Dear fellow service researchers,
We have a one day session on elderly consumption at University College Cork, Cork, Ireland on June 14th and you, your colleagues or students are most welcome to attend if you are interested. Please feel free to circulate to anyone else in your network also. In terms of access, Cork has a regional airport, less than 30 minutes from the university so its not hard to get to:)!
Should you require further information, or have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes,
Dr. Carol Kelleher
Lecturer in Marketing
Department of Management
ISS21 Ageing Research Cluster International Collaboration Workshop
Elderly Consumption Ensembles, Servicescapes and Cultures of Care –
An International Comparative Study of Experiences of Eldercare Consumption, Service Provision and Policy Recommendation
CACSS Seminar Room, O’ Rahilly Building, University College Cork, Ireland
14 June 2016
Aim of Workshop:
The aim of this workshop is convene an interdisciplinary workshop on aging and consumption, with the secondary aim of establishing and developing an international collaborative research collaboration between the ISS21 research cluster on Ageing (ISS21A) and colleagues in the area of service and consumer research, gerontology, sociology, medical and health sciences, information systems and other related disciplines. This will be the first step in exploring potential synergies across the groups involved, with the aim of developing joint research proposals and projects to be submitted, in the medium and long term, to national funders, across the jurisdictions involved, as well as to international funders such as H2020 (i.e. under the Health, Demographic, Change and Wellbeing societal challenge).
Key objectives and deliverable:
The specific objectives of the workshop are to:
- Provide an overview of elderly consumption ensembles (ECEs) (Barnhart and Peñaloza 2012), comprising family, friends, and external caregivers, from the coauthor of the concept, Professor Lisa Penaloza Kedge Business School, Bordeaux, France
- Explore synergies within the group members interested in joining the collaboration in relation to the workshop theme – Elderly Consumption Ensembles, Servicescapes and Cultures of Care – An International Comparative Study of Experiences of Eldercare Consumption, Service Provision and Policy Recommendations. Workshop members will be invited in advance to reflect on the theme and how their own research interests, professional and academic expertise might be integrated into the project/ collaboration scope.
- Complete the planning phase for an on-going collaboration and international comparative study in relation to the workshop theme, as well as identification and prioritization of relevant funding calls including the European Research Council (ERC) and Horizon 2020 (i.e. under the Health, Demographic, Change and Wellbeing societal challenge).
