ERA Committee

Outgoing Chair of Emerging Researchers Into Ageing Group (ERA):

Dr Junjie Huang

Dr Junjie Huang is a Lecturer in Dementia Ageing and Design at the University of Stirling, also serves as a Senior Architect and Design Consultant at the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) within university, where he contributes to a wide range of projects involving built environment audit, design consultancy, research, training, and knowledge exchange activities. Junjie's research, teaching, and practice largely focus on exploring human-environment relationships, with the goal to establish new understandings that inform future age and dementia friendly design research and practice at different levels. At BSG, Junjie also serves as the Publication Representative of the BSG Executive Committee, and a member of the BSG Scotland Executive Committee.

Chair of Emerging Researchers Into Ageing Group (ERA):

Dr Lisa Davison

Dr Lisa Davison holds MSc and PhD degrees in Gerontology which they completed at the University of Southampton. They currently work as a Quantitative Research Fellow at the University of Stirling on the Designing Homes for Healthy Cognitive Ageing (DesHCA) and Intersectional Stigma of Place-Based Ageing (ISPA) projects.

Their previous research has focused on the relationships between caregiving, loneliness, health, and wellbeing using English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) data, and between migration and pensions using a range of European data. Lisa’s current quantitative work focuses on exploring a variety of UK-based secondary data sources, including survey, cohort, and census data to examine the how the stigma attached to age, disability, and place intersect and they are using Scottish and English survey data to examine the risk profile of individuals in relation to future home adaptations and understanding how those adaptations impact health and wellbeing.

Publications Co-ordinator of Emerging Researchers Into Ageing Group (ERA):

Mengxing Joshi 

Mengxing Joshi is a final-year Ph.D. student at the University of St Andrews. Her work investigates the intersection of population ageing and immigration/ethnicity, focusing on the health and social (in)equalities experienced by older adults from ethnic minority/immigration communities. More specifically, her Ph.D. research focuses on the experiences of loneliness, social isolation and social support of this older group. She is a mixed-method researcher, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. She has master’s degrees in social work and international development. Additionally, she has around 5-year experience in the third sector in China, Australia and the UK working for a diverse range of communities. Committed to bridging the gap between academic research and real-world impact, Mengxing aims to empower disadvantaged communities through rigorous and innovative research that informs policy and practice.

Volunteer of Emerging Researchers Into Ageing Group (ERA):