Call For Papers: Acta Univeristatis Lodziensis Folia Sociologica, No 100 (2027)

2026-05-28

The Silver Society: Differentiation and Transformations of Ageing and Old Age

Issue editors: Dr Emilia Kramkowska (University of Białystok), Dr hab. Monika D. Adamczyk, Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

The Editorial Board of Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Sociologica invites submissions for a thematic issue devoted to sociological perspectives on ageing and old age.

In the face of dynamic demographic changes, old age has ceased to be merely a biological or medical category. It has become a complex social, cultural, economic, and political phenomenon. We are interested in the diverse ways of understanding and experiencing old age, both at the level of individual biographies and within social structures and institutions. Our aim is to capture ageing as a heterogeneous process, embedded in contexts of social inequalities, interpersonal relations, and technological and cultural change. We encourage reflection on how the boundaries of old age are being redefined today and what new forms of social life and identities are emerging within the “silver society.”

Proposed thematic areas

We invite submissions addressing, among others, the following issues:

  • social, economic, and cultural inequalities in old age
  • ageism, exclusion, and social inclusion
  • intergenerational relations, transformations of the family and forms of care
  • old age in public and private spaces (city, countryside, institutions)
  • discourses of ageing, media and cultural representations
  • health, body, and agency in old age
  • alternative lifestyles and new forms of activity in later adulthood
  • technologies, digitalisation, and ageing
  • migration, mobility, and ageing from a transnational perspective
  • time, biography, and transitions in the life course
  • the experience of ageing across different social groups and life contexts
  • public policies towards ageing societies

We are open to proposals extending beyond the areas listed above - particularly interdisciplinary approaches and innovative theoretical and methodological perspectives are welcome.

Who is invited to contribute?
We invite researchers representing various disciplines, in particular sociology, social gerontology, anthropology, public policy studies, cultural studies, as well as other fields within the social sciences and humanities.
We accept empirical articles (both quantitative and qualitative), as well as theoretical, review, and methodological papers.

Submission and review guidelines

  • Languages of publication: Polish or English
  • Style manual: Author Guidelines 
  • Peer review: double-blind
  • Submission via the OJS editorial system: Submissions
  • Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2026
  • Planned publication of the issue: first quarter of 2027

The Editorial Board reserves the right to make an initial selection of submissions and to reject manuscripts that do not comply with the journal’s guidelines at the preliminary evaluation stage.