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Aging & Social Change: Sixteenth Interdisciplinary Conference
- 15 – 16 October 2026
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Key facts
Aging & Social Change: Sixteenth Interdisciplinary Conference is a conference held 15 – 16 October 2026 in Akdeniz University, Antalya, Türkiye.
- Dates:
- 15 – 16 October 2026
- Format:
- Hybrid (in person and online)
- Venue:
- Akdeniz University, Antalya, Türkiye
- Subjects:
- Social & Behavioural Sciences, Sociology, Health Sciences
- Official website:
- agingandsocialchange.com/2026-conference
Aging & Social Change: Sixteenth 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.
Conference theme
Demographic Futures: Political and Social Transformations
Objectives
We seek to build an epistemic community where we can make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. As a Research Network we are defined by our scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.
Organising Committee
Research Network Chair:
- Andreas Motel-Klingebiel (Professor, Ageing and Later Life, Department for Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)
Conference Chair:
- Prof. Dr. İsmail Tufan (Founding Chair of Gerontology Departments, Akdeniz University & Muş Alparslan University, President of National Social and Applied Gerontology Association, Turkey)
Conference Co-Chairs:
- Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Korkmaz Yaylagül (Head of Gerontology Department, Akdeniz University, Turkey)
- Dr. Mehmet Efe (Head of Gerontology Department, Muş Alparslan University, Turkey)
Local Host Committee:
- Prof. Dr. Gülüşan Özgün Başıbüyük (Gerontology Department, Akdeniz University)
- Dr. Gökçe Yagmur Güneş Gencer (Gerontology Department, Akdeniz University)
- Dr. Müveddet Konuşkan Bayraktar (Gerontology Department, Muş Alparslan University)
- Dr. Deniz Pamuk (Gerontology Department, Muş Alparslan University)
- Dr. Özlem Özgür (Gerontology Department, Akdeniz University)
- Gülsima Ağıldere Baykal (National Association of Social and Applied Gerontology, International Relations and Projects Coordinator)
Keynote speakers
View speakers- Gloria Gutman (Professor, Director Emerita Simon Fraser University Gerontology Department, Gerontology Research Centre, Vancouver Canada)
- Prof. Dr. İsmail Tufan (Founding Chair of Gerontology Departments, Akdeniz University & Muş Alparslan University, President of National Social and Applied Gerontology Association, Turkey)
- Terence Seedsman (Emeritus Professor, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia)
Organiser and contact
Contact
- Email:
- [email protected]
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