The three central research topics of SCALA are investigated by professors Heike Bruch, Monika Bütler, Michael Lechner, Gebhard Kirchgässner, Winfried Ruigrok, Franz Schultheis, Uwe Sunde, Dieter Thomä as well as junior researchers from the University of St.Gallen.
Additional roles within the SCALA comprise the centre speakers and an advisory board. Every participant contributes to the three central research topics with several projects from his or her specific research perspective and expertise.

AH = The Economics of Ageing and Health
EN = Executive and Non-Executive Labour
EW = Economic and Political Determinants of Welfare
OE = Organisational Energy
U = Unemployment
WAW = Work, Ageing, and Welfare: Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives (WAW)
SY = Ageing in Organizations: Empirical Analysis of the Demographic Transition in Firms (Sinergia Application)