Ageing out of Place: Rethinking Aging, Place, and Policy in Times of Change

GOLTC Ageing and Place Interest Group webinar 

Date: 19 May 2025 

Time: 11:00 to 12:00 BST  (you can check your local time here.)

Link: Register to join on Zoom

The relationship between ageing and place is evolving as demographic trends and societal changes reshape the environments where older adults live, work, and thrive. This workshop will explore how the dimensions of being “out of place”—physically, socially, economically, culturally, environmentally, and technologically—manifest and change in response to the needs and aspirations of ageing populations. This event brings together experts and practitioners to engage in a dynamic discussion on the multifaceted interactions between ageing and the experience of being “out of place.”  

The webinar will cover:  

• Introduction to the Global Observatory of Long-Term care and welcome (Adelina Comas-Herrera, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE, UK) 
• Introduction to the GOLTC Ageing and Place Interest Group (Bingqin Li, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia)  
• Panelists including: 
  • Edgar Liu, City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia 
  • Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia 
  • Dr Yasushi Sukenari , Tokyo University
    
  • Mok Ka Ho, Provost, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Chair Consortium for Social Change, Well-being and Social Policy Studies, Hong Kong 
  • Johan Nordensvärd, Linköping University, Sweden 
  • Yuda Shi, Lecturer, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong 
  • Jane Tian, Research Fellow, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

• Panelist discussion themes will cover:  

• • How older adults experience place-based disconnection: Exploring how environments become unfamiliar due to urban redevelopment, digitalisation, and service changes—even when older people remain physically in place. 

• • The concept of “aging out of place”: Introducing this framework to understand cultural, institutional, and technological forms of displacement affecting older adults. 

• • The role of governance and social policy in shaping place: Examining how shifts in service delivery, digital governance, and local infrastructure impact older people’s ability to age with dignity and inclusion. 

• • Cross-sectoral and cross-cultural insights: Bringing together perspectives from migration, housing, digital inclusion, environmental change, and care policy to identify new directions for research and collaboration.

• Discussion