Gender issues: ageing, care and migration

Graz Senior Fellow: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ulla Kriebernegg, Center for Interdisciplinary Aging and Care Research

Junior Fellow: Mag.^a Anna Kainradl

Incoming Senior Fellow: Prof. Dr.in. phil. Helen Kohlen, VPU Vinzenz Pallotti University

Incoming Junior Fellows: Stefan Schweigler, BA MA

Project duration: August 2022 to October 2024

Project Description: 
In the project "Gender Matters: Aging, Care, and Migration", current findings from gender and intersectionality research are applied to the understanding of narratives of age(ing) of women (60+) with migration backgrounds and experiences. Phenomena of particular social importance emerge in the synopsis of the research foci of age(ing), care and migration. The dynamics of invisibilization and marginalization, which also affect migrant women, become more complex in the area of health and care services in old age. The three main research areas of age(ing), care and migration exhibit a variety of thematic overlaps; therefore, a joint approach from the respective feminist traditions (of ageing studies, care ethics and migration studies) promises new insights for the joint research field .

The aim is to view age(ing), care and migration through the critical lens of gender and intersectionality research in order to relate them to each other and thus provide new impulses for a multi-perspectival, theoretical conceptualization in the field of feminist ageing and care research.