Program - Transitions in ageing: An interdisciplinary framework for research (original) (raw)

The program offers lectures with discussion, methodological workshops, PhD students’ presentations, supervision sessions, and collaborative writing groups. The participants will be actively involved in all the sessions. PhD students will work together to develop a collaborative proposal and exploit new knowledge and insights provoked by the school.

Monday – 01/09

Interdisciplinarity and complexity

Tuesday – 02/09

Sociology of ageing

Wednesday – 03/09

Education and learning

Thursday – 04/09

Care, services and technologies

Friday- 05/09

Critical gerontology

9.00- 10.00

Welcome and presentations

Meeting the faculty and participants

The program and housekeeping

Invited keynote

Social determinants and intersectionality: An interdisciplinary approach

Daniel Holman, University of Sheffield

Discussion

Invited keynote

Reflecting on a half a century of transitions: A bibliometric analysis of Educational Gerontology

Hugo-Henrik Hachem, Linköping University

Discussion

Transitions in needs and care: Service models,, cross-sectoral collaborations and long-term care

Amelia Compagni, Maria Vittoria Bufali, Elisabetta Notarnicola, Bocconi University

Discussion

Critical approaches to researching transitions

Davide Lucantoni, INRCA

Davide Cino, Unimib

Discussant: Hugo-Henrik Hachem

10.00-11.00

Interdisciplinarity and complexity: possibilities and challenges

Laura Formenti, University of Milano Bicocca

Discussion

New approaches to the life-course in sociology

Tiziana Nazio, Eastern Piedmont University, University of Turin

Discussion

Education, care and professional training . Insights from ESREA networks ELOA, RedaNet and LHBN

Maria Gravani, Open University of Cyprus

Larissa Jogi, University of Tallin

Discussion

Invited keynote

Socio-technical reconfigurations of care and ageing: Critical perspectives

Gunhild Tøndel, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Discussion

Proposals for interdisciplinary research on transitions in later life

Groups’ presentations and discussion

11.00

Coffee break

11.30-12.30

Invited keynote

Doing transitions in ageing

Anna Wanka, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Methodological insights from a longitudinal study on older adults’ quality of life

Emanuela Sala, Milano Bicocca

Transformative learning in transitions: self-awareness, well-being, and relationships

Vanna Boffo, University of Florence

Discussion

Doing research on technology-mediated care

Cristina Mele, University of Naples, Federico II

Groups’ presentations and discussion

Using quantitative data to track transitions: some examples

Paolo Berta, Milano Bicocca

Discussion

Territorial issues and longevity: focus on the accessibility to services

Stefania Bandini, Milano Bicocca

Discussion

12.30 -13.00

Informal conversations, supervision

Closure of school

Lunch buffet 13.00-14.00

14.00-15.30

Research projects

Presentations from the participants, questions, keywords and links to the topic of the summer school (I part): Sarrah Bock, Daniele Bonaiuti, Elisa Bruni, Francesco Casotti, Debora Daddi, Cristina Dülfer, Smilla Henning.

Parallel methodological workshops

1. Statistical approaches and datasets (Tiziana Nazio, Francesca Donati, UPO)

2. Using quantitative and qualitative data to create “personas” (Amelia Compagni, Maria Vittoria Bufali, Bocconi)

Parallel methodological workshops

1. Is surveilling caring? Critical discourse analysis of monitoring technologies for older adults (Davide Cino, Unimib)

2. Grasping micro, meso, and macro-transitions: biographical approaches (Laura Formenti, Unimib)

Parallel methodological workshops

1. Participatory research for policy making (Davide Lucantoni, INRCA)

2. Participatory research in technological design (Cristina Mele, Marialuisa Marzullo, UNINA)

Coffee break

16.00-17.30

Research projects

Presentations from the participants, questions, keywords and links to the topic of the summer school (II part): Francesca Loberto, Lara Ozer, Andrea S. Papan, Annalisa Pasini, Christel Schachter, Nina Tusek.

Task 1 – Group work

Merging different perspectives on transitions, sharing research questions

Task 2 – Group work

Building a shared definition of concepts, creating a map

Task 3 – Group work

Preparing a prompt for interdisciplinary research on transitions in later life

17.30-18.00

Forming 4 groups

Wrap-up and adaptations to the program

Evening

Aperitif at Villa del Grumello

Free time

Social dinner

Free time