Mit existenziellen Fragen und den Potentialen einer sorgenden Gemeinschaft beschäftigt sich eine Reihe aktueller Publikationen aus unserem Fachbereich Public Care.
Wegleitner, K., Sprung, A., Kainradl, A. C., Pupić, D., Kukovetz, B., & Kriebernegg, U. (2026). Social participation and active citizenship of older adults in caring neighbourhoods: Insights from the inter-and transdisciplinary project Caring-Living-Labs Graz. Berliner Journal für Soziologie, 1-22. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11609-025-00585-0
The article seeks to offer a process-oriented and reflexive perspective on the development of caring neighbourhoods in the context of transdisciplinary research. Caring communities support the social participation of older adults in neighbourhoods particularly effectively when they (a) connect personal-existential, communal, and structural political levels within a care ethics framework embedded in a democratic learning process, and (b) engage older residents as active citizens, acknowledging their life experiences and skills.. … Weiterlesen … Open access
Sprung, A., & Wegleitner, K. (2026). Learning for a caring society at the intersection of aging and migration. Educational Gerontology, 1-14. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03601277.2026.2647771
Highlighting the complex intersectional vulnerabilities faced by older migrants – including socioeconomic disadvantages, racism, ageism, and limited access to care – the paper emphasizes the need to move beyond deficit perspectives and to recognize their contributions as active, caring citizens through informal practices and community-based engagement. Adult education plays a critical role in supporting the development of relational, civic, and transformative competences and in co-creating participatory learning spaces where care and democracy can be practiced and expanded. … Weiterlesen … Open access
die hospiz zeitschrift - Schwerpunktheft Caring Communities (Gastherausgeber und Beiträger: Klaus Wegleitner)