Aging in Data

Aging in Data is a research project that explores how an era of unprecedented digital data-gathering impacts and governs how we grow old in our communities.

How Informed are Those Who Consent?

Recent data acquisition methods have created a massive wave of quantitative epidemiological studies for identifying the biomarkers of either ‘neurodegenerative disease’ or ‘successful aging’…

Cross-National Longitudinal Study Data collection of the 4th Wave in Romania

ACT Cross-National Longitudinal Study is a 6 years project (2017-2021) launched by Aging + Communication + Technologies Lab…

Aging in Data

Aging in Data is a research project that explores how an era of unprecedented digital data-gathering impacts and governs how we grow old in our communities.

Featured Projects

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Featured Projects

Archiving Wi: Journal of Mobile Media (2006-2017)

The Museum of Data Objects: A Public Exhibit about Older Adults’ Relationships to Technology and Data

Visiting as Methodology: Interactive Installation, Chapbook, and Knowledge Exchange Panel on the Lifeworks of Jean Koning

Featured Publications

“With Friends Like These”: Unpacking Panicked Metaphors for Population Ageing

Who Cares? Preferences for Formal and Informal Care Among Older Adults in Québec

When hidden politics become visible: Administrative burden experiences of older adults and professionals in home care

News

26 June 2026

Meghan Voll joins Aging in Data as Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow

26 November 2025

New Postdoctoral Position: deadline Jan 5, 2026

6 November 2025

AiD seminar at GUSEGG 2025

The aging in data seminar taught by Dr. Nicole Haring presented an intersectional approach to topics such as the datafication of aging, AI ageism, and speculative futures. AiD funded six students to participate in the summer school.

Aging in Data

Aging in Data is a research project housed in the ACT Lab at Concordia University in Montreal that is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. It  brings together an interdisciplinary network of scholars from ten countries, community-based activists and organizations.