The COVID-19 pandemic sets the stage for a gigantic epidemiological, economic, social, and cultural global experiment under which we face a rise of ageism around the world. With mortality risks by COVID-19 being unequally distributed by chronological age, public policies to control the spread of the virus and its consequences for individuals and societies are often focusing on this and apply ageist language and practice, e.g., when defining risk groups or allocating resources. The pandemic and related policies pave the way for an exacerbation of negative stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination towards people because of their age, or at least their social relevance, and have the potential to outlast the health crisis. At the same time, active aging goals, norms, and expectations prevail and create tensions of various kinds, e.g., in late work or elder care with effects for participation/autonomy, well-being, exclusion, and (in)equality. The Aging and Social Change: Tenth Interdisciplinary Conference invites discussion on ageism in times of pandemic from the overall perspective of aging and social change.
Welcome to the Aging & Social Change: Tenth Interdisciplinary Conference (24-25 September 2020). Thank you for adding your voice and committing time to participate. We are trying to offer the best experience with the tools we have in the CG Scholar Aging and Social Change Community page combined with other available digital communication tools. Please keep in mind this is a highly experimental moment. We hope you will watch, comment, and participate.
There are numerous ways you can engage and connect in order to have a fulfilling virtual conference experience.
Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Research Network Chair and Professor, Ageing and Later Life, Department for Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Liat Ayalon, Professor and Deputy Director, School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Norah Keating, Director, Global Social Issues on Ageing, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics; Professor of Rural Ageing, Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University, UK; Co-director, Research on Aging, Policies and Practice, University of Alberta, Canada; Extraordinary Professor, Optentia Research Focus Area, North-West University, South Africa
We are pleased to offer the following live sessions to conference delegates:
Live Plenary Session with Norah Keating
25 September, 7:45 AM US PST / 9:45 AM US CST / 14:45 GMT
Virtual Talking Circle Sessions
25 September, 6:00 AM US CST / 20:00 Japan
10 September, 15:00 US CST/16:00 US EST
Click to Access (Meeting ID: 956 2488 6421 / Password: Aging)
EuroAgeism Panel Presentations
Session 1 - Theorising Tomorrow: Ageism and Older Workers
25 September, 7:00 AM US CST / 14:00 CET
Session 2 - Frailty, Social Care, and Engagement among Older Adults
25 September, 8:30 AM US CST / 15:30 CET
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award, with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for early career academics. The 2020 Emerging Scholar Awardees are listed below.
The Aging & Social Change Research Network is grateful for the foundational contributions, ongoing support, and continued service of the following world-class scholars and practitioners:
We are pleased to announce the following EuroAgeism panel presentation sessions.
25 September (7:00-8:00 AM US CST / 14:00-15:00 CET)
Chairperson: Hanna Kosonen, Tampere University, Finland
Katri Keskinen, Tampere University, Finland
Maria Varlamova, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Federica Previtali, Tampere University, Finland
25 September (8:30-9:30 AM US CST / 15:30-16:30 CET)
Chairperson: Angela Kydd, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
Abodunrin Aminu, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
Laura Allen, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Wanyu Xi, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Wenqian Xu, Linköping University, Sweden
Kathaleen Quinn, Assistant Professor, Social Work, MacEwan School of Social Work, Alberta, Canada
Andrea Rounce, University of Manitoba, Canada
Danielle Cherpako, Graduate student , Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, Canada
Laura Funk, Associate Professor, Sociology and Criminology, University of Manitoba, Canada
Wesley Gruijthuijsen, KU Leuven Primary PhD Researcher, Earth and Environmental Sciences - Division of Geography & Tourism, KU Leuven, Belgium
Jakob D'herde, PhD Student, Department of Architecture, KU Leuven, Belgium
Veerle Draulans, Tilburg University, Netherlands
Dominique Vanneste, Professor of Geography and Tourism, KU Leuven, Belgium
Gargi Ghosh, PhD Research Scholar, College of Nursing, Midwifery, and Healthcare, University of West London, London, United Kingdom
Matthew Sorenson, Professor, College of Nursing, Texas A&M University, Texas, United States
Gaizka Pérez, University of Deusto, Spain
Irtiqua Ali, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Peter F. Eder, Founding Board Member, At Home In Darien, United States
Erin Partridge, Art Therapy, Notre Dame de Namur, United States
Charlotte Lee, Assistant Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Canada
Lori Schindel Martin, Associate Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Canada
Margaret Oldfield, Social Scientist, Disability Scholar, Canada
Alexander Peine, Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Eugene Loos, Associate Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Daniel Lopez Gomez, Associate Professor, Open University of Catalonia, Spain
Stephen Katz, Professor Emeritus, Trent University, Canada
Nicole Dalmer, Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University, Canada
Barb Marshall, Professor, Sociology, Trent University, Canada
Katherine Anthony, PhD Student, School of Education and Gerontology, Iowa State University, United States
Madeline Ryan Smith, Master of Arts in Social Science, Child Development Center, Georgia Southern University, United States
Joelle Saad Lessler, Associate Industry Professor, School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Karen Richman, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, United States
Hamish Robertson, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Milda Galkute, Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
Jonathan Lai, Graduate Student, Human Ecology, University of Alberta, Canada
Felicia Nimue Ackerman, Professor, Philosophy, Brown University, Rhode Island, United States
Dena Davis, Professor, Religion Studies, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, United States
Yukio Sakurai, PhD student, Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Japan
Carla Reyna, Masters Student, California State University, Long Beach, California, United States
Molly Ranney, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, School of Social Work, California State University, Long Beach, California, United States
Theresa Heidinger, Researcher, Gerontolgy, Karl Landsteiner University, Austria
Marianne Paimre, PhD Student/Lecturer, School of Information Technology, Tallinn University, Harjumaa, Estonia
Bethany Adela Joanna Simmonds, Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Sociology, The University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Alexis Lopez, Student, Occupational Therapy, Stanbridge University, California, United States
Sydney Hoang, Student, Master's of Science in Occupational Therapy, Stanbridge University, California, United States
Audrey Jenkins, Student, Occupational Therapy Student, Stanbridge University, California, United States
Madison Wright, Student, MSOT, Stanbridge University, California, United States
Barbra Teater, Professor of Social Work, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, United States
Jill Chonody, Associate Professor, Social Work, Boise State University, Idaho, United States
Izabela Warwas, Head of the Department of Labour and Social Policy, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz, Poland
Virtual Posters present preliminary results of work or projects that lend themselves to visual representations. View the posters below.
Virtual Presentations are grouped by general themes. Each presenter's formal, written paper will be available to participants if accepted to the journal.
Included in conference registration is the opportunity to submit to The Journal of Aging and Social Change. Click the blue button below to learn more and submit your paper.
The Journal of Aging and Social Change is an international journal for aging research. It features articles on the dynamic interplay between aging and society, exploring advances in social and behavioral science on aging, life-course and social change, involving (but not limited to) gerontology, sociology, demography, psychology, economics, communication science, education, epidemiology, public health, biology, nursing and medicine. The Journal of Aging and Social Change is devoted to multi- and interdisciplinary research that centers around social and behavioral science as well as to disciplinary approaches that are compatible and advantageous beyond merely discipline-specific discourses.