GP4 Closing Conference High-Level Program

8th of June


MENDELU, Orientation Map
Jobst of Luxembourg (horse statue), Meeting Point for City Tour

9th of June

*A detailed schedule for the parallel sessions can be found further down this page

10th of June


Parallel sessions program

Working Group 1: A

Location: Q02
Facilitator: Zuzana Křečková

Digital and Green Transitions in Turkey’s Textile Industry: Implications for Older WorkersAsena Erdoğan
Older Employees in the Digital Transformation Process: A Qualitative Study on Digital Skills and Experiences of Discrimination in Working LifeAyşıl Kabakçı; Yusuf Erdem Tunç
Generational differences in adapting to digitalization in Higher Education workplaceBlerina Hamzallari; Sonila Papathimiu; Dhurata Premti
Digitalization as new social risk for old and young workers:  a comparative analysis for Portugal, Romania, Spain, and TurkeyDaniel Perez del Prado; Muradiye Ates, Esra Kabaklarli, Anabela Mesquita, Gabriela Neagu
Technostress in the Ivory Tower among Older Academics: The State of the Art Based on a Scoping ReviewJolanta Pivoriene; Cristina Maria Tofan; Sylwia Przytuła; Silvana Crivoi; Funda Ergulec; Umar Bin Qushem

Working Group 1: B

Location: Q21
Facilitator: Sylwia Przytuła

Digital Tools for Work–Life Balance Among Informal Caregivers of Older Adults: A Review of ReviewsSirrý Sif Sigurlaugardóttir; Daniela Tatiana Soitu; Jolanta Pivorienė; Nilufer Korkmaz-Yaylagul; Mustafa Berk Armagan; Christina Maria Tofan
Digitalization, Best Practices, and Their Impact on Social Inequalities and Health Among Older Workers in PolandEdyta Stępczak; Sylwia Przytuła; Joanna Ejdys; Łukasz Sułkowski
Digital Grey Zones: Ageing and Undeclared Work in the Digital Age across Europe and TurkeyEsra Kabaklarlı
Digitalization of Workplace and Inequality among Older Workers: Qualitative Evidence from TürkiyeHande Barlin; Mehmet Serhan Eker

Working Group 2: A

Location: Q23
Facilitator: Sejdi Sejdiu

Organizational Age Culture and Digital Transformation: Inclusive Competency Development and the Role of Self-Regulation among Older WorkersÖzgün Aykut
Digitization, Platformization, and Age Inequalities in Later-Life WorkSejdi Sejdiu; Matthew Flynn; Maeve O’Sullivan; Anabela Mesquita; Maria Varlamova; Nora Pireci Sejdiu; Ebru Kasnak
Digitalization and Ageism: Barriers Faced by Older Employees in Technology-Oriented Organizational CulturesSelma Doğanalp Çoban; Ayşe İspirli Turan
Digitalisation, Life Trajectories and Ageing in Informal Work: Women Artisans’ Experiences in BoliviaAnabela Mesquita; Isabel Vieira; Maria João Castro; Sandrina Teixeira

Working Group 2: B

Location: Q31
Facilitator: Teuta Hazizi

Digitalisation, Technostress, and Systems Thinking in Late-Career Work: Organisational Implications for Ageing EmployeesYi Wang; Kesheng Wang
Findings of the Best Workplace for Women Survey and Award Established by the Association for Women’s Career Development in Hungary (AWCDH), Highlighting Results Related to Women Aged 50+Andrea Ferenczi; Ildikó Modláné Görgényi, Katalin Hajós
Digital competence and the experience of older workersAnne Inga Hilsen; Dorothy Sutherland Olsen
A snapshot of research on older workers and digitalisation  (OWRG)Dorothy Sutherland Olsen; Anne Inga Hilsen

Working Group 3

Location: Q25
Facilitator: Cristina Maria Tofan (Bostan)

Still Working Beyond Retirement Eligibility: Characteristics of Economically Active Older AdultsAnna Ševčíková
“In the Shadow of the Screen”: A Metaphorical Examination of Older Workers’ Mental Health in a Digital WorkplaceErcan Asi; Aysegul Ilgaz
Digitalisation and Healthy Ageing at Work: A Biopsychosocial Framework, and a Digital Micro-Intervention for Older WorkersCristina Maria Tofan
Hybrid working, digitalisation and job satisfaction: What’s age (and gender) got to do with it? David Lain; Julie Rochut, Jeroen Spijker, Yang Gu, Diana Grad and Lavinia Tanculescu 
Active Ageing in the Digital Age: A Global Analysis of the Relationship between Technology Attitudes, Digital Information Sources and Life Satisfaction Emel Mirza

Working Group 4: A

Location: Q28
Facilitator: Nataliia Versal

When Speed Becomes Inequality: Digitalisation, Older Workers and Policy in Crisis ContextsOlena Mykhailovska
The “Double Barrier”: Quantifying the Intersectional Crisis of Gender and Age in ICT Leadership across Inclusiveness Target Countries (ITCs)Rezarta Perri; Merita Xhumari, Juna Dafa
Digitalisation, Ageing Workforces, and Policy Coherence: A European Governance PerspectiveTheo Zacharis 
Applying Systems Thinking to Digitalization, Older Workers, and Social Inequalities in AgricultureYi Wang; Kesheng Wang

