Scientific Promotion

The Aging UP! research consortium organizes national and international scientific events that both address the major societal issues raised by population aging—such as age-related discrimination and challenges facing professionals in older adult care—and bring together international specialists in the field of aging.

Content from our scientific events can be accessed in the form of podcasts, reports, and interviews.

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Open to healthcare and elderly care professionals, programming institution representatives, researchers, and any interested citizens, conferences are set up around key topics aimed at improving our understanding of “aging well,” with themes such how to identify age-related discrimination: “Agism” (October 6, 2023) or challenges facing professionals in elderly care (February 6, 2025).

On March 19, 2024, a research seminar on older adults’ preferences regarding dependency, entitled “Support and Care for Dependency: What are the Expectations and Preferences of Older People?,” brought together specialists in aging from the French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED), Paris University Hospitals (AP-HP), the French Institute for Research and Information in Health Economics (IRDES), and Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris Cité universities.

Specifically aimed at researchers, the international conference “The Value of Aging & Long-Term Care Policies” (held March 31–April 1, 2025) brought together scientists specializing in the economics of aging from Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The conference provided an opportunity to discuss the challenges faced and the solutions implemented in different countries regarding the onset of late-life dependency, prevention and innovation, and financing loss of independence.

This scientific event also provided an opportunity to present the international Aging UP! survey, which aims to aid understanding of people’s expectations regarding care options for loss of autonomy. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods, we aim to identify the preferences of individuals and their caregivers in terms of organizing care provision for independent living, preventing loss of autonomy, and financing these efforts.

Our results will serve to guide public policy toward greater efficiency and steer investments to improve value in healthcare.

All content was produced by the teams at Université Paris Cité.