Aging and Society: Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference
- 2014 Special Focus: Diversity in Aging
- 7–8 November 2014
- The Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, UK
Days of paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters, and colloquia.
Delegates from all over the world who attended the Aging and Society: Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference.
Countries represented.
The special focus of this year's conference is "Diversity and Aging." This focus seeks to explore the social and cultural diversity in later life in the topic areas of sexuality, ethnicity, culture, gender and health. There are two main questions that also arise in relation to diversity and aging. The first is what are the experiences of aging that tend to be marginalized in research and practice? The second is how do we challenge the ideas and concepts about the aging process and seek out new ways of understanding aging? Exploring these issues and questions will shed light on the complex and dynamic nature of experiences of aging and address gaps in existing research and knowledge.
The Aging and Society: Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Professor, Sociology, University of Manchester, UK
"Ethnic/Racial Inequalities in Later Life: What Can We Learn From the UK?"
Associate Director, Centre for Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield, UK
"Ageing Across the Life Course: The Significance of Difference and Diversity"
For each conference, a small number of Graduate Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for graduate students at this stage in their academic careers. The 2014 Graduate Scholar Awardees are listed below.
Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
La Trobe University, Bendigo Campus, Australia
University of Sydney, Australia
University of Illinois-Chicago, USA
University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
University of Westminster, UK
Institute of Technology, Ireland
Dresden Leibniz Graduate School, Germany
University of Lincoln, UK
National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan