Economic and social sustainability across time and space in an ageing society (SustAgeable)
SustAgeable is looking to create a more economically and socially sustainable future.
Objectives
Population ageing undermines the economic sustainability of the welfare state. Challenges of fiscal sustainability put current benefit schemes and public services at risk, raising concerns of impairing social sustainability.
In SustAgeable, a research consortium of Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finnish Centre for Pensions, University of Helsinki, University of Eastern Finland, Labore, MDI and VATT Institute of for Economic Research, we seek solutions to protect and promote well-being of the population while restoring the economic sustainability of the welfare state.
We focus on
- distribution of well-being and resources across geographical areas, generations and population groups,
- cost-containment of public spending on social and health care services,
- opportunities to increase employment through prolonging working careers and promoting immigrants’ integration,
- management of caring responsibilities, and
- local variations in ageing trends due to immigration and urbanisation.
Consortium provides information that supports decision-makers in their decision-making processes over the sustainability of our welfare society.
Partners
- Finnish Centre for Pensions
- Labore
- MDI
- University of Eastern Finland
- University of Helsinki
- VATT Institute of for Economic Research
Funding
The Strategic Research Council (project number 345384).
Funding for the first period of the consortium project (2021-2024): EUR 3.7 million, of which THL’s share is EUR 1.0 million.
Contact information
Maria Vaalavuo
Consortium Leader
tel: +358 29 524 6754
E-mail: [email protected]
Anu Salmela
Research Coordinator
tel: +358 29 524 8526
E-mail: [email protected]
