WHeRL is a three-year academic research project led by the Institute of Gerontology at King’s College London, in partnership with 5 other institutions. The Pensions Policy Institute will be holding a Roundtable to discuss the current findings from the PPI stream. This research looks at how gender differences in llifecourses affect income in retirement, including… Read more »
Cabinet Room, King's College, Virginia Woolf Building, 22 Kingsway, London WC2B 6LEDr. Gayan Perera will be presenting at the European Psychiatirc Associaiton (EPA) Epidemiology section meeting on the 1st December 2016 at 2 pm on “Paid employment and common mental disorders: analysis of 15 years of national data (1993-2007)”
Scandic Opalen, Gothenburg, SwedenLawrence Sacco will present a poster at the Stockholm Stress Center Annual Workshop on the 7th of September. The poster will display early findings from his doctoral research on engagement in paid work, volunteering and informal care provision in mid to late life in Britain.
Radisson Blu Royal Park Hotel, Stockholm, SwedenKeynote speaker. I discussed the many inter-relationships between ageing and economics, and presented some of the WHERL findings on transitions (chronograms of labour working status for men and women – https://wherl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/IAGG-WHERL-presentation.pdf).
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa RicaI was the guest keynote speaker at this event, where I presented the Age UK’s Index of Well-being in Later Life.
Fundación Omar Dengo, San José, Costa RicaLawrence Sacco will present a poster at the ProWorkNet Annual Conference in Sigtuna (31 August – 1 September). Lawrence will present findings from his doctoral research on the engagement in paid and unpaid work in mid to late life in Britain, using a life-course approach.
Hotel Kristina, Rektor Cullbergs väg 1, Sigtuna, Swedenicap_wherl_presentation
BMICH Hall, Colombo, Sri Lankaicap_wherl_presentation BMICH Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Wellbeing, Health, and Later Life Work from a Cross-National Comparative Perspective Sunday, 10 July 2016: 14:15-15:45 Location: Hörsaal BIG 1 (Main Building) RC11 Sociology of Aging (host committee) The WHERL team presented new findings at an invited symposium of the International Sociological Association, Research Committee 11 (RC-11, Sociology of Ageing) led by Professor Karen Glaser… Read more »
Vienna, Austria