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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 speakersGloria 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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