Call for papers | 2026 Workshop on ‘The Longevity Economy: Financing Healthy Ageing’

Ageing and Health Incentives Lab (AHIL) at LSE Health are excited to announce the 2026 Workshop on ‘The Longevity Economy: Financing Healthy Ageing’, co-organised with the Population Aging Research Center (PARC) at the University of Pennsylvania.

Date: Monday 29 June 2026, 11am–6pm BST

Submission Deadline: 1 May 2026

Professor Jim Poterba (MIT & President of the National Bureau of Economic Research) will be the keynote speaker, presenting “Financing an Aging Population: Public and Private Sector Perspectives”.

Researchers are invited to submit work on:

– Pension sustainability & retirement security

– Long-term care financing & insurance

– Housing, wealth & ageing

– Behavioural economics & financial decision-making

– Health, cognition & economic wellbeing

– Inequality in ageing societies

– Policy innovation for the longevity economy

We particularly welcome interdisciplinary submissions and research spanning both high-income and low- and middle-income country contexts.

To submit: email Dr Nilesh Raut at n.raut@lse.ac.uk by 1 May 2026. 📩

Full details: https://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-health/research/ahil/2026-workshop-on-the-longevity-economy-financing-healthy-ageing