Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has launched an innovative new partnership for open-access distribution with the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A new study, "Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations in Europe: First Results from SHARE after the Economic Crisis," will appear in mid-2013 as an open-access publication, meaning it will be available free of charge to researchers and decision-makers around the world.
Headquartered at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, SHARE is a multi-disciplinary research programme conducted in 20 European nations. The programme collects information about 80,000 persons aged 50 years and older, and reports on differences between older Europeans with respect to their health, socio-economic status, and family networks. Researchers are observing the aging process in individuals and societies in order to answer basic research questions and help guide important policy decisions.
De Gruyter is providing its open access partner with an attractive offer to enable the widest possible dissemination of content. In addition to providing global free access to the report at De Gruyter Online, the publisher will also be publishing a print version.
