PhD Cross-sector collaboration for older people care

Would you like to conduct research that directly improves support for older adults? And pursue a PhD in a data‑driven project that predicts care use, evaluates collaboration, and strengthens policy decisions? Then we invite you to apply.

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Population ageing is rapidly increasing the demand for long-term care (LTC) while labor supply is shrinking, and public expenditure is under growing pressure from pay-as-you-go pension payments. This applies across most high- and middle-income countries over the next two decades, and possibly beyond, given declining birth rates and societal reluctance to increase immigration from low-income countries.

In response, OECD countries have introduced a range of governance and financing arrangements to address barriers such as the wrong-pocket problem. These arrangements rely on horizontal coordination, meaning collaboration across sectors and stakeholders, and vertical coordination, meaning alignment across levels...