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Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026
Population aging is one of the defining demographic transformations of the 21st century. Across Europe and beyond, societies are experiencing profound shifts in age structure, with older adults representing an increasingly significant proportion of the population. While this trend reflects improvements in longevity and quality of life, it also presents complex challenges for social protection systems, healthcare services, labor markets, and community life.
These changes call for innovative and integrated responses that promote not only the health and well-being of older adults, but also their active participation in society. Since the publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) policy framework on active ageing in 2002, international institutions and national governments have increasingly recognized the importance of policies that support autonomy, inclusion, lifelong learning, and intergenerational solidarity.
At the same time, contemporary sociological debates have highlighted how aging intersects with broader transformations associated with late modernity, globalization, and welfare state restructuring. Scholars such as Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman, and Ulrich Beck have emphasized the need to rethink social institutions and individual agency in increasingly complex and uncertain contexts.
Active aging should therefore be understood not merely as an economic or healthcare issue, but as a multidimensional process involving social participation, cultural engagement, cognitive development, and community belonging.
Effective policies must address both:
This interdisciplinary special issue seeks to explore how public institutions, civil society organizations, healthcare systems, and communities are responding to demographic change and fostering healthy, inclusive, and active aging.
The following topics are indicative but not exhaustive:
We welcome:
University of Bari, Italy
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-7678
IUL University, Florence, Italy
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2420-0360
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the journal’s online submission system.
Before submitting, authors are strongly encouraged to carefully review the journal’s Author Guidelines, including all requirements related to:
All submissions must:
Submissions that do not conform to the journal’s guidelines may be returned to authors for technical revisions before entering peer review.
Authors can submit their manuscripts through the journal website:
Online Submission System:
https://journals.globalresearchpublishing.com/index.php/sswr/about/submissions
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Submission Deadline | 28 February 2026 |
| Notification of Initial Decision | Rolling basis |
| Final Revised Manuscripts | March 2026 |
| Publication of Special Issue | April 2026 |
Sociology and Social Work Review (SSWR) is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing scholarship in sociology, social work, and interdisciplinary social sciences.
For questions regarding this special issue, please contact the editorial office through the journal website.
We warmly invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners to contribute to this timely special issue addressing one of the most significant social transformations of our era.
Published: 21 December 2025
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