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

WG5 Meeting

At our first in-person meeting of WG5 “Career Development in Later Life and Retirement” (held on September 19-20), we welcomed...

Dear Action Participants, Given unspent monies from the GP1 budget, the Action has opened up a call extension for 2...

WG1 Meeting

The first in-person WG1 “Work and Organizational Practices for a Multi-Age Workforce” meeting was held in Tirana, Albania, in May...

WG2 Meeting

On May 29 and 30, 2024, 17 participants of Working Group 2 (Successful Aging at Work) met at the European...

WG4 Meeting

Eighteen scientists and practitioners, members of the Working Group 4 of the LeverAge network, met on June 18-19, 2024, in...

WG3 Meeting

The in-person meeting of WG3 on Integration of age-diverse workers and knowledge transfer was held at the Transport and Telecommunication...

GP1 2nd LeverAge Action Newsletter

Dear Action Participants, As the summer holidays are approaching and we finish our academic year, we have many exciting developments...

GP1 1st LeverAge Action Newsletter

Dear Action participants, Once again, here’s wishing a warm welcome aboard to all on the COST Action LeverAge network. As...