The Age-Globe Network is a interdisciplinary international research network of well-established academics, early career researchers, NGOs and stakeholders engaging with one another in order to address critically important demographic issues in India, UK and Netherlands, at the intersection of two key themes: 'population, ageing and migration' and 'health and well-being'. The overarching objective is to examine ageing and well-being in a globalized world through the:
Comparison of demographic scenarios on ageing in India, UK and Netherlands, and drawing implications for social policy
Situation of ageing and exchange of care in the context of global migration, with a specific focus on the well-being of people 'left behind'
Examination of the extent of intergenerational exchanges and the transmission of health vulnerabilities between generations, particularly in co-residential households
Application of a participatory research approach for knowledge transfer, by including relevant societal stakeholders.
Project Overview
The Network research is located in the following work packages:
Work packages
Knowledge base on ageing in India and Europe
Ageing and migration: well-being of people left behind
Ageing, health and intergenerational care
Participatory research approach in healthy ageing
The Network uses both quantitative and qualitative approaches and data to investigate ageing and well-being in a globalised world through the comparison of the situation of older people living in India, UK and Netherlands. The activities of the Network are wide ranging, including the organisation of international workshops on thematic areas, conference research presentations, research seminars, journal articles, briefing papers, and capacity building workshops such as the on the workshop on ‘Use of mixed methods in ageing research’ in Hyderabad 2-6 June 2015, which was attended by over 50 Indian early career researchers.
University of Groningen
ISEC
University of Southampton
Centre for Development Studies
The Age-Globe research Network comprises of research teams from the Population Research Centre, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; the Population Research Centre, Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India; the Centre for Research on Ageing and ESRC Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; and the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India.
First Network Meeting: Center for Development Studies, Trivandrum, 10-12 January 2013, “Ageing and well-being in a globalizing world”
Work package 1: Knowledge base on Ageing (Maria Evandrou, K. S. James, Lekha Subaiya and Aravinda Guntupalli)
Work package 2: Migration and Ageing (Irudaya S. Rajan, Ajay Bailey and Athina Vlachantoni)
Work package 3: Ageing, health and intergenerational care (Sabu Padmadas, U.S. Mishra, Hinke Haisma and T.S. Syamala)
Cross-cutting work packages: (Inge Hutter for participatory approach; Jane Falkingham on policy)
Discussion on the management of the network and budget issues (Inge Hutter, K. S. James, S. Irudaya Rajan, Maria Evandrou and Ajay Bailey)
Second Network Meeting: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, Den Haag, 28 February 2014, “Ageing in a Globalizing World Age”
Theme 1: Living arrangements of older adults
Theme 2: Health, out of pocket expenditure and NCD burden among older adults
Theme 3: Care giving, receiving and migration
Theme 4: Social security
Third Network Meeting: The Carlton Hotel, 28-30 June 2015, “Ageing, Health and Social Care in India and Europe”
Living Arrangement Concordance and wellbeing of older persons in India (T.S. Syamala and Ajay Bailey)
Characteristic features of Accommodation of Elderly in Indian Households (U.S. Mishra and Sanchita Mukherjee)
Emerging Living Arrangements of Elderly in India: Patterns and Welfare Implications (K.S. James and Sanjay Kumar)
Midway between Manchester and Mumbai: the living arrangements of older Indians living in the UK (Evandrou, M., Falkingham, J., Feng, Z., James, K. S. and Vlachantoni, A.)
Ethnic inequalities in health in later life revisited (Evandrou, M., Falkingham, J., Feng, Z., James, K. S. and Vlachantoni, A.)
Ethnic differentials in health: the additional effect of ethnic density (Feng, Z., Evandrou, M., Falkingham, J., James, K. S. and Vlachantoni, A.)
Two decades on: the continuing health disadvantage of South Asian elders (Evandrou, M., Falkingham, J., Feng, Z., James, K. S. and Vlachantoni, A.)
Health status and Health Care Management among Elderly with Migrant Children in Urban India (Jyoti S. Hallad, Ajay Bailey and K. S. James)
All my children responsibilities are over!: life course obligations and life satisfaction among older adults with migrant children in India (Ajay Bailey, Jyoti Hallad and K.S. James)
Interpreting the landscape of care for older men in Delhi and Kolkata: Perspective from care receivers and care providers (Selim Jehangir, Anindita Datta and Ajay Bailey)
Is the phenomenon of care reversal and self care happening in India (Aravinda Guntupalli and Saseendran Pallikadavath)
Older women in India: An exploration of the transition to widowhood (Lekha Subaiya)
Elderly: Does Count or Characteristics Matter? (U.S. Mishra and Atish Kumar Dash)
Disability Free Life Expectancy Among the Elderly (Irudaya S. Rajan and Anjana Anish)
A South Indian disadvantage? Differences in occupational pension membership in the UK (Vlachantoni, A., Feng, Z., Evandrou, M. and Falkingham, J.)
Extending the network India (Siva Raju-TISS and Sanjay Kumar-UNFPA)
