

Susanne Iwarsson

Susanne Iwarsson

Professor & Director, Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
(2016)

Kieran Walsh

Kieran Walsh

Acting Director, Irish Centre for Social Gerontology; Director, Project Lifecourse, Institute for Lifecourse and Society
(2017)

Amanda Grenier

Amanda Grenier

Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work; The Norman and Honey Schipper Chair, Gerontological Social Work; Senior Scientist, Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto, Canada
(2019)

Partners

Over the years Aging & Social Change Research Network has had the pleasure of working with the following organizations: