Learning in longevity: a critical ecosystemic approach to research and intervention

This paper discusses the need for a paradigmatic shift in research and in-tervention on longevity, a field dominated by linear definitions, policies, and practices. Complexity allows to understand how individual, organiza-tional, and socio-cultural dimensions are interconnected in the process of ageing. A critical ecosystemic approach de-centres attention from the individual learner to the environment and considers the co-evolution of in-dividuals in contexts, processes, relationships, and materiality. A critical literature review on complexity, ageing and care informs a study focusing the processes of transition related to ageing in six geographic areas and communities.