Aging & Social Change: Fifteenth Interdisciplinary Conference

  • Aging, Intergenerational Solidarity and the Polycrisis
  • 22-24 October 2025
  • Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden + Online

2025 Themes and Special Focus

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.

We invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, or colloquia addressing one of the following themes or special focus

  • 2025 Special Focus—Aging, Intergenerational Solidarity and the Polycrisis
  • Theme 1: Economic and Demographic Perspectives on Aging
  • Theme 2: Public Policy and Public Perspectives on Aging
  • Theme 3: Medical Perspectives on Aging, Health, Wellness
  • Theme 4: Social and Cultural Perspectives on Aging

Participate as a Presenter

For over 10 years, we've offered a place for exploring the dynamic interplay between aging and society. We welcome returning and new members to add their voices to the conversation.

In-Person: In-Person presentations will be delivered onsite. We offer innovative formats for a range of presentation styles.

Online Only: online presentations will be delivered and viewed online as asynchronous digital media. Online Only presenters also have discussion boards to structure conversations and access to other online activities.

Conference as Archive: we'll capture and add as much content as possible on the conference microsite. While it's a requirement for online-only presenters, we strongly encourage in-person presenters to pre-record and upload their presentations to the conference microsite. The conference microsite becomes an archive to which delegates and Research Network members can return anytime.

With this step-by-step guide, we walk you through the new phases pre/during/post-conference to ensure you have a productive conference.

Participate as an Audience Member

Audience Passes are for those who want to benefit from the content, connect with presenters, and join the discussion. Audience members will also be recognized in the program for their participation. We welcome returning and new members to add their voices to the conversation.

In-Person: participate in innovative in-person formats, plenaries, talking circles, garden conversations, and on a human scale. You will also have access to all online-only content.

Online Only: gain access to live and recorded presentations, welcome addresses, plenaries, and curated thematic content -- from any place and in your own time.

Conference as Archive: we'll capture and add as much content as possible on the conference microsite. And you can help here too. If you do not see digital media on a presenter page, you can request it from the presenter. You can also add comments to discussion boards of all content. The conference microsite becomes an archive to which delegates and Research Network members can return anytime.

Publication Opportunities

All accepted proposals are eligible to be submitted to The Journal of Aging and Social Change. And authors, reviewers, and Research Network members gain subscriber access to the collection.

We are working to change how knowledge is produced, validated, and shared within member-based Research Networks.

The Journal of Aging and Social Change offers pathways to transform your presentation into formal research objects. We also offer several affordable Open Access pathways to allow maximum flexibility to support principles of open research and funder mandates.

2025 Important Dates

We welcome the submission of proposals at any time of the year. The dates below serve as a guideline for proposal submission based on our corresponding registration deadlines. All proposals will be reviewed within two to four weeks of submission.

Proposal & Registration Dates

Proposal Deadlines

Advance Proposal Deadline 22 December 2024
Early Proposal Deadline 22 March 2025
Regular Proposal Deadline 22 July 2025
Late Proposal Deadline 22 September 2025

Registration Deadlines

Advance Registration Deadline 22 January 2025
Early Registration Deadline 22 April 2025
Regular Registration Deadline 22 September 2025
Late Registration Deadline 22 October 2025

Digital Media Deadline

All Presenters (In-Person and Online Only) are asked to upload Digital Media (a video of the presentation as embed code, MP4, PowerPoint, or PDF) to their Presentation pages. This content will be delivered and viewed online as asynchronous digital media. We require presenters to add their digital media to their Presenter Page at least one week before the conference start date, as our Program Development Team will review all media.

Tips on how to upload digital media to you your CGScholar Presenter Page. Take the link to the Event Microsite Guide to find out more.

Digital Media Deadline 15 October 2025

Submit Your Proposal

Use the button below to submit a proposal for review.