Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS)

The mission of the ILAS is to contribute scientific and practical awareness of human capacity and potential across the life course, thereby impacting positively on knowledge, attitudes, policy and practice, internationally.

It is through this mission that ILAS aims to   enable equity across the life course for individuals and groups. The Institute’s mission and aim integrates and advance the objectives of ILAS’s constituent centres and units. They also allow ILAS to advance the respective goals of its affiliated Colleges – the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies and the College of Business, Public Policy and Law – and their concern with global impact and producing solutions to complex challenges for the public good.

The strategic goals of the ILAS are to enhance equity across the life course through impact oriented community engagement and policy influence, research excellence, research led innovation in teaching and learning, and leadership towards maximised collaboration.

There are nine constitue ILAS centres and units, representing different disciplines, a diverse range of methodologies and different populations of interest. These include:

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