Grow old while working? Why not?

If workers were asked to express an opinion on this issue today, many might respond with little enthusiasm. However, the phenomenon of an ageing population in Europe is forcing governments to reconsider employment and pension policies.

This contribution, which is part of the PNRR project Age-it: Ageing Well in An Ageing Society, proposes an innovative methodology based on artificial intelligence, capable of identifying the needs of older workers. The aim is to provide specific guidelines to policy makers for the creation of personalised policies, both in type and intensity.

The presented app represents a prototype of a tool that could be developed from data collected through surveys conducted among older workers. This approach aims at encouraging a longer stay in the labour market by enabling individuals to make decisions that improve their satisfaction with their work-life balance.

The app can be tested during the XXXVIII edition of Futuro Remoto “CO-SCIENZE”, as part of the event “Silver future: Awareness, research and action in an ageing society“, to be held on 19 and 20 October 2024 at Città della Scienza in Naples, co-organised by the Department of Human and Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage of the National Research Council (CNR-DSU), the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (CNR-ISMed), the Institute for Research on Sustainable Economic Growth (CNR-IRCrES) and the Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies (CNR-IRPSS), and is part of the activities of the PNRR Age-IT project.

Greta Falavigna has a degree in Economics and Business, a PhD in Economics and Technology Management and a Bachelor of Arts. An applied economist, she is currently a research manager at the Institute for Research on Sustainable Economic Growth of the National Research Council (CNR-IRCrES). In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of Political Economy at the Polytechnic University of Turin.

His research interests range from corporate finance to efficiency, from public service organisation to productivity, from econometrics to artificial intelligence. Currently, he is in charge of the IRCrES research unit within the PNRR Age-It: Ageing Well in an Ageing Society project, where he deals with the study of work-life balance and its determinants. In addition, he is the scientific head of the IRCrES task force in two PRIN projects concerning internationalisation strategies of enterprises. He has published his research in numerous international journals, including Health Policy, Journal of Policy Modelling, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Business Strategy and the Environment, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences and International Economics.

Programme

Introduces and moderates

Luisa Errichiello
First Researcher CNR-ISMed
CNR-ISMed Scientific Responsible for the PNRR Age-IT project

The role of CNR in spoke 6 “Silver Economy:
work, participation and welfare”

Speaker

Greta Falavigna
Research Director CNR-IRCrES
CNR-IRcRES Scientific Responsible for the PNRR Age-IT project

Artificial intelligence and the app prototype

Final discussion

The seminar is part of the scientific dissemination activities of the Project: PNRR AGE-IT: Ageing Well in an Ageing Society

ORGANISED BY

• Department of Human and Social Sciences Cultural Heritage (CNR-DSU)
• Institute of Mediterranean Studies (CNR-ISMed)

SCIENTIFIC-ORGANISATIONAL COMMITTEE

• Salvatore Capasso, CNR-DSU
• Luisa Errichiello, CNR-ISMed
• Antonio Rossi, CNR-ISMed

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

The in-person event is open to the public subject to availability of places and registration until 16 October 2024 by writing to:

antonio.rossi@ismed.cnr.it (address also valid for info and contacts)

The event will also be streamed through the Microsoft Teams platform. A link will be sent to registered participants.