Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism

1. The Council of Europe’s Approach towards Ageism

   • Barbara Mikołajczyk

   Pages 321-339Open Access

2. The European Union’s Approach towards Ageism

   • Nena Georgantzi

   Pages 341-368Open Access

3. Ageism and the Rights of Older People

   • Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Håkan Jönson

   Pages 369-382Open Access

4. Educational Methods Using Intergenerational Interaction to Fight Ageism

   • María del Carmen Requena, Hannah J. Swift, Laura Naegele, Marc Zwamborn, Susan Metz, Wilco P. H. Bosems et al.

   Pages 383-402Open Access

5. Introduction to the Section: Researching Ageism

   • Liat Ayalon, Clemens Tesch-Römer

   Pages 403-407Open Access

6. Normative, Empiricist, and Interpretive Considerations in the Ageism Research Process

   • Fredrik Snellman

   Pages 409-424Open Access

7. Ageism in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: Reflections from the Research Field

   • Monika Wilińska, Astrid de Hontheim, Els-Marie Anbäcken

   Pages 425-440Open Access

8. Agisem in the European Region: Finding from the European Social Survey

   • Hannah J. Swift, Dominic Abrams, Sibila Marques, Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Christopher Bratt, Maria-Luisa Lima

   Pages 441-459Open Access

9. Measures of Ageism in the Labour Market in International Social Studies

   • Liili Abuladze, Jolanta Perek-Białas

   Pages 461-491Open Access

10. Researching Ageism in Health-Care and Long Term Care

    • Sandra C. Buttigieg, Stefania Ilinca, José M. S. de Sao Jose, Annika Taghizadeh Larsson

    Pages 493-515Open Access

11. Children’s Attitudes toward Older People: Current and Future Directions

    • Joana Mendonça, Sibila Marques, Dominic Abrams

    Pages 517-548Open Access

12. Researching Ageism through Discourse

    • Amanda Phelan

    Pages 549-564Open Access

13. Erratum to: Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism

    • Liat Ayalon, Clemens Tesch-Römer

    Pages E1-E1Open Access

This open access book provides a comprehensive perspective on the concept of ageism, its origins, the manifestation and consequences of ageism, as well as ways to respond to and research ageism. The book represents a collaborative effort of researchers from over 20 countries and a variety of disciplines, including, psychology, sociology, gerontology, geriatrics, pharmacology, law, geography, design, engineering, policy and media studies. The contributors have collaborated to produce a truly stimulating and educating book on ageism which brings a clear overview of the state of the art in the field. The book serves as a catalyst to generate research, policy and public interest in the field of ageism and to reconstruct the image of old age and will be of interest to researchers and students in gerontology and geriatrics.

• Older adults outnumbering children
• Gerontology/geriatrics
• Aging world population
• The study of ageism
• Ageism is the most prevalent form of discrimination
• Open access

“Ayalon and Tesch-Römer’s edited volume takes a social science approach to meticulously examine ageism from various points of view. … The goals for the book include uncovering the origins and manifestations of ageism, to better understand how often and in what situations ageism occurs, and reviewing research designs and interventions that may be effective in countering ageism in a variety of settings and sectors.” (Kate de Medeiros, The Gerontologist, April 13, 2019)

• Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

  Liat Ayalon

• German Centre of Gerontology, Berlin, Germany

  Clemens Tesch-Römer

Prof. Liat Ayalon is a clinical geropsychologist and a researcher at Bar Ilan University, Israel. She is the author of over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters. She is the chair of an EU funded COST Action on ageism (IS1402; notoageism.com), which has more than 200 international members from 35 countries. She is also a member of the Israel Young Academy and the Global Young Academy. She is the recipient of several international awards, including an award from the American Geriatrics Society, the International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology and from the University of Michigan. Her research concerns the health and wellbeing of older adults and the people who care for them with a particular focus on age discrimination.  


Prof. Dr. Clemens Tesch-Roemer is a psychologist, director of the German Centre of Gerontology in Berlin (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Altersfragen, DZA) and adjunct professor at the Free University of Berlin. Since 1998 he has been member of the Expert Committees for the German Federal Government for reporting on the life situation of the elderly in Germany. Current research interests: Quality of life and well-being in old age, health and health behavior, social relations and social integration of older persons, intergenerational family solidarity and societal solidarity, comparative ageing research. He currently is (and has been in the past) principal investigator of European and German surveys and research networks: COST Network 1402 “Ageism” (since 2014), German Ageing Survey (DEAS, since 2001), German Volunteering Survey (FWS, since 2012), Autonomy Despite Multimorbidity (AMA, 2008-2013), Old Age and Autonomy: The Role of Service Systems and Intergenerational Family Solidarity (OASIS, 2000-2003).