Science, technology and the 'grand challenge' of ageing-Understanding the socio-material constitution of later life

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 93, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Peine, Alexander ^a   Faulkner, Alex ^b   Jæger, Birgit ^c   Moors, Ellen ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ageing; Gerontechnology; Materiality; Science and technology studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924345856     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2014.11.010     Document Type: Editorial

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