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

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.

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

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.

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