literature on ageing and work is Anglo-Saxon. They signal a need for cross-national and multidisciplinary approaches and for a higher involvement of scholars from other parts of the world (outside the USA and the UK) in debates on the consequences of ageing for organisations. Moreover, they call for a broader perspective on the theme of ageing and work including individual, group, organisational, and societal level factors. This special issue presents contributions to “state-of-the-art” research on ageing and career issues by European scholars, and in this way answers the call by Shultz and Adams.