Rogério Tavares Ribeiro leader of WG3, is a Research Lead at APDP Diabetes Portugal, and an invited Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro. With a PhD in Human Physiology, is involved in clinical and community implementation of digital solutions in healthcare. Working at a diabetes patient association, applies participatory methodologies for digital health device and service development with older adults.
Marion Scheider-Yilmaz is a sociologist specialising in ageing, disability, and social participation. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Grenoble Alpes University (PACTE Laboratory), working on the ANR/DFG Franco-German research project The Social Production of Space and Age (SPAGE) in collaboration with Goethe University Frankfurt. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Lorraine, where she explored citizenship and decision-making among older adults and individuals with disabilities in French advisory bodies.
Her research bridges ageing and disability studies, with a focus on socio-spatial inclusion. She serves on the editorial committee of Retraite et Société and the ethical and scientific committee of the Handéo Observatory.
Within PAAR-net, she co-leads the “Place and Community” working group, fostering knowledge exchange on participatory approaches with older adults in community and place-based contexts.
Hande Barlin is an economist and sociologist, currently holding a faculty position in the Department of Economics at Gebze Technical University and acting as the CEO of Aelur Research Consultancy. With over two decades of experience in social policy, international development, and socio-economic research, she specializes in areas such as social inclusion, vulnerable groups, digital divide, and climate justice. She has led and contributed to numerous projects supported by the EU, UN, and the Council of Europe. Her academic and consultancy work bridges policy and practice, with a focus on inclusive, sustainable, and rights-based development. She currently serves as the Science Communication Co-Coordinator of PAAR-Net.
Davide Lucantoni received a master’s degree in Economics and Management from the Polytechnic University of Marche. He carries out research activities on active ageing issues and participatory approaches to policy making on this topic, at the Centre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing of the IRCCS-INRCA of Ancona, as part of the research project “National multilevel co-managed coordination of active ageing policies in Italy”, funded by the Department for Family Policies at the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers. On the subject, he is the author of some publications in the form of reports and in international scientific journals.”
Dr hab. Anna Urbaniak is Chair of PAAR-Net and a sociologist specializing in ageing, public policy, and participatory research. She is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Sociology and a researcher at the Centre for Evaluation and Public Policies Analysis at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Her academic background includes research positions at the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (University of Galway), the University of Vienna, and the Cracow University of Economics. Anna has extensive experience in interdisciplinary ageing research, with a focus on inclusive, participatory approaches that bridge science, policy, and practice. She is the author and co-author of numerous academic publications and co-editor of the Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Approaches in Ageing Research (2023).