The first EuroAgeism Training School provides partners, beneficiaries and early stage researchers (ESRs) with chances to foster dialogue in a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral research environment. Topics discussed and the variety of activities during the training:
- support academic interdisciplinary understanding of the phenomenon of ageism,
- provide chances for partners, beneficiaries and supervisors to exchange views and targets, and
- provide key academic and transferable skills to all 15 ESRs.
The joint seminar: ‘ Ageism in society: practices, policies and interventions ‘ introduces participants to
- Theoretical and empirical accounts concerning multi-disciplinary settings and contexts in which ageism occurs (eg, workforce, health care, long-term care, social care, media); and
- Policies and practices related to ageism and older adults at the international, national, and municipal levels.
The training seeks to help the ESRs to reflect upon the dilemmas and challenges of their research plans and to make informed decisions concerning the next steps of their research. The first Training School includes a wide range of transferable skills, such as academic writing and publishing, research management and communication & poster-making skills. Discussions of ethical challenges are a further red thread running across the sessions.
The training week aims to ensure that all ESRs have a strong, shared and comparable base in the field of ageism so that they can continue the collaboration with each other and the project supervisors and beneficiaries, using digital and nondigital technology. In all, the training week provides a solid foundation on which to build further training sessions.
Dates: 12 – 16 February 2019
Venue: Tampere University, Finland
Street address: Kalevantie 4, Tampere
http://www.uta.fi/en (starting 1st of Jan https://www.tuni.fi/en )
Training Materials/Recordings
Vitalija Gaucaite Wittich.2019
Combating ageism by extending the integrated life-course perspective | Kai Leichsenring
EuroAgesim as a means of putting Ageism onto the map of policy-making | Liat Ayalon
Human rights do not diminish with age: Challenges to combat ageism | Maciej Kucharczyk
Leaving no one behind: Seizing an opportunity to combat ageism | Vitalija Gaucaite Wittich
