Research project

Understanding resilience in later life in a low resource setting

Research groups:
Lead researchers:

Professor Maria Evandrou
Other researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham
Research funder:

ESRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Maria Evandrou FAcSS

PROFESSOR OF GERONTOLOGY

Research interests

ESRC: Centre for Population Change (CPC): I am Co-Director of ESRC Centre for Population Change. My collaborative work focuses on a) Increasing longevity and the changing life course, and b) Understanding intergenerational relations & exchange. For more information, please visit the CPC website.
ESRC CPC - Connecting Generations: I am also Co-Director of the ESRC CPC-Connecting Generations research programme. The research will investigate areas such as changing intergenerational relationships; intergenerational flows of support in later life; and work-life balance, employment and caring responsibilities in mid-life. More information on the Connecting Generations research programme here.

Connect with Maria

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International

Connect with Jane

Email: [email protected]

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Centre for Research on Ageing

The Centre for Research on Ageing is an international and multi-disciplinary research centre examining key issues in ageing and the lifecourse, informing policy and debate at the national and local level.

Research outputs

Perception of vulnerability to HIV infection among older people in Nairobi Kenya: a need for intervention

2013, Journal of Biosocial Science, 45(2), 249-266

DOI: 10.1017/S0021932012000417

Type: article

Outward migration from large cities: are older migrants in Nairobi ‘returning’?

Jane Falkingham, Gloria Chepngeno-Langat & Maria Evandrou, 2012, Population, Space and Place, 18(3), 327-343

DOI: 10.1002/psp.678

Type: article

An investigation of factors associated with the health and well-being of HIV-infected or HIV-affected older people in rural South Africa

Makandwe Nyirenda, Somnath Chatterji, Jane Falkingham, Portia Mutevedzi, Victoria Hosegood, Maria Evandrou, