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Researching Ageing Societies (DL)

When you'll study it
Semester 1
CATS points
20
ECTS points
10
Level
Level 7
Module lead
Elisabeth Schroeder-Butterfill
Academic year
2022-23

Module overview

Students will gain an understanding of the individual, social, economic and political implications of population ageing by examining substantive and research methods issues around end-of-life care; changing family forms and diverse lifestyles; they will investigate the contributions of older people, such as their social and economic participation, and caregiving in later life; and gain an appreciation of the diverse meanings and experiences of ageing over the lifecourse by examining ageing through the lenses of ethnicity, gender, socio-economic group and sexual identity, and discussing the methods, data, ethical implications and research impact opportunities of conducting empirical research on such issues.

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