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Exploring what it means to get older

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Professor Phillip Taylor was invited to take part in an event exploring what it means to get older, organised by the Resonate programme at the University of Warwick. Speaking alongside academics from other faculties, he emphasized ‘the importance and challenges of redesigning work for an ageing society’.

Prof Taylor at the GSA Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, USA

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:00:00 GMT

Professor Philip Taylor attended the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) event in Boston on 12-15 November 2025. He co-chaired sessions on job quality and social care and spoke about early findings from a UK project — Just Systems — where he talked about decarbonising domiciliary adult social care. Added to this, he chaired a meeting of the Aging Workforce Interest Group of GSA, of which he is the convener.

Professor Philip Taylor gave evidence to the 'Preparing for an Ageing Society’ inquiry

Thu, 15 May 2025 07:25:00 GMT

IER’s Professor Philip Taylor, along with Professor Lynda Gratton from London Business School and Professor Wendy Loretto from Edinburgh Business School, gave oral evidence this week to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee inquiry 'Preparing for an Ageing Society'.

Myth busting ageing at work - Blog by Professor Philip Taylor

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:30:00 GMT

The ageing population has led to much public policy and debate about prolonging working lives to reduce welfare costs and respond to projected labour shortages as many workers retire. In this blog, Professor Philip Taylor of IER provides a myth-buster that draws on international evidence to challenge common misconceptions about ageing and work.

Self-employment and older workers in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic: seniorpreneurs, senior precarious or somewhere in between?

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 08:05:00 GMT

This book chapter examines self-employment among people aged 50 and over in the liberal market economies of Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA against the backdrop of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and in the context of long-standing efforts aimed at increasing levels of older workers’ labour force participation. It features in the new Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy

Tackling workplace dementia the focus of a new project

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:15:00 GMT

Warwick Institute for Employment Research is a research partner on a new project led by the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) that has secured a grant of £1.2 million aimed at tackling dementia in the workplace. Other research partners are Lancaster University, Northumbria University, Edinburgh Napier University, and Wilfrid Laurier University.

Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life out now

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 06:00:00 GMT

Co-edited by IER’s Professor Philip Taylor and Dr Catherine Earl (RMIT Vietnam), the new Research Handbook on Inequalities in Later Life critically examines the myriad social and economic inequalities faced by those in later life. Contributors dissect Global North and South examples to support a new approach to studying ageing that moves beyond popular discourses.

As Biden faces questions about his age, researchers weigh in on working in your 80s

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:30:00 GMT

US media outlet CNBC interviewed Professor Philip Taylor about issues of ageing and work during intense scrutiny of the prospect of an octogenarian President in the White House. Find out more about what he said on the CNBC website.

IER welcomes Professor Philip Taylor

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:05:00 GMT

Philip Taylor joined IER this September. A psychologist and social gerontologist by background Philip uses mixed methods to understand issues of workforce ageing.

Philip’s research focuses on developments in public policies targeting longer working lives, older workers' orientations to work and retirement and employer attitudes and practices towards older workers, in an international context.

Self-employment and older workers in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic: seniorpreneurs, senior precarious or somewhere in between?

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:00:00 GMT