Digital Transformation and the Aging Workforce Inequalities and Health Impacts Across Europe

Introduction. Digitalisation and the Ageing Workforce in Europe: Inequalities, Health and Workplace Transformation

Sylwia Przytuła, Cristina Maria Tofan, Jeroen Spijker, Jelle Lössbroek, Nataliia Tkalenko

1. Digitalisation and the Aging Workforce: Addressing Social and Health Inequalities in Albania

Lisian Roseni, Silvana Shehu, Merita Xhumari

2. Digitalisation, Ageing, and Inequalities: The Case of Older Workers in Cyprus

Petroula Mavrikiou, Loukia Dimitriou, Antria Karaoli

3. Digitalization, Health, and Social Inequalities among Older Workers in Czechia: Challenges and Emerging Practices 

Anna Ševčíková, Martin Lakomý, Zuzana Křečková Kroupová, Martina Rašticová, Ondřej Pavelek, Karel Rečka, Blanka Plasová

4. The Opportunities and Constraints of Digitalisation for Older Workers in France

Jim Ogg

5. Digitalisation and Ageing Workforces in Germany: Implications for Health, Inequality, and Employment

Petia Genkova, Henrik Schreiber

6. Digitalisation, Ageing and Social Inequality: The Case of Greek Workforce

Melina Dritsaki, Chrysoula Kapartziani

7. Older workers in the age of digitalisation. The case of Hungary

Laszlo Patyan, Anett Maria Leleszi-Trobert

8. Iceland: Digitalisation, Inequalities, and the Ageing Workforce in a Small Welfare Society

Sirrý Sif Sigurlaugardóttir

9. Digitalisation and the Ageing Workforce in Ireland: Inequalities, Health Impacts, and Pathways to Inclusion

Olaiwola Ogunpaimo, Dinali Wijeratne

10. Digital Transformation and the Ageing Workforce in Italy: Implications for Employment and Well-Being

Tindara Addabbo, Marco Pepe, Erica Poma, Brigid Unim

11. Digital Transformation for Older Workers, Inequalities and Health Impacts in Latvia

Aija Klavina, Aija Bukova-Žideļūna

12. Challenges and Responses of Older Workers in Lithuania’s Digital Transformation

Sarmitė Mikulionienė, Jolanta Pivorienė

13. Digitalisation, Health and Inequality of Older Workers in the Netherlands

Jelle Lössbroek, Jeroen Spijker

14. Digital Inclusion, Inequalities and Health among Older Workers in Norway

Gunilla Kulla

15. Digitalisation and Its Impact on Social Inequalities and Health Among Older Workers in Poland 

Sylwia Przytuła, Joanna Ejdys, Edyta Stępczak, Łukasz Sułkowski

16. Digitalisation, Older Workers, Social Inequalities and Health in Portugal: Evidence, Policy Gaps and Best Practices

Anabela Mesquita, Adriana Oliveira, Maria Piedade Brandão, Inês C. Sousa, João Rocha-Gomes

17. Digital transformation for older workers. Inequalities and health impacts in Romania

Cristina Maria Tofan, Daniela Tatiana Șoitu, Aniela Matei, Mihaela Ghența, Gabriela Poleac, Alexandra Gherguț-Babii, Jeroen Spijker

18. Bridging Digital Gaps in Later Working Life: Evidence from Spain on Health, Employment, and Improving Digital Skills

Jeroen Spijker, Daniel Pérez del Prado

19. Senior Employees' Work Situation, Health and Measures from the Perspective of the Digitalisation of Working Life in Sweden

Kerstin Nilsson, Jeroen Spijker

20. Digitalisation, ageing, and inequalities: The case of older workers in Switzerland

Aliaksei Andrushevich, Martin Biallas

21. Older Workers in the Age of Digital Transformation: The Case of Türkiye

Nilüfer Korkmaz Yaylagül, Meltem Çengel Schoville, Gözde Bozkurt Ateş, Ebru Kasnak, Aysegul Ilgaz, Mustafa Berk Armağan, Enes Atay

22. Digital Transformation and the Aging Workforce in the United Kingdom: Social Inequalities, Health Impacts, and Best Practices

Yang Gu, Matthew Flynn

Biography

Sylwia Przytuła is a professor at the Faculty of Management, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland. Her research interests include international HRM, academic expatriation, internationalization of higher education, and mobility and migration. She has participated in numerous international study visits and internships for academics

Cristina Maria Tofan, scientific research and lecturer professor at the “Gheorghe Zane” Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy-Iasi Branch and the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Human Resources, Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi (Romania). Currently she leads interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of mental health, education, and digital technology.

Jeroen Spijker, is senior researcher at the Institute for Advanced Family Studies of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, and affiliated researcher at the Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics, Spain where he still co-leads the research lines “Health, Mortality and Causes of Death” and “Elderly Care”. He also co-leads with Tofan WG3 of the Digi-net COST Action CA21107.

Jelle Lössbroek is a postdoctoral researcher at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute and the University of Groningen. His research focuses on the labour market and related fields. He obtained his PhD degree in 2019 in Sociology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, on a dissertation about personnel policies for older workers in nine European countries.

Nataliia Tkalenko is a Doctor of Sciences in Economics and a PhD in Project Management. She is affiliated with the Department of Management at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Her research interests include the social and labour-market implications of digitalisation, demographic change, lifelong learning, and sustainable workplaces. She has experience in interdisciplinary and international academic collaboration across research, teaching, and capacity-building in management, public administration, and digital transformation.