Working Group 4: B

Location: Q38
Facilitator: Nataliia Tkalenko

Digitalization and the Future of Work: Rethinking Labour Market Policies in Serbia Aleksandar Kovačević
Ageing Academic Workforces and Digitalization in OECD Countries: A Comparative Document-Based Review of Policy Discourses Bahar Yüce; Servet Atik
Digitalisation, Cybersecurity Literacy, and the Future of Work for Older Adults:  A Comparative Study of Albania and ItalyDolantina Hyka; Sediola Ruko, Festim Kodra, Nora Pireci Sejdiu, Unim Brigid
Older workers, digitalisation, and skill mismatch: new evidence from EuropeErica Poma; Barbara Pistoresi
Digitalization, Access to Public Services, and Later-Life InequalitiesEvrim Erol

Working Group 5

Location: Q5.16
Facilitator: Eleni Meletiadou

Framing Digital Inclusion or Reinforcing Ageism? A Discourse Analysis of Media Narratives on Older Workers and DigitalizationArzu Kursun
Digitalisation, Media, and Work Inequalities in Later Life: Insights from the United KingdomEleni Meletiadou
Older Workers’ Visibility and Invisibility in Romanian Media Discussions on DigitalisationGabriela Poleac; Alexandra Niculina Gherguț-Babii
Too Old, Too Rigid, Too Military?: An Experimental Study on Employer Preferences in Central and Eastern EuropeMartina Rašticová; Ondřej Klíma

Working Group 1A

Location: Q02
Facilitator: Martin Lakomý

Bibliometric Scoping Review on Digitalization of Education and Its Impact on Older TeachersEda Orhun
Is the algorithm neutral?Lidia de la Iglesia Aza
Algorithm under supervision: building age‑fair recruitment systems Lidia de la Iglesia Aza
Digitalisation and human capital inequalities in later life: evidence from the visegrad countriesMaciej Jagódka
Bourdieu’s Forms of Capital: Which Resources Enable Longer Working Lives?Martin Lakomý; Filip Majetić; Muradiye Ates

Working Group 1B

Location: Q21
Facilitator: Silvana Crivoi

Working Conditions and Meaningfulness of Work  among Mature Taxi Drivers on Digital Platforms: Comparative Analysis Between Three European CountriesSilvana Crivoi; Lavinia Tanculescu-Popa; Aleksandar Kovacevic; Jitka Matějková; Echo Feng
Too Old for Digital Work? The costs in terms of wages, age discrimination and work-related stress in European CountriesTindara Addabbo; Elena Sarti
Understanding Older Workers’ Interaction with Technology and Training NeedsZeynep Yurtseven-Avcı

Working Group 2

Location: Q23
Facilitator: Ebru Kasnak

Age Inequalities in the Age of Digitalization: Openness to Artificial Intelligence Among Academics, Innovative Organizational Culture and the Effect of Academic StressorsEbru Kasnak; Maeve O’Sullivan
Work Ability as a Self-Referential System in Ageing Workers: A Fuzzy Logic Model of Self-Organising Meaning Configurations through the Mechanism of Self-EfficacyEva Šerá, Martina Rašticová; David Schüller; Karel Doubravský; Aneta Krejčová
Bridging the Digital Divide: Factors Influencing AI Adoption Among Mature-Aged Teachers in the Era of DigitalizationEyal Rabin; Evelyn Levy; Dorit Olenik-Shemesh
From Stereotypes to Strategy: A New Institutional Theory Perspective Digital Ageism in a Multigenerational Workforce in the Western Balkans Countries Oliana Sula 

Working Group 3

Location: Q25
Facilitators: Gunilla Kulla, Anna Ševčíková, Lavinia Țânculescu-Popa

Prioritizing Age-Friendly Digitalization in Healthcare Organizations: A Best–Worst Method StudyFerit Sevim
Digital inclusion and health among older workers in NorwayGunilla Kulla
Digitalisation, Health Governance, and Inequality in Later Working Life: Evidence from a European Delphi on Prescription Digital TherapeuticsJoão Rocha-Gomes
Working Longer in a Digital Age? Health, Financial Strain and the Primacy of Working Conditions in Late-Career Retirement IntentionsLavinia Țânculescu-Popa; Anna Ševčíková; David Lain; Silvana Crivoi; Maria Piedade Brandão; Cristina Maria Tofan; Nilufer Korkmaz Yaylagul
When Efficiency Becomes Burden: Uneven Professional Impacts of Digital Transformation in HealthcareLior Naamati-Schneider

Working Group 4A

Location: Q28
Facilitator: Lavinia Andreea Bejan

Digitalisation and Older Workers in Olive Farming: Economic and Policy Implications for Rural SustainabilityFestim Kodra; Sejdi Sejdiu
The undervalued role of community anchor institutions in addressing the rural digital divideIngmar Pastak
Age discrimination against older workers in the EU labour markets: A particular focus on their access to professional educationLavinia Andreea Bejan; Ondřej Pavelek; Martin Lakomý
United Nations’ SDGs and Older Workers in the Context of Digitalisation: Digital Skills, Employment, EqualityLavinia Andreea Bejan; Aysegul Ilgaz; Umar Bin Qushem 

Working Group 4B

Location: Q38
Facilitator: Merita Xhumari

Digital Transformation of the Labour Market in Albania: Addressing the Digital Divide and Older Workers Post-COVID-19Merita Xhumari; Lisian Roseni
The effect of the post-pandemic on social rights: A comparative analysis in two candidate countries, Türkiye and AlbaniaMirela Tase 

Working Group 5

Location: Q5.16
Facilitator: Aija Bukova Zideluna

Ageing WhatsAppers: rescuing pluriversal participation in BrazilSérgio Barbosa
Work Inequalities in Later Life under Digitalization: Media Representations of Older Workers in Albania Teuta Hazizi; Ortenca Kotherja; Mirësi Çela
Digital Literacy and its Impact on the Working Lives of Older Employees in Turkey: An Empirical AnalysisTuğba Elmacı
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