Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS)

The mission of the Institute for Lifecourse and Society (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.

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