Title: Digital ageism [#Vellisme]: Ageist stereotypes and the vicious circle of digital exclusion in Spain
Period: September 2024 – December 2025
Funding source: Fundació Bancària “la Caixa”
Reference number: FS24-1B032
Project coordinator: Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol
Participants in the project: Sara Suárez Gonzalo, Francisca Morey Cortès (2025 – 2025) and Marta Cambronero.
Summary: The GREY DIGITAL DIVIDE is a most relevant SOCIETAL CHALLENGE. The term refers to the inequality in access, use, and effective and beneficial utilization of digital technologies among older adults. Considering the current context of LONGER LIFESPANS, a digitally fair and egalitarian inclusion in later life should be a priority, as accelerated innovations drive a constantly evolving digital landscape where falling –or being left– behind results in relevant social exclusion. Amid the sudden, unplanned digitization triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers already realized the need for active policies to grant the effective exercise of (digital) citizenship ‘even’ among older adults. Hyperdigitization is here to stay, and Spain is no exception. For instance, but not only, public transportation prioritizes mobile and contactless technologies, taxes must be settled online, or the public health sector increasingly relies on online channels.
Project News and Activities:
– Activity in Macaya, December 2025
– Press release: https://www.uoc.edu/en/news/2025/stereotypes-of-digital-ageism