develop intergenerational activities locally: unchain your potential Trends and Challenges in Generational Ageing: some introductory notes on the European context Alexandra Lopes, PhD* * Alexandra Lopes is a sociologist and holds a PhD in Social Policy from the London School of Economics, for her work on living arrangements of the Portuguese elderly. She is the Director of the Sociology Department of the University of Porto and Head Researcher in the Porto cluster of the Observatory on Social Inequalities. Any questions/comments should be forwarded to aslopes@letras.up.pt