Policies and Policy Consulting in the Ageing Society

Aim

After completing the course, the student should on an advanced level be able to:

• describe current developments, processes, and actors in ageing policy
• apply methods within policy consulting on issues of ageing
• analyse, and manage policy consulting processes
• systematically form a course of action designed to influence policy-making process on the European and national level
• identify political discourses and agendas and formulate policy recommendations on issues pertinent to ageing and social change
• present informed arguments, in a dialogue with different groups

Content

In the course, the dynamics and limitations of policy consulting between policy making actors, lobbyist, and research institutions, as well as within the social dialogue are addressed. Further, policy recommendations from concluded research projects, reports by international organizations and expert groups as well as material produced by stakeholders and other interest groups, are reviewed. In the course, a variety of ways and genres useful to generate output aimed at making a policy impact are introduced. This encompasses approaches of various actors within ageing policy. Policy consultancy is discussed together with these actors.