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Call for Papers: Ageing and Community

This document is a call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology on the topic of aging and community. It discusses three main points: 1) The rapidly aging population around the world and the need to discuss not just issues of dependency but also opportunities aging brings for communities. 2) Social isolation and loneliness are key challenges for older adults, and there is evidence that older adults contribute greatly to community cohesion but also gaps in understanding who is most at risk of exclusion. 3) The special issue aims to explore the diversity of older individuals and communities through a dialogue between social/community psychology and gerontology, examining how community arrangements can fulfill social psychological needs and allow

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Call for Papers: Ageing and Community

This document is a call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology on the topic of aging and community. It discusses three main points: 1) The rapidly aging population around the world and the need to discuss not just issues of dependency but also opportunities aging brings for communities. 2) Social isolation and loneliness are key challenges for older adults, and there is evidence that older adults contribute greatly to community cohesion but also gaps in understanding who is most at risk of exclusion. 3) The special issue aims to explore the diversity of older individuals and communities through a dialogue between social/community psychology and gerontology, examining how community arrangements can fulfill social psychological needs and allow

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Ageingandcommunity
Guesteditors ClaudineProvencher(LondonSchoolofEconomics,UK) NorahKeating(UniversityofAlberta,Canada) VeraRoos(NorthWestUniversity,SouthAfrica) JeniWarburton(LaTrobeUniversity,Australia)

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TheJournalofCommunityandAppliedSocialPsychologyisproposingaspecial [Link] Before30/06/2012: olderadultsincountriesaroundtheworldhasbecomeoneofthekeysocietal Authorsareinvited [Link] tosendanabstract focusedonissuesofdependencyandeconomicburdenthataccompanythis of500words(answer newdemographicreality,notenoughhasbeensaidaboutthepossibilities 4weekslater)to whichageingbringsforlocalcommunitiesaroundtheworld.
[Link]@lse. [Link] Before31/01/2013: Deadlinefor submissionof manuscripts(no morethan5000 wordsincluding abstract,text, references,tables andfigures) Manuscriptswillbe evaluatedbytwo reviewers Publicationofthis specialissueis scheduledforearly [Link] andsubmissionsof abstracts,please contact: [Link]@lse. [Link]

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Socialisolationandlonelinessarekeychallengesforanageingpopulation, particularlyinthecontemporaryerawhenfamiliesmigrateacrosstheworld andwheretherearestarkdifferencesincommunitysupportivenessboth [Link] placeinfosteringcommunitycohesionandproductivityandofarangeof [Link] communityvitalitycanbecreditedtoolderpeoplethemselves,andinvolves understandinghowolderpeopleactivelycontributetocommunities. However,knowledgegapsalsoremaininourunderstandingofwhicholder adultsareatriskofexclusionfromsocialrelationships,materialresourcesand communitysettingsthatenhancequalityoflifeandwhicharemostlikelyto bemarginalized. Thisspecialissueaimstoexplorethisdiversityofolderpersonsandofthe communitiesinwhichtheylivebyestablishingadialoguebetweensocial/ [Link],wewantto examinehowspecificcommunityarrangementscanhelpfulfilanumberof socialpsychologicalfunctionssuchasidentitymaintenance,qualityoflifeand relationalwellbeingandallowforamoreempoweringsocialrepresentation [Link],wewillwelcomepapersthatcan helpustounderstandbetterthesocialpsychologicalfactors,suchas stereotypesbetweenhistoricalgenerations,thatcanhinderorpromotethe developmentofagefriendlycommunitiesbetheyunderstoodintheformal [Link] willalsowelcomemanuscriptsthatexploreinnovativeresearchmethodsto [Link] regionsarewelcome.

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