Organisation & Executive Committee Members

President

Professor Carol Holland

Director, Centre for Ageing Research (C4AR), Lancaster University

c.a.holland@lancaster.ac.uk

The President works with the BSG Administrator, the Society’s officers and its Executive Committee members to pursue the BSG’s strategic objectives and ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the Society. The President chairs the Society’s Executive Committee Meetings and its Annual General Meeting, and contributes, where appropriate, to other meetings and events hosted by BSG. The President liaises with the Society’s partner organisations and represents BSG in a number of fora, including meetings of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and the Academy of Social Sciences. The President and President Elect share responsibility for liaising with the local organising committee and BSG Conference Manager to ensure the success of the Society’s annual conferences. Carol is also BSG's ICO. 

Secretary

Kritika Samsi

Kings College London

bsg.secretary@britishgerontology.org

The Honorary Secretary, manages the BSG secretariat, with responsibility for membership issues, member recruitment and communications to members (e.g. Newsletter). The Honorary Secretary liaises with the Charity Committee on behalf of BSG and ensures that the Society fulfils its charitable purpose. The Honorary Secretary works with the BSG Administrator to manage the Society’s annual timetable (small grant and bursary awards, nominations to the Academy of Social Sciences, the Outstanding Achievement Award, Executive Committee Meetings and Annual General Meeting). The remit of the Honorary Secretary includes reviewing the BSG’s constitution and managing elections.

Treasurer

Dr David Lain

Newcastle University

david.lain@newcastle.ac.uk

Past Treasurer

Dr Rachael Frost

University College London

bsg.treasurer@britishgerontology.org

President Elect

Professor Martin Hyde

Professor of Management

mh723@leicester.ac.uk

Martin Hyde is a Professor of Management at the University of Leicester. His main research interests are ageing and later life and he has published on a wide range of topics from quality of life, work and retirement, health inequalities and globalization. He has been involved in a number of large-scale studies including the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), the Survey for Health, Retirement and Ageing in Europe (SHARE) and the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Study of Health (SLOSH). He is the Chair of the British Society of Gerontology Work and Retirement Group and a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. He is a member of the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee for an Ageing Workforce. He has advised both national and local governments on their strategies to promote ageing well. He is the Editorial Lead for the Journal of Global Ageing, an Associate Editor for Social Theory and Health and on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology and Quality in Ageing and Older Adults.

Secretary Elect and Averil Osborn fund and participatory research Rep

Dr Linda Birt

University of East Anglia

linda.birt@uea.ac.uk

Promotion of the Averil Osborn fund and participatory research with older people; organisation and chairing of the Presidential Symposium for participatory research at the BSG annual conference; lead of the local organising team responsible for hosting the BSG Annual Conference 2023, University of East Anglia. Also shadowing the Secretary in preparation for the Secretary role at the 2025 AGM.

Society’s risk register, its accessibility policy and survey platform

Dr Valerie Egdell

Newcastle Business School

valerie.egdell@northumbria.ac.uk

Temporary EDI Officer and Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Professor Christine Brown Wilson

Queens University Belfast

c.brownwilson@qub.ac.uk

Professor Christine Brown Wilson is chair of the Special Interest Group (SIG)  for Care homes research and is the Executive committee representative for all SIGS.  The SIG representative is responsible for updating the SIG handbook, liaising with SIG leads and reporting activity of SIGs via the AGM. They provide support for new and existing SIGS. Liaison on behalf of BSG with the British Geriatrics Society. 

BSG partners and members in the UK’s devolved nations

Deb Morgan

Swansea University

d.j.morgan@swansea.ac.uk

Chair of Emerging Researchers into Ageing Group (ERA) and BSG’s Social Media Activities

Dr Lisa Davison

University of Stirling

Lisa is the Current Chair of the Emerging Researchers in Ageing which provides regular events on topics of interests to emerging researchers throughout the year. She is also responsible for planning and working with the ERA Board to present the day-long Pre-Conference ERA Programme linked to the BSG annual conference.

Lisa is also responsible for the BSG’s social media activities, including Twitter (@britgerontology), the Ageing Bites channel on You Tube, and the Ageing Issues blog series.