As societies age, the well-being of the elderly becomes an important societal challenge. CREW builds an interdisciplinary team of researchers from six institutions in five countries (Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Canada), to examine the interrelationships between care, work, health and wellbeing..
This was a collaborative project with colleagues from Princeton, Oxford and Peking University to examine important dmeographic, economic and social changes taking place in both China and Europe. These challenges present the two regions with some common challenges, including rising economic inequality, heightened migration, regional imbalance and population ageing.