Conference Description:

Aging & Social Change: Fifteenth Interdisciplinary Conference, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden, 25-26 September, 2025

Aging & Social Change: Fifteenth Interdisciplinary Conference is a forum for discussion of challenges and opportunities for a rapidly growing segment of the population worldwide. The process of aging is a concern for individuals, families, communities, and nations. The social context of aging provides a rich background for community dialogue on this, one of the critical questions of our time. We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries.

Aging & Social Change: Fifteenth Interdisciplinary Conference features research addressing the following annual themes and special focus:

2025 Special Focus—Aging, Intergenerational Solidarity and the Polycrisis

Theme 1: Promoting Active Aging

Theme 2: Ensuring Quality Long-Term Care

Theme 3: Beyond Technology for Aging Societies

Theme 4: Aging and the Multi-Faceted Challenges Posted by Climate Change

Theme 5: Older People in Emergency Situations

Theme 6: Mainstreaming Aging