Submissions have been reviewed and notices of conference acceptances have been sent. For the original call for papers, see here.

Education has long-term implications for health that are believed to last well into old age, and is also a key determinant of late-life social disparities in health. However, there is limited understanding of the causal mechanisms linking education and health in older age across different cultural, socioeconomic, and policy contexts. To improve this understanding, the Gateway to Global Aging Data and Social Science & Medicine are organizing a conference and special issue dedicated to interdisciplinary research studying how education influences health and aging globally.

The conference will take place at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on September 4-5, 2025.

The scientific committee selected eighteen research papers on education from the U.S. and across the globe to present at the conference. Following the conference, a subset of papers will be selected for a special issue in Social Science & Medicine. All the articles published in the special issue will be Open Access to ensure a wide distribution to researchers and policymakers.

Deadlines:

August 14, 2025:  Paper draft due. Authors of accepted conference papers must submit their paper drafts to edu.conference@g2aging.org

September 12, 2025: The organizing committee will select a pool of special issue finalists. These finalists’ papers will undergo the Social Science and Medicine's scientific review process. Selection as a finalist does not guarantee acceptance to the special issue.

November 14, 2025: Special issue finalists must submit their final papers to Social Science and Medicine

January, 2026: Social Science and Medicine will select final manuscripts for publication in the special issue.

Autumn, 2026: Special issue of Social Science and Medicine will be published.

Managing guest editors and conference organizing committee:

• Mauricio Avendano, University of Lausanne
• Maria Glymour, Boston University
• David Knapp, University of Southern California
• Jinkook Lee, University of Southern California

Conference Scientific Committee:

• Mauricio Avendano, University of Lausanne
• Marco Bertoni, University of Padova
• Maria Glymour, Boston University
• Pamela Herd, University of Michigan
• David Knapp, University of Southern California
• Jinkook Lee, University of Southern California
• Emma Nichols, University of Southern California
• Francisco Perez-Arce, University of Southern California
• Jacqueline Torres, University of California, San Francisco
• Katrina Walsemann, University of Maryland

Please reach out to edu.conference@g2aging.org with any questions.