Selected National and International Societies and Networks

The European Sociological Association (ESA) - link

The Research Committee on the Sociology of Ageing (RC11) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) - link

The International Association of Gerontology - link

The International Psychogeriatric Association - link

The International Society for Gerontechnology - link

The European Network in Aging Studies - link

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) - link

La Sociedad Argentina de Gerontologia y Geriatria - link

The Australian Association of Gerontology - link

The British Geriatrics Society - link

The British Society for Research on Ageing - link

The British Society of Gerontology - link

The Canadian Association of Gerontology - link

The Danish Gerontological Society - link

The Finnish Gerontological Society - link

La Société Francaise de Gériatrie et Gérontologie - link

The Section Aging and Society of the German Sociological Association (GSA) - link

The German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics -  link

The German Society for Geriatrics - link

The Hellenic Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics - link

The Hong Kong Association of Gerontology - link

The Geriatric Society of India - link

La Società Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria - link

The Netherlands Society of Gerontology - link

Die Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Gerontologie (in French and German only) - link

The Geriatrics Society Turkey -  link

Selected Institutions

AARP - American Association of Retired Persons - link

Age Action Ireland - link

Alzheimer-Europe - link

American Aging Association - link

Centre for Policy on Ageing - link

Center for Policy Research, Aging Studies Program, Maxwell School, Syracuse University - link

Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG) - link

The Danish Institute of Gerontology, Hellerup - link

The Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)'s programme on population ageing - link

Eurolink Age - link

The European Federation of the Elderly (EURAG) - Secrétariat Général - link

La Fédération Européenne des Retraités et Personnes Agées - link

The German Centre of Gerontology - link

The International Institute on Ageing - United Nations Malta - link

The Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto - link

L'Institut National d'Études Démographiques - link

The JDC-Brookdale Institute - link

The National Institute on Aging - link

The Research Group on Aging and the Life Course (FALL) - link

The Research Group on Psychogerontology, University of Nijmegen - link

Pro Senectute - Stiftung für das Alter - link

The UNC Institute on Aging - link

The UNO Programme on Ageing, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Ageing - link

The World Health Organization - link

Selected Networks, Databases, Education, Research and Information Projects

The European Masters in Gerontology - link

AgeSource Worldwide Online Database provided by AARP - link

The Berlin Aging Study - link

ENABLE-AGE - Enabling Autonomy, Participation, and Well-Being in Old Age: The Home Environment as a Determinant for Healthy Ageing - link

The European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium (EADC) - link

The German Aging Survey - link (Wave 1) - link2 (Waves 2 and 3)

GeroLit - Gerontological Literature Online - link

The Growing Older Program  - link

The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) - link

Portal Mayores - link

The Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study of Adult Development (ILSE) - link

The Longitudinal Aging Study of Amsterdam (LASA) - link

The Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) - link

The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generations Study (norLAG) - link

The OASIS Research Project - link

The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC) - link

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) - link

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