DAISIE

Dynamics of Accumulated Inequalities for Seniors in Employment

Countries

United Kingdom, Ireland, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland

Project Details

DAISIE investigates the gendered impacts of policies aimed at extending working life (EWL). The project has four research objectives:

Analyse EWL policies from a gender-sensitive perspective;
Trace intra-national continuities and change in gendered employment and family formation patterns over time;
Assess the current working conditions of the 50+ group;
Explore the wellbeing and health issues faced by male and female 50+ workers in three contrasting occupations.

Final Conference – Call for papers

Organiser: Karlstad University, Sweden and Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this event will take place exclusively on-line
Dates: May 25–26, 2021

See here for more information on the conference

Project Website

Principal Investigators

Nicky Le Feuvre
Professor, University of Lausanne
Wendy Loretto
Professor, University of Edinburgh
Sarah Vickerstaff
Professor, University of Kent
Alena Křížková
Head of Department, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
Clary Krekula
Professor, Karlstad University & Linnaeus University
Áine Ní Léime
Deputy Director, Irish Center for Social Gerontology, National University of Ireland Galway

Recent Publications

Gendered retirement pathways across lifecourse regimes

Authors: Ignacio Madero-Cabib, Nicky Le Feuvre, Stefanie König, | Journal Article

Cash for Care as Special Money: The Meaning and Uses of the Care Allowance in Close Relationships in the Czech Republic

Authors: Radka Dudová, | Journal Article

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Working Lives and Retirement Timing of Older Nurses in Ireland

Authors: Áine Ní Léime, Margaret O’Neill, | Journal Article

European Union Extended Working Life Policies: On Pension Systems, Public Finances and Biopolitical Disciplining

Authors: Clary Krekula, | Working Paper

Country report: Sweden

Authors: Clary Krekula, | Country Study

See all publications by DAISIE

Research Themes

Stakeholders

EU: AGE platform Europe (European network of nonprofit organizations of and for people aged 50+), EUROFOUND.

Czech Republic: ALTERNATIVA 50+, Czech Women’s Lobby, Department of Family and Aging Policy (Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs).

Swirzerland: Bureau fédéral de l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, Connaissance 3, FORS, HR Today, Travail Suisse, Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV), Credit Suisse, Transports Publics Genevois (TPG).

Ireland: Irish Business and Employers Confederation, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, National Women’s Council of Ireland.

Sweden:Kommunal.

United Kingdom: Scottish Trade Union Congress, Scotland’s Futures Forum, Working Families UK.