Healthy Aging and Sustainable Development Goals
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 11 May 2024 | Viewed by 6042
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ageism and elder abuse; sexuality in older age; the right to die; wellbeing across the lifespan; social support across the lifespan; coaching psychology
Interests: the impact of digitalization on cognition; the ageing process; the use of Natural Language Processing (NLP) analysis in a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are, as we know, living in a rapidly aging world. Life expectancy has increased remarkably in a short time, and the process is ongoing—most particularly in developing countries. Simultaneously, birth rates are falling in most areas of the world.
While the increase in longevity is to be celebrated, the demographic shifts we see naturally raise challenges. How can we promote healthy aging? How can we improve physical, psychological, cognitive and social wellbeing in older age? How can we adapt the world of work, and the nature of retirement, to meet the circumstances of the new reality?
And these changes are occurring in a particular context—climate change, increased awareness of pandemic risk, increased geopolitical and economic instability.
The UN has issued a collection of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which seek to address many of the issues faced by society today. A worthy initiative, and one which is noteworthy in part by the relative sparseness of reference to older people. While many are clearly relevant to the older population, specific reference—unlike with many other groups—is almost absent.
The aim of the current Special Issue is to examine how the SDGs might relate to the roles and the wellbeing of older people specifically. At such a conjuncture, it seems crucial for those of us working in the field to focus attention on these goals and on this question.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to)
- health;
- wellbeing;
- the environment;
- social roles;
- work roles;
- retirement.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Mike Murphy
Dr. Carmen Moret-Tatay
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ageing
- older adults
- wellbeing
- cognition
- healthy ageing
- retirement
- social support
- demographic change
- sustainability
