AgeShift Network Platform – Ageing in Changing Societies
A postdoctoral fellowship aimed at strengthening and generating new research opportunities in the field of ageing.
9–10 October – International Workshop & Book Launch:
Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life. Towards a Better Understanding of the Loneliness Paradox in Europe http://ageshift.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/International-workshop_Programme.pdf
Conference Participations
Tufă, Laura (2025) – From home to habitat: how ecological knowledge and intergenerational bonds shape age-friendly housing in Romania, paper presented at the Social Policy Conference 2025, 22–25 October 2025, Helsinki, Finland.
Link: https://www.helsinki.fi/assets/drupal/2025-10/Abstraktikirja_Sosiaalipolitiikan_paivat_2025_Abstract_book_Social_Policy_Conference_2025_1.pdf
Precupețu, Iuliana (2025) – Mechanisms of cumulative disadvantage across the life course. Findings from the analysis of social biographies, paper presented at the National SSR Conference, “A Century of Sociology in Romania: Metamorphoses 2025”, Bucharest, 30–31 October 2025.
Link: https://metamorfoze.societateasociologilor.ro/Metamorfoze2025_GhidulConferintei.pdf
Radogna, Rosa Maria (2025) – Romanian women assisting older Italians in the in-house private care sector between constraint and agency, paper presented at The 5th RoMig International Conference. Puzzling Realities of the Romanian Migration within the Current Global Contexts, Sibiu, 31 October–1 November 2025.
Link: https://romig.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Final_Programme_ROMIG2025.pdf
International Research Visits
3–9 November 2025 – one international documentation and networking study visits at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies, Bochum, Germany.
30 November–3 December 2025 – 2 international documentation and networking study visits at Oslomet, Oslo, Norway.
Publications
Radogna, R.M. (2025). Living in-between: The transnational lives of Romanian women working in Italy as badanti. Bucharest: Tritonic. ISBN 978-606-749-873-8.
Available at: https://tritonic.ro/product/living-in-between-the-transnational-lives-of-romanian-women-working-in-italy-as-badanti/
Precupetu, Iuliana, Marian Vasile, Laura Tufă, Marja Aartsen. 2026. „Social Exclusion and Mental Well-Being in Later Life: A Comparison of Welfare Regimes in Europe” (submitted)
Reports
Civic participation in later life. The Romanian case.
Loneliness in later life: beyond the individual.
Employment in later life, exit from the labour market and extension of working lives
Training course
Advanced training in social science methodology: Proficient MAXQDA User certification.
Scientific reports
Stage I http://ageshift.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RST_ctr-117-PHE_final.pdf
Stage II http://ageshift.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/RST-etapa-2.pdf
Final report http://ageshift.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RAPORT-STIINTIFIC-FINAL.pdf
Funding
This project is supported by a grant from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization, CNCS/CCCDI – UEFISCDI, project number PN-IV-P8-8.1-PRE-HE-ORG2025-0282, within PNCDI IV.
