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In the next five decades the Australian population pyramid will invert, doubling the ratio of people over 65 to the working age population from 20 percent in 2007 to around 40 percent in 2050. One way to safeguard economic productivity is to raise labour forceparticipation. This could be achieved by extending employment past the current retirement age and further engaging mothers. Australian mothers’ participation is low, and the majority of employed mothers work part-time (similar to the situation in Germany).

February 13-15, 2013 

Workshop organized by Steffen Huck, Michael Hutter, Sir Peter Jonas, and Dorothea Kübler

While new ideas are two a penny, ideas that change the world are few and far between. In this workshop we want to explore the social, cultural and economic mechanisms that operate between the birth of an idea and its fulfilment in establishing change (or changing the establishment).

Wer sich gesellschaftlich engagieren will, braucht zunächst Informationen über die Möglichkeiten, aktiv zu werden. Solche Informationen werden in den meisten Fällen über soziale Kontakte vermittelt. Die Forschung ist sich einig: Je größer das persönliche soziale Netzwerk, desto höher ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit, für ein Engagement angesprochen zu werden.