Ageing & Sustainable Futures Conference aims to bring together researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners to share research, exchange ideas and build collaborations on ageing and development. The Conference will provide a platform for discussing key issues such as health, care, poverty, social protection, migration, displacement, climate change and sustainable development in the context of population ageing. It will also offer an opportunity for doctoral and early-career researchers to present their work, receive feedback from experts and engage in meaningful academic discussions. The conference will be jointly organised by the Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development (OKDISCD), Guwahati, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), New York, USA. The conference, scheduled for 8 - 10 February 2027, aims to strengthen research networks and foster policy dialogue on ageing in South Asia.
Conference subthemes:
Demographic Change and Population Ageing
Ageing, Indigenous Communities and Intergenerational Knowledge
Ageing, Health and Long-term Care
Ageing, Labour and Social Protection
Ageing, Gender and disability
Ageing, Poverty and Life-course Inequalities
Ageing in Urban Slums and Other Settlements
Ageing, Migration and Displacement
Climate Change, Disasters and Resilient Ageing
Age-friendly Policies, Governance and Innovation
Prospective Participants:
PhD scholars and early-career researchers (within 5 years of their PhD) are invited to submit extended abstracts of their papers related to the conference theme. We especially encourage papers from East India. The selection of participants will be based on the extended abstract they submit and on their representation of the region. Selected participants must submit their full papers before the conference date to participate.
Financial Support:
A limited number of selected participants will receive a travel stipend to help cover their travel expenses within India. We also encourage international scholars researching ageing in the context of South Asia to apply, particularly those with their own or institutional travel funding. Participants will be responsible for arranging their own visas. Where required, a visa/invitation letter will be provided to support the visa application. All selected participants will receive accommodation support.
Submission Guidelines:
The extended abstract should be between 2500 and 3000 words. It should provide sufficient details on the study’s background and objectives, methods, findings, conclusion, implications, and 3-5 Keywords.
All submissions must be in PDF document format only. The formatting should be in Times New Roman; font size 12 with regular text and headings in bold; line spacing 1.15, and alignment “justified”.
The file should only contain the title of the paper and the abstract. There should be no mention of the author’s name or affiliation. The title of the paper should be used as a filename.
The authors are requested to submit only an extended abstract at this stage. Full papers would not be considered at this stage. Once abstracts are selected, the authors will be informed to submit the full papers. Only scholars submitting full papers by the deadline will be considered for the final selection.
Submit your extended abstract by November 20, 2026, using the Google form given below