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Sektion Alter(n) und Gesellschaft
der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie |
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European comparative research on ageing – challenges and opportunities Vechta, Germany, June 22-24 – PROGRAMME – |
| 14:00 | Welcome note |
| Prof. Dr. Marianne Assenmacher, President of the University of Vechta, Germany | |
| 14:15 | Introduction |
| Prof. Dr. Harald Künemund, University of Vechta, Germany | |
| Dr. Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, German Centre of Gerontology, Germany | |
| 14:30 | Plenary session I: Micro issues |
| Care and care systems | |
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National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
Prof. Dr. Marja Vaarama, Helsinki, and University of Lapland, Rovaniemi,Finland >> presentation (pdf) |
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Pension poverty: Who is vulnerable and why?
Prof. Dr. Jay Ginn, University of Surrey, United Kingdom >> presentation (pdf) |
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| 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:30 | Paper session I: Micro issues |
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Care situations in different European countries: The impact of formal and informal support
Daniel Lüdicke, Eva Mnich et al., University of Hamburg, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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Marital status and living arrangements of the elderly population in Germany with special emphasis on people in need of care
Uta Ziegler & Gabriele Doblhammer, University of Rostock, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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The issue of loneliness in the elderly from a life course perspective
Leen Heylen, University of Antwerp, Belgium >> presentation (pdf) |
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| 17:30 | Coffee break |
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Senior citizens and young technologies
Dr. Sylvia Korupp, University of Erfurt, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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Active ageing in Europe – Opportunities and challenges by novel technologies
Dr. Norbert Malanowski, European Commission, Joint Research Center, Sevilla, Spain >> presentation (pdf) |
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| Overall discussion | |
| 19:30 | Get together |
| 09:00 | Plenary session II: Meso issues |
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The importance of social context and the overestimation of cross-national differences
Prof. Dr. Theo van Tilburg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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| 09:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:15 | Paper session II: Meso issues |
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Confounding issues in comparative ethnography of older people
Prof. Dr. Ricca Edmondson, National University of Galway, Ireland >> presentation (pdf) |
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Europe’s young old as a resource to the welfare state
Kathrin Komp, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands >> presentation (pdf) |
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Potentials beyond 50: Informal work of the older population in Europe
Stephanie Stuck, University of Mannheim, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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| Overall discussion | |
| 12:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 | Paper session III: Macro issues |
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A pan European perspective on the international political economy of ageing
Dr. Tony Maltby, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom >> presentation (pdf) |
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| 14:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:15 | Paper session III: Macro issues |
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European ageing in the long term perspective
Dr. Zdenek Tomes, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic >> presentation (pdf) |
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Quality of live of elderly in Central and East European countries
Dr. Valentina Hlebec & Ida Lah, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia >> presentation (pdf) part 1 >> part 2 part 3 |
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Political culture in ageing societies – Results of comparative research on the relation of old age and political participation
Ulf Thöle, University of Kassel, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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| 16:15 | Coffee break |
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Public welfare and social change: New trends of elderly care policy in Western Europe
Prof. Dr. Emmanuele Pavolini, University of Ancona & Prof. Dr. Costanzo Ranci, Polytechnic of Milan, Italy |
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Basic pensions: New welfare arrangements for old age security and its outcomes on social inequality
Dr. Ursula Dallinger, University of Hamburg, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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| Overall discussion | |
| 18:30 | Reception at ‘Gut Welpe’ |
| 09:00 | Plenary session IV: Ageing and work |
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Employment in ageing Europe
Dr. Jolanta Perek-Bialas, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland >> presentation (pdf) |
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Labour market policies for older workers – Great Britain and Germany compared
Prof. Dr. Frerich Frerichs, University of Vechta, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Paper session IV: Ageing and work |
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Globalization and the late careers of older workers in OECD countries – Findings from comparative research
Dirk Hofäcker, University of Bamberg, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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Skilled unemployed older individual’s experiences of the jobsearch process in the UK
Kate Hamblin, University of Bath, United Kingdom >> presentation (pdf) |
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| 11:45 | Lunch Break |
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A cross-national study of employment initiatives for an ageing workforce
Andreas Reichert & Mirko Sporket, University of Dortmund, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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Older workers in Germany – no paradigm shift so far. Do other European countries perform better?
Cornelia Spross & Kristina Lang, Institute of Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany >> presentation (pdf) |
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| Overall discussion | |
| 14:00 | Concluding remarks |
| Prof. Dr. Harald Kuenemund, University of Vechta, Germany | |
| Dr. Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, German Centre of Gerontology, Germany | |
| 14:30 | End of conference |
| 15:00 | Business Meeting of the Section on Ageing and Society |