Aim of this special session Ageing and shiftwork is a rather new and ‘hot topic’ because of the intentions to prolong working lives in many countries. Because shiftwork could be very demanding for older employees it need more attention than earlier.

¹Anne-Helene Garde, ²Janet Barnes- Farrell, ³Jeanne Duffy, ⁴Karin Proper, ⁵Jill Dorrian, ⁶Prakash KC

¹The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark

²University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

³Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

⁴National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

⁵University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

⁶Faculty of Social Sciences (Health Science), University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland