Anette Tybjerg-Jeppesen defends her PhD thesis
Title
'Ageism in Danish society and workplaces - A cross-disciplinary, qualitative and quantitative investigation of the perceptions of ageing and being older, and of intergenerational perspectives'.
Time and place
17 December 2024 at 10 am (CET).
The defence will take place in Auditorium 1 at The Faculty Library of Social Sciences, Gothersgade 140, 1st floor, 1353 Copenhagen.
Assessment committee
- Associate Professor Milan Obaidi, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (chair)
- Affiliate Professor Per H. Jensen, Roskilde University, Denmark
- Professor Anu Siren, Tampere University, Finland
Supervisors
- Associate Professor Paul Conway, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (principal supervisor)
- Director of Development Yun Ladegaard, Necto, Denmark
- CEO Christian Gaden Jensen, Fonden Mental Sundhed, Denmark
Abstract
Stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination based on age are called ageism, and ageism in the Danish society and in the workplace is the subject of this thesis. In the project, three studies have been carried out: 1) A mixed methods study of how discourses about aging and older people are constructed in public discussions in Denmark on the social media platform Facebook; 2) A quantitative study of the link between the intergenerational workplace climate and self-perceived ageing, work engagement and motivation to stay in the workplace; 3) A qualitative study of the widespread understanding of the concept of 'retiree' among Danes, and how this understanding affects the last part of people's working lives and their decision to retire. The three studies examine ageism at different levels and in different contexts, but the results point to the necessity of viewing ageism in the Danish society as coherent across contexts and levels and thus to address the challenges that ageism entails, via a multifaceted approach and with solutions that can work across contexts.
