Press and blog posts

(2023) The local newspaper “Il Cittadino” covers our workshop with senior citizens.
(2023) Simone Carlo discusses digital inequalities in Italy and suggests best practices to better include the elderly in the digital transformation.
(2022) Giulia Melis, Emanuela Sala and Daniele Zaccaria describe the early results of the longitudinal study on older adults’ quality of life during the pandemic.
(2022) Interviewed by gli Stati Generali, Emanuela Sala reflects on the resources enhacted by old age men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021) A reflection by Alessandra Gaia, Emanuela Sala and Gabriele Cerati on social media use and wellbeing in old age.
(2021) Giulia Melis, Emanuela Sala and Daniele Zaccaria present the longitudinal study on the quality of life of the old age population during Covid-19.
(2020) Antonio Guaita and Elena Rolandi discuss social media use among the oldest old.
(2020) Gabriele Cerati, Emanuela Sala and Daniele Zaccaria discuss social relationships during the Covid-19 pandemic.
(2020) Gabriele Cerati, Alessandra Gaia and Emanuela Sala describe the results of their research on social exclusion in old age on La Voce.info.

Public talks

Digital-week-2023
(2023) Il gruppo di lavoro di agaeing societies presenta le attività svolte in questi anni e le future linee di ricerca in occassione della Milano Digital Week 2023. Il contributo può essere consultato a questo link.
(2023) Annalisa Dordoni, Sara Nanetti e Simone Carlo, hanno partecipato con il contributo: “Anziani nell’era della digitalizzazione: le maschere delle disuguaglianze Sociali”
(2023) Emanuela Sala, Annalisa Dordoni e Giulia Melis hanno presentato le ricerche Active-It e Digital-AGE durante AGEVITY 2023 di Silver Economy Network.
(2023) Le ricercatrici di Ageing Societies hanno presentato presso la libreria Les Mots il nuovo progetto DIGITAL-AGE.
2022) Emanuela Sala presenta la ricerca ACTIVE-IT in occasione del trentennale della Fondazione Cariplo. Il contributo può essere consultato a questo link.
(2022) Emanuela Sala presenta la ricerca ACTIVE-IT in occasione del trentennale della Fondazione Cariplo. Il contributo può essere consultato a questo link.
(2021) Emanuela Sala participates to the meeting “Nonni e nuove tecnologie: un divario da colmare” during the 2021 Milan Digital Week.

Events

(2023) Takeaways from the workshop: “When there was no digital: memories on technology’s use in the Lodi province”
(2023) Public event in the city of Casalpusterlengo for discussing with polical stakeholders and citizens about the logitudinal research on daily life during Covid-19 (research stream 2, ACTIVE-IT)
(2022) In the municipality of Codogno, the team members from the research collaborative Ageing Societies present a Longitudinal research on the experience of the old age population during Covid-19
(2022) The University of Milano-Bicocca hosted the project’s launch event: Anziani e Covid-19, providing an important opportunity to present our project to relevant stakeholders and to the general public
(2022) Dr Emma Garavaglia and Prof Alessandro Caliandro discuss active ageing in post-pandemic societies. The event takes place at Libreria Les Mots in Milan and it is also livestreamed

Academic presentations

Primo workshop ACTIVE-IT: Discussioni intorno a concetto di Active Ageing: origini, misurazioni, e traiettorie di sviluppo da una prospettiva critica e di genere.

Primo workshop DIGITAL-AGE

Secondo workshop DIGITAL-AGE

Academic conferences

Title of the contributionAuthorsConference titleDate 
Is ICT use a protective factor against the risk of old-age loneliness during the Covid-19 outbreak? A study on older male and female Italians.Emanuela Sala, Federica Cretazzo, Daniele ZaccariaXV Conferenza ESPAnet Italia 2022. La sfida del PNRR. La ricostruzione del welfare e le dinamiche della complessità.September 1-3, 2022
The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Researching Older People During the Covid-19 Pandemic.Giulia Melis, Emanuela Sala, Daniele Zaccaria4th International Conference on Human-Computer InteractionJune 26 – July 1, 2022
Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: a Quanti-Qualitative ResearchSimone Carlo, Giulia Buscicchio4th International Conference on Human-Computer InteractionJune 26 – July 1, 2022
How do work history and gender influence the usage and proficiency of digital technologies among older people?Simone Carlo, Giulia BuscicchioESA RN01 Ageing in Europe Midterm ConferenceJuly 13 -15, 2022
Emergenza Covid-19, digital divide, anziani: traino alla digitalizzazione e occasione mancataSara Nanetti, Simone CarloV Convegno Nazionale SISCC “Mondi possibili. Tra crisi, conflitti e pratiche creative”June 22-23, 2023
ICT use and loneliness during Covid-19 pandemic: the case of European male and female older workersDaniele Zaccaria, Emanuela Sala, Federica CretazzoHCI International 2023. 25th International Conference on Human-Computer InteractionJuly 23-28, 2023
Understanding ICTs in Older Life: A Scope Review of ‘The Gerontologist’ and ‘Research on Aging’.Sara Nanetti, Simone CarloHCI International 2023. 25th International Conference on Human-Computer InteractionJuly 23-28, 2023
Keeping participants engaged. What we have learnt (so far) from the Italian qualitative Longitudinal Study on Older People’s Quality of Life during the Covid-19 pandemic (ILQA-19)Giulia Melis, Emanuela Sala, Daniele ZaccariaEuropean Survey Research AssociationJuly, 17-21, 2023
Does Internet Use Alleviate Old-Age Loneliness During Pandemics? A Gendered Analysis of The SHARE DataEmanuela Sala, Federica Cretazzo, Daniele ZaccariaAgeing & Social Change: Thirteen Interdisciplinary ConferenceSeptember 13-15, 2023
The Role of ICT in Fostering Active Ageing During The COVID-19 Pandemic in EuropeFederica Cretazzo, Alessandra Gaia, Emma Garavaglia, Giulia MelisAgeing & Social Change: Thirteen Interdisciplinary ConferenceSeptember 13-15, 2023
Breaking the Digital Divide: Addressing Inequalities in Access to Digital Services among Older PeopleSara Nanetti, Simone CarloAgeing & Social Change: Thirteen Interdisciplinary ConferenceSeptember 13-15, 2023

Teaching materials

Processi di invecchiamento, invecchiamento attivo e questioni di genere: un’introduzione

Trascrizione e formattazione delle interviste: ciclo di formazione

Video-lezioni

Modulo 1. Presentazione della ricerca

Modulo 2. Stili di trascrizione

Modulo 4. Modelli di formattazione

Slide

Thesis supervision