The European Network in Aging Studies was re-launched as a formal international association at the end of this project.
[6] Indeed, health research experts state that a humanities expertise is needed to expand current understandings of old age and the impacts of ageism.
It takes into account the diverse realities of aging including how it intersects with disability, gender, ethnicity, race, sexuality, class, etc.
For example, they analyze representations (e.g. autobiography, fiction), cultural scripts connected to life stages, as well as the ways people manage the physical changes that come with age.
[12] They have many ongoing projects about the cultural narratives of longevity, the media and identity formation, healthy aging, gender and literature, and online dating.