ISER’s Mark Bryan is presenting recent ISER research on Life Course Events and Later Life Employment at a seminar for policymakers.
Transitions in the second half of life: assessing the lasting impact of life events and experiences is the subject of the last in a series of seminars called justAGEING, organised by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission in conjunction with the recently-merged Age Concern and Help the Aged charities.
The seminar will examine how inequality and disadvantage may be driven by mid or later life events, such as separation or divorce, bereavement, taking on a caring role or becoming less physically active. Organisers hope to draw on new research to examine the impact of those trigger events and lifetime experiences. They plan to put together a report on findings from the seminars in December.