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

GP2 1st LeverAge Action Newsletter

Dear Action Participants, Midway through our second grant period (GP2), we have many exciting developments to share: Network Growth As...

1st Training School in Lisbon

Our first-ever Training School for Young Researchers and Innovators (YRIs) successfully took place on 20–21 March 2025 at the School...

Training on how to present your research with impact

On March 25th, Inês Sousa, the Science Communication Coordinator of LeverAge, participated in the COST Academy training on “How to...

LeverAge WG Meetings in Olomouc, Czech Republic

The next in-person meetings for the five Working Groups (WG) will take place on May 19–20, 2025, at Palacký University...

Training School in Lisbon

LeverAge is organizing a Training School (TS) for Grant Period (GP) 2. The LeverAge TS is organized by the School...

Open call | STSMs

The short-term scientific mission grants aim to support capacity building and transfer of knowledge through bilateral/multilateral collaborations.

Open call | YRG & ITC

The YRG & ITC conference grants aims to support young researchers or innovators (YRIs) and scholars from Inclusiveness Target Countries...

Open call | DC Grants

The dissemination conference grant aims to support an Action participant for attending and delivering a presentation that advances the goals...

R&I Comprehensive Training Workshop

On the 24th of October 2024, the COST Academy hosted a comprehensive training workshop at the Joint Research Centre (JRC)...