Application welcome for gerontology Research Fellow

Join our community of gerontology researchers, and help us contribute to a better understanding of the experience of ageing amongst different groups and societies.

We offer 2 programmes: the PhD Gerontology and the integrated PhD Gerontology.

The PhD in gerontology usually take 3 years of full-time study, or 6 years part-time. Students on this programme need to have completed a postgraduate programme in gerontology or related social science discipline with a significant element of research methods training.

The full-time integrated PhD in gerontology takes around 4 years, and is made up of 9 months of taught modules, followed by a 3-month transitional project. You will then study the research element of the programme for the remaining 3 years. The part-time version of the programme normally takes 7 years. We recommend that applicants without a postgraduate programme take the integrated PhD.

Main areas of research

Our research areas include:

• diversity in later life and ethnic minority ageing
• health and social care
• ageing in developing and transitional societies
• social networks and informal support
• income and pensions
• paid work and informal caring
• the retirement prospects of future generations of elders

Similar research degree topics

• Medicine
• Health Sciences
• Biological Sciences