Mission

One of the greatest challenges that today’s Western societies face is their radical demographic change resulting from the expanding human lifespan. The ever-increasing group of older people prompts a thorough reflection on the ways in which we experience and organize human life, more specifically, on the cultural meanings of the aging process, and the theories and policies on aging. The European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS) intends to facilitate sustainable international collaboration so as to develop research that bridges perspectives on aging from the social sciences and the humanities. It will be inaugurated in Maastricht (NL), 6-9 October 2011.