Population Ageing Affects All Age Groups

The ARK Ageing Programme invites you to a seminar titled ‘Population Ageing Affects All Age Groups’.  Debates on ageing societies mainly focus on the circumstances of older people.  However, this seminar will highlight how population ageing affects everyone.  Professor Pearl Dykstra (Erasmus University Rotterdam) will discuss how demographic changes have strongly altered the social worlds of children, and are creating new opportunities for inter-generational connections.  She will also highlight how age segregation deprives the young of a proper view of mid-life and old age, and produces adults who have little understanding of the young.  Gemma Carney and Paula Devine (ARK Ageing Programme) will present findings from the 2014 Kid’s Life and Times survey - exploring children’s attitudes to age and ageing.  This seminar will take place on Thursday 17th September 2015, from 2.00pm ‑ 4.00pm, in Queen’s University Belfast.  The event is free.  However, places are limited, and must be booked in advance by emailing: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.