Generations Review is an open access quarterly
newsletter of the British Society of Gerontology, published on-line in
January, April, July and October.
Generations Review
provides a dynamic forum for sharing ideas, good practice, policy
developments and research between BSG members at all stages of their
‘ageing’ career. It aims to enable all BSG members to engage with and
discuss current developments in the field of ageing and to promote our
shared aim of improving the lives of older people through our
contributions to research, practice, policy and education. To reflect
the diverse areas of research, policy and practice represented by BSG
members, Generations Review is divided into the following sections:
News and Reviews: News and views from BSG members that includes:
• up-to-date news of members;
• BSG news;
• reports from conferences and other events;
• reports on policy developments, current research and changing practice
What’s On: Advertisements of future events, conferences and seminars etc. of interest to BSG members.
Profile: A BSG member, an ageing organisation and/or research centre is profiled every issue.
Research: A forum to present up-to-date research and methodological developments in ageing research. This includes:
• presentations of research findings;
• current research being undertaken by BSG members;
• postgraduate research;
• abstracts of recently completed PhDs.
Policy and Practice: A forum to facilitate discussion and share information about key developments in policy and practice in the area of ageing.
Education and Careers: A forum to
discuss developments in teaching and learning in ageing and social
gerontology and to explore how membership of the BSG can promote and
support members at all stages of their career.
Being involved
The co-editors welcome:
• any ideas for contributions;
• items of news;
• BSG related advertisements;
• articles for consideration in the newsletter.
The dates for submission for each copy of Generations Review are:
15th December for the January issue
15th March for the April issue
15th June for the July issue
15th September for the October issue
Submissions may be either short commentaries (up to
500 words) or longer articles (1,500 words maximum). Full references in
Harvard style to be included when required. Visual images and graphics
are welcomed and any hyperlinks to relevant WebPages, homepages, ageing
centres etc. can be included within the on-line format.
Submissions to be sent electronically by e-mail: britishgerontology@yahoo.co.uk
We look forward to hearing from all our BSG colleagues.
Co-editors:
Wendy Martin, Samuel R Nyman, Subrata Saha, Christina Victor and Veronika Williams
Website Manager:
Rachel Pitman
Further information on BSG website: http://www.britishgerontology.org/
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The Editorial Team
Wendy Martin is a Postdoctoral
Research Fellow at the School of Health and Social Care, University of
Reading. Wendy’s background is in nursing and she has completed a BSc in
Sociology and Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University. She has also
completed an MA in Sociological Research in Health Care and a doctorate
entitled Embodying ‘active’ ageing: bodies, emotions and health in later
life at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. Wendy’s
current research interests and projects include emotions and later life;
ageing bodies; perspectives of health, ‘risk’ and ageing in everyday
life; families and caring in South Asian communities; people’s
experiences of dementia; visual images and risk; food, poverty and
place; and perceptions of safety and security. Her key methodological
approach is qualitative, participatory and involves the development and
use of visual research methods. Wendy is Secretary-Elect of the BSG, a
member of the BSG publications group, co-editor of the on-line BSG
newsletter Generations Review, and co-convenor of the BSA (British Sociological Association) Ageing, Body and Society group.
Samuel Nyman
is a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute of Health
Sciences, University of Reading. Samuel’s background is in health
psychology. He completed a BSc in psychology at the University of
Portsmouth, and an MSc in research methods and a doctorate at the Centre
for Clinical Applications of Health Psychology, University of
Southampton. His interest in ageing was discovered during his MSc work
on how advice can be more encouraging for older people to engage with
falls prevention. His PhD evaluated a website that he co-designed, in
collaboration with an IT company and Help the Aged, that provides
tailored advice on undertaking strength and balance training. He has
also conducted a literature review for Help the Aged on communicating
falls prevention advice. Samuel is currently investigating the emotional
support needs of people with sight loss, who are mainly older people.
Samuel presented at the 2007 BSG conference, has contributed news pieces
for Generations Review, and is currently a co-editor of the on-line BSG newsletter Generations Review.
Rachel Pitman
is the Information Officer for the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU)
at the University of York. She has a masters degree in Library and
Information Studies and previously worked for the British Library as a
manager in their cataloguing department. At SPRU Rachel works closely
with the Adults, Older People and Carers Team who research many issues
around the social care needs of older people, particularly how people
can exercise choice and control over their lives and maximise their
independence and well-being. Rachel has recently taken over the new
position of Web Manager for BSG. She is also in charge of the membership
database and formats the web pages for Generations Review.
Subrata Saha is a Post- doctoral
Research Fellow at the School of Health and Social Care, University of
Reading. Subra completed an MSc at Chittagong University, Bangladesh, a
postgraduate diploma at Aberdeen University and a PhD in Development
Studies at the University of Reading. Her doctoral research analysed
gender and rural livelihood strategies in Sylhet region, Bangladesh.
During her doctoral research Subra developed a keen interest in social
relationships in later life in the context of migration; ethnic and
gender inequalities; vulnerability in old age; kin reciprocity and
negotiation; and social support networks and participations. These
interests are reflected in her current position working on the research
project Families and Caring in South Asian Communities funded by the The
New Dynamics of Ageing: ESRC Interdisciplinary Research Programme.
Subra originally started her academic career as a botanist, with
particular interest in medicinal plants used in traditional health care
and illness. Following her MSc in Bangladesh, Subra worked as a
researcher at the Bangladesh Forest Research Institute and later became a
project leader in the National Forest Seed Centre. Subra has recently
joined the BSG and is co-editor of the on-line BSG newsletter Generations Review.
Christina Victor is Professor of
Gerontology and Health Services Research and is currently Head of the
School of Health and Social Care at the University of Reading. I started
my academic career as a geographer with a particular interest in the
spatial distribution of health and illness. It was whilst working at the
medical school in Cardiff that I discovered my interest in gerontology.
My initial interests were about health and health inequalities, an
interest I retain, especially the benefits of exercise in later life.
More recently I have developed a keen interest in loneliness and
isolation! I was one of the ‘founding editors' of Generations Review
with Leonie Kellaher. I have been actively involved in the organisation
of 3 BSG conferences (Durham, Royal Holloway and Roehampton), I have
served on the BSG executive and contributed to a number of BSG
publications. At present I am a member of the Editorial team of Generations Review online.
Veronika Williams is a Post
Doctoral Research Fellow at the School of Health and Social Care,
University of Reading. Veronika’s background is in nursing and she
completed a Bsc (Hons) in Adult Nursing at Oxford Brookes University.
Veronika has a particular interest in respiratory conditions and
activity in older age. She completed her PhD Thesis on the experience of
activity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at the University of
Southampton. At present she is working with Professor Christina Victor
on an EU funded project focusing on the user perspective of assistive
technology in older age. Veronika has recently joined the BSG after
attending her first BSG conference in Sheffield and is co-editor of the
on-line newsletter Generations Review.
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