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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Serrat Fernández, Rodrigo author Warburton, Jeni author Petriwskyj, Andrea author Villar Posada, Feliciano author 2025-01-23T13:42:04Z 2025-01-23T13:42:04Z 2017-02-01 2025-01-23T13:42:04Z Understanding what older people learn from their civic participation is of critical importance both for individuals and organisations. This link has been neglected in prior research, and the evidence across diverse cultural contexts is particularly limited. However, the political context of older people's life experiences and participation is important in their participation. The intent of the present study is to explore the learnings experienced by older people through participation in seniors' interest organisations, across Australia and Spain. Participants included 52 active members of political organisations focused on issues for older people. A questionnaire was used for data collection; participants' responses to an open-ended question regarding what they have learnt from their participation in seniors' interest organisations are analysed here. Participants' answers were subjected to a multi-stage thematic analysis. Findings show three key themes relating to learnings about themselves, such as self-improvement or skills or knowledge; learnings about others, such as cooperation with others and understand that people have different views; and learning about society, such as inequality and the need to fight for injustice. The findings suggest some interesting similarities and differences across contexts, which appears to reflect the different political contexts of the two countries. Austràlia Persones grans Participació política Espanya Aprenentatge Australia Older people Political participation Spain Learning Political Participation and Late-Life Learning: A Cross-Cultural Study of Older People's Participation in Seniors' Interest Organisations in Australia and Spain