HOMeAGE network-wide training sessions are led jointly by non-academic and academic members. A key aim of training events is to establish a research-policy dialogue at the centre of HOMeAGE, which facilitates intersectoral learning outcomes and a pedagogic environment that encapsulates research and policy perspectives. To date four training events have been held and are outlined below.
In orrder to provide a foundational knowledge for addressing all objectives Training Event 1 explored: (1) the conceptualisation of ageing in place in contemporary societies; (2) socio-economic determinants of remaining in place; (3) spatial justice and age-friendly policy for heterogeneous groups; and (4) critical thinking in international policy and scholarly debates on ageing in place. Doctoral Researchers engaged in presentations which laid the foundation and planning for their own individual research projects. Key areas of the research process were also addressed, and included sessions on: gender, diversity and intersectionality; research ethics and research integrity in ageing in place research; Open Science, setting career goals, and policy impact.
Training event 2 focused on Needs and Systems and explored systems in place, with a particular focus on housing, long- term care and related infrastructures. Drawing on international scholars and policy expert contributions, the sessions addressed: (1) components and changes within current support systems that enable ageing in place; and (2) inclusive and participatory approaches in local system development. Keynote contributors for this training event included: Kai Leichsenring (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna, Austria) who spoke on the Challenges of emerging long-term care systems; Stefania Ilinca (World Health Organisation, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark) who delivered a presentation on Long-term care and the universal health coverage agenda; and Rose Gilroy (Newcastle University, UK) who spoke on Strategies and challenges on inclusive and participatory approaches in Housing.
Training event 3 on Home and Belonging explored challenges and opportunities in fostering home and belonging amongst diverse older populations, in diverse contexts. Key contributors to this event included Vanessa Burholt (University of Auckland, New Zealand) who spoke on the Impact of (Dis)embodied Social Presence on Loneliness, Home and Belonging; Melanie Lovatt (Dept. of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK) who looked at how creative and qualitative methods can illuminate understandings of home in later life; Sandra Torres (Dept. of Sociology, Uppsala University, Sweden) who examined Belonging, migration and ageing; Amanda Grenier (Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Canada) who looked at Late-Life Homelessness: Experiences of Disadvantage and Unequal Aging and Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester, UK) who presented on Ageing in the city: Foundations for developing a critical urban gerontology
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