Dissemination - Ageing Societies

Press and blog posts

La vita quotidiana ai tempi del Covid: continua la ricerca sul post-pandemia

(2023) The local newspaper “Il Cittadino” covers our workshop with senior citizens.

Terza età ed esclusione dal digitale: “una forma di povertà che si vince con l’aiuto degli altri”

(2023) Simone Carlo discusses digital inequalities in Italy and suggests best practices to better include the elderly in the digital transformation.

Anziani e uso dei social media durante il lockdown

(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.

Emanuela Sala: “Il digitale è un’opportunità, anche per la popolazione anziana”

(2022) Interviewed by gli Stati Generali, Emanuela Sala reflects on the resources enhacted by old age men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic.

L’utilizzo dei Social Media e il benessere degli anziani

(2021) A reflection by Alessandra Gaia, Emanuela Sala and Gabriele Cerati on social media use and wellbeing in old age.

Fare ricerca (sociale) con le persone anziane durante il periodo di confinamento. Lo studio longitudinale La qualità della vita degli anziani durante il Covid-19

(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.

Anziani e social, non si finisce mai di imparare

(2020) Antonio Guaita and Elena Rolandi discuss social media use among the oldest old.

Anziani e reti di relazioni durante la pandemia

(2020) Gabriele Cerati, Emanuela Sala and Daniele Zaccaria discuss social relationships during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rischio esclusione sociale per gli anziani senza rete

(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.

Festival della Sociologia di Narni

(2023) Annalisa Dordoni, Sara Nanetti e Simone Carlo, hanno partecipato con il contributo: “Anziani nell’era della digitalizzazione: le maschere delle disuguaglianze Sociali”

AGEVITY 2023

(2023) Emanuela Sala, Annalisa Dordoni e Giulia Melis hanno presentato le ricerche Active-It e Digital-AGE durante AGEVITY 2023 di Silver Economy Network.

Presentazione progetto Digital-Age

(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.

(2021) Emanuela Sala participates to the meeting “Nonni e nuove tecnologie: un divario da colmare” during the 2021 Milan Digital Week.

Events

La carta da lettere che non si trova più: “Quando non c’era il digitale”, Codogno 15-10-2023

(2023) Takeaways from the workshop: “When there was no digital: memories on technology’s use in the Lodi province”

10 giugno 2023: evento di dialogo con cittadinanza e attori politici

(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)

Presentation of a longitudinal research on the experience of the old age population during Covid-19

(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

Anziani e Covid-19: Presentazione del progetto ACTIVE IT

(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

Event: L’invecchiamento attivo nella società post-pandemica

(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.

Programma

1. Introduzione SUPSI, Stefano Cavalli

2. Introduzione UNIMIB, Emanuela Sala

3. Dalla concettualizzazione alla operativizzazione del concetto di Active Ageing, Daniele Zaccaria e Stefano Cereghetti

4. Active ageing & gender, Federica Cretazzo

5. Una discussione critica del concetto di Active Ageing dalla prospettiva dell’inclusione sociale, Emma Garavaglia

6. Is internet use a protective factor against the risk of old-age loneliness during the Covid-19 outbreak, Federica Cretazzo

7. Il progetto AGE-INT, Elia R. G. Pusterla

Primo workshop DIGITAL-AGE

Programma

Disuguaglianze digitali, di salute e capitale sociale tra i grandi anziani in un’area suburbana nel milanese (Luca Valla, Fondazione Golgi-Cenci)

Secondo workshop DIGITAL-AGE

Programma

Academic conferences

Title of the contribution	Authors	Conference title	Date
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 Zaccaria	XV 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 Zaccaria	4th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction	June 26 – July 1, 2022
Work, Digital Devices and Later Life: a Quanti-Qualitative Research	Simone Carlo, Giulia Buscicchio	4th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction	June 26 – July 1, 2022
How do work history and gender influence the usage and proficiency of digital technologies among older people?	Simone Carlo, Giulia Buscicchio	ESA RN01 Ageing in Europe Midterm Conference	July 13 -15, 2022
Emergenza Covid-19, digital divide, anziani: traino alla digitalizzazione e occasione mancata	Sara Nanetti, Simone Carlo	V 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 workers	Daniele Zaccaria, Emanuela Sala, Federica Cretazzo	HCI International 2023. 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction	July 23-28, 2023
Understanding ICTs in Older Life: A Scope Review of ‘The Gerontologist’ and ‘Research on Aging’.	Sara Nanetti, Simone Carlo	HCI International 2023. 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction	July 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 Zaccaria	European Survey Research Association	July, 17-21, 2023
Does Internet Use Alleviate Old-Age Loneliness During Pandemics? A Gendered Analysis of The SHARE Data	Emanuela Sala, Federica Cretazzo, Daniele Zaccaria	Ageing & Social Change: Thirteen Interdisciplinary Conference	September 13-15, 2023
The Role of ICT in Fostering Active Ageing During The COVID-19 Pandemic in Europe	Federica Cretazzo, Alessandra Gaia, Emma Garavaglia, Giulia Melis	Ageing & Social Change: Thirteen Interdisciplinary Conference	September 13-15, 2023
Breaking the Digital Divide: Addressing Inequalities in Access to Digital Services among Older People	Sara Nanetti, Simone Carlo	Ageing & Social Change: Thirteen Interdisciplinary Conference	September 13-15, 2023