Tech-Enhanced in Aging? Exploring the Intersection of Aging and Technology

Wednesday, 9 July 2025: 09:00-10:45
Location: FSE037 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC11 Sociology of Aging (host committee)

Language: English

This session invites both theoretical papers and empirical studies aiming at exploring the intersection of aging and technology, including the use, challenges, and emerging trends like Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in gerontology and sociology of ageing.
Session Organizer:
Vera GALLISTL, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Austria
Chair:
Marcela PETROVA KAFKOVA, Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Science, Czech Republic
Oral Presentations
Disassembling Vulnerabilities: Digital Technologies and AI in Dementia Care
Martina CONSOLONI, University of Bologna, Italy; Andrea DI LEO, University of Bologna, Italy; Francesco MIELE, University of Trieste, Italy; Ludovica RUBINI, University of Trieste, Italy
Online Communication from the Perspective of Older ICT Users
Grazina RAPOLIENE, Lithuania; Goda Marija STEPONAVIČIŪTĖ, Vilnius University, Lithuania; Margarita GEDVILAITE - KORDUSIENE, Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Lithuania
Three Ways to Understand "Digital Good": Policies, Actors and Lived Experiences
Lucie VIDOVICOVA, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Tech-Enhanced Aging: Digital Health Solutions for Independent Aging at Home
Petra ŽIŠT, Italy
Ageing and Epistemic Injustice: On Age Relations and Exclusions of Older Persons in Digitalization Strategies in Romania and Sweden
Daniela Tatiana SOITU, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of IASI, Romania; Clary KREKULA, Linnaeus University, Sweden
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