LEVERAGE • COST Action CA22120

A European Network to LeverAge the Multi-Age Workforce

COST Action LeverAge is a pan-European, multinational, multidisciplinary, and multi-stakeholder network focused on psychological and managerial aspects of work and aging.

Description of LeverAge

The LeverAge COST Action will build a pan-European and global network of scientists and practitioners focused on WOP/HRM that will advance, share, and promote knowledge and implementation of evidence based practices to fully leverage the multi-age workforce and enhance the well-being, productivity and prosperity of individuals, organizations, and societies facing profound demographic and technological change.

Meet our Working groups

WG1: Work and organizational practices for a multi-age workforce

Aging at work involves many age related changes in physical, cognitive, and emotional capacities and skills as well as in perceptions and social roles.

WG2: Successful aging at work

Successful aging at work refers to the proactive maintenance of, or adaptive recovery to maintain, high levels of ability and motivation to continue working throughout the lifespan.

WG3: Integration of age-diverse workers and knowledge transfer

Increasing age diversity at work is both an opportunity and a challenge. Workers of different ages bring complementary competencies to the workplace, increasing creativity and innovation.

WG4: Aging and technology at work

Work in the 21st century is marked by profound changes driven by the technological revolution, digitalization, and the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). These changes have benefits and costs for...

WG5: Career development in later life and retirement

As the population ages, retirement transition/adjustment and retirees’ well-being have become topics of great concern for governments and organizations.

Are you interested in taking part?

COST Action LeverAge equally welcomes active scientists and scholars in work and aging and practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders to participate. There are many ways to get involved

Latest Updates

Abstract As global populations age, organizations face increasing pressure to support an age-diverse workforce. This study investigates how employee perceptions...

Abstract: People are living longer and we researched how easy it is for them to work longer, and how they...

Abstract As populations age and people work longer than ever before, many employers and governments worry that older workers may...

Abstract Organizations increasingly rely on digital technologies to improve productivity, yet adoption remains uneven across age groups. This systematic review...

Abstract Utilizing longitudinal data from a stratified random sample of 15,433 retirees from Turkey, a country with uniquely large variation...

Learning, Curiosity and Ageing at Work

LeverAge COST Members Connecting Research, Practice and Students in Olomouc A joint effort by the LeverAge members (in alphabetical order)...

2nd Training School in Brasov

The 2nd Annual LeverAge Training School was held  at the Faculty of Sociology and Communication in the Transilvania University of Brasov on March...

Virtual Networking Support (VNS) Grant call

When to apply?Applications for the VNS Grant must be sent in by March 16 2026. We anticipate that the recipientof...

SAVE THE DATE: Upcoming COST Action LeverAge GP3 Events

The LeverAge Working Group (WG) 1-5 3rd Annual Meetings & WG Interplenary will be held at the University of Birmingham on May 21...