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United Kingdom - Keele University, Staffordshire |
The Centre for Social Gerontology was established in 1987 to develop teaching, education and research in the field of old age. The Centre (in association with the School of Social Relations) organises a Masters/Diploma degree in Social Gerontology, which is linked to the MSc in Geriatric Medicine. The Centre also provides extensive consultancy work to local authorities, voluntary bodies and health trusts. In addition Keele offers the facility for study at Ph.D level.
Recent research includes:
ESRC Growing Older Programme - Older People In Deprived Neighbourhoods: Social Exclusion And Quality Of Life In Old Age
Nuffield Foundation - Women in Between: A study of the Experiences of Bangladeshi Women Living in Tower Hamlets
The Community Fund - New Lifestyles in Old Age: Health, Identity and Well-being in Retirement Communities
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Evaluating the effectiveness of support for working carers of older adults
The work of the Centre is developed around:
The social analysis of ageing, this reflecting the continued importance of gender, class and ethnicity through all phases of the life course. The concern of the research group is with the application of sociological and socio-psychological perspectives to ageing studies, with areas such as family and kinship, women and ageing, self and identity in old age, and inter-generational relationships, being major topics of interest.
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Keele University
Keele
ST5 5BG
Staffordshire
phone: +44 1782 584066
fax: +44 1782 584069
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Thomas Scharf completed his undergraduate studies in German and Politics at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and obtained his doctorate in political science from Aston University. He developed an interest in social gerontology at the University of Wales, Bangor, in 1990 where he worked as a researcher on a cross-national study of ageing in rural Europe. He moved to Keele University in 1992, starting as a Lecturer in Modern German Studies and, from 1998 to 2003, becoming a Senior Lecturer in Social Gerontology. Since 2003 he has been a Reader in Social Gerontology and Director of the Centre for Social Gerontology. Between 1996 and 1998, Thomas Scharf was Visiting Professor of European Studies at the Fachhochschule Worms, Germany. He has varied research interests encompassing social gerontology, social policy and political science. Much of his research has been of a comparative nature, focusing upon European social and political developments. Recently, Thomas Scharf has completed a research project supported by the Economic and Social Research Council’s Growing Older Programme. This addresses issues relating to social exclusion and quality of life of older people living in some of England's most deprived urban neighbourhoods. He is also part of a European network of researchers investigating issues relating to adult well-being (ESAW project).
Recent Publications:
Scharf, T., Phillipson, C., Smith, A.E. & Kingston, P. (2002) Growing Older in Socially Deprived Areas: Social Exclusion in Later Life (2002) London, Help the Aged.
Scharf, T., Phillipson, C., Smith, A.E. & Kingston, P. (2002)' Older people in deprived areas: perceptions of the neighbourhood'. Quality in Ageing 3, 2, 2002, 11-21.
Scharf, T. (2001) 'Ageing and Intergenerational Relationships in Rural Germany'. Ageing and Society, 21, 5, 547-566.
Scharf, T. (2001) 'Social Gerontology in Germany: Historical Trends and Recent Developments'. Ageing and Society, 21, 4, 489-505.
Scharf, T. (1998) Ageing and Ageing Policy in Germany, (1998) Oxford/Providence: Berg.
Scharf, T. & Wenger, G.C. (eds) (1995) International Perspectives on Community Care for Older People, (1995) Aldershot: Avebury |
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