SIGHTLINES SPECIAL REPORT ON SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
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THE IMPACT OF WIDOWHOOD ON SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND SUBJECTIVE WELLBEING
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According to the US Census Bureau, the average age of widowhood is 59 years old. As women tend to outlive their husbands, widowhood affects women disproportionately.
In this third chapter of the Sightlines Project Special Report on Social Engagement, we reviewed existing literature, and analyzed Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data to see how widowed persons compare to their married or single counterparts in terms of emotional wellbeing and overall life satisfaction, how men and women cope with widowhood differently, and whether individuals rely more on their social circles or social activities to cope with widowhood.
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2020 DESIGN CHALLENGE FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!
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The Stanford Center on Longevity is pleased to announce eight Finalist teams for the 2020 Longevity Design Challenge. These Finalists were selected from 160 submissions received from 35 different countries. The Challenge, now in its seventh year, is open to teams from any accredited university in the world.
Finalists were selected by a panel of 25 expert judges drawn from industry, academia, and non-profit foundations. Teams will be awarded $1000 to develop their designs further and will travel to Stanford for the Finals, scheduled for April 7th. They will compete for a $10,000 first prize and present their designs to companies and investors.
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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
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FEBRUARY 13 | JAMIL ZAKI
"The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World"
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Jamil Zaki is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab. Using tools from psychology and neuroscience, he and his colleagues examine how empathy works and how people can learn to empathize more effectively. His writing on these topics has appeared in the
New York Times, the
Washington Post, the
New Yorker, and the
Atlantic.
In his recent book,
The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World, Zaki examines the different facets of empathy, and finds that it can be cultivated in sustainable ways.
Please join us for this free event at Stanford on February 13, 2020.
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January 29, 2020
| Forbes
How The Longevity Project Is Reimagining Our Longer Lives
The Longevity Project, developed in collaboration with the Stanford Center on Longevity (its lead content creator), is generating research and engaging in public conversation on the many impacts of longer lives. It just released a poll of 2,200 adults, conducted by Morning Consult, to see what Americans think needs to change to support increasing longevity.
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January 27, 2020
| The Atlantic
When Does Someone Become ‘Old’?
Calling someone old is generally not considered polite, because the word, accurate though it might be, is frequently considered pejorative. It’s a label that people tend to shy away from: In 2016, the Marist Poll asked American adults if they thought a 65-year-old qualified as old. Sixty percent of the youngest respondents—those between 18 and 29—said yes, but that percentage declined the older respondents were; only 16 percent of adults 60 or older made the same judgment. It seems that the closer people get to old age themselves, the later they think it starts.
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December 24, 2019 |
Next Avenue
Governments and Employers Need to Get Real About Longevity
As lifespans lengthen around the world, men and women are: delaying when they marry and have children; returning to school as adults to gain skills and working beyond traditional retirement age. In countries as dissimilar as Japan and Morocco, they’re marrying five to 10 years later on average than their parents did. In the United Kingdom, more women are having babies in their 40s than before turning 20. And in the U.S., most employees 50 and older say they want to keep working after turning 65.
Now, governments and businesses need to catch up to individuals’ efforts adapting to longevity.
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December 17, 2019 |
Forbes
People Are Living Longer, But Not Better—A New Social Contract Is Needed
The latest figures from the U.K.'s Office for National Statistics (ONS) were announced showing stalling improvements in life expectancy and worsening health prospects. The timespan people can expect to enjoy life in good health has shortened and what’s worse is that it is happening in younger people: children born today can expect to live in pain or discomfort through ill health for a longer proportion of their lives once they get older.
This is a wake-up call for governments around the globe.
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LONGEVITY BRIEFINGS
ARCHIVE
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The
Century Lives podcast provides a platform for informed discussion on a wide range of topics, between leading experts in academia, business and public policy. These conversations foster a better understanding of the state of current research, and provide fresh perspectives on how best to optimize longer lives.
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