The Award
The British Society of Gerontology calls for nominations for the BSG Outstanding Achievement Award
The British Society of Gerontology’s Outstanding Achievement Award is the highest honour bestowed by the Society. It recognises an individual whose career has made an exceptional and sustained contribution to gerontology, through scholarship, leadership, service, and impact on policy, practice, or public understanding of ageing. The Award celebrates excellence across disciplines and values work that has significantly advanced knowledge, shaped debates, strengthened the gerontological community, and improved the lives of older people.
- Academic thinking
- Policy
- Practice
- Education
The award was founded in 2007 at the British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference in Sheffield, when the Society honoured the lifetime achievements in gerontology of its first recipient, Professor Alan Walker. Previous winners include Baroness Sally Greengross, Tessa Harding, Anthea Tinker, Sara Arber, Chris Phillipson, Tony Warnes, Bill Bytheway, Bleddyn Davies, Malcolm Johnson, Peter Coleman, Julia Twigg, Christina Victor, Clare Wenger, Murna Downs, Sue Adams, Jane Vas, Ann Netten, Paul Higgs, Jill Manthorpe, Judith Phillips, Sheila Peace, Miriam Bernard Paul McGarry, Bridget Penhale and Andrew Steptoe to name a few.