CQU graduate Brad JorgensenAustralians are getting older, but we are not necessarily working longer.

CQU Professional Doctorate graduate Brad Jorgensen is in the running for a ARC linkage research grant to investigate the relationship between an ageing population and an ageing workforce in a globalising economy.

Dr Jorgensen is the Manager of Global Analytics Services for Infohrm Pty Ltd, an international workforce and business intelligence company, and has for the past few months been working in collaboration with researchers in Australia to develop a research agenda around the topic of ageing populations.

The project will scrutinise the premise that an ageing population goes hand-in-hand with an ageing workforce - an idea which is contradicted by much of the available evidence. Dr Jorgensen believes the evidence actually points to rather more complex scenarios, in which outcomes are uncertain, but clearly where older workers may not necessarily fair well.

Placed amongst the most read authors in the journal Foresight for 2006 and 2007, 3 of Dr Jorgensen's academic papers are featured in the top 20 downloads for the online publication, all of which were written during his time at CQU.

The papers included: Attract, retain and innovate: a workforce policy architecture adapted to modern conditions; The ageing population and knowledge work: a context for action; and Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y?: Policy implications for defence forces in the modern era.

Foresight is a vehicle for research, business analysis and policy thinking. Foresight forms part of the Emerald Management Xtra 150 database.  This means that articles published in this journal have the potential to be viewed by more than 15 million users worldwide.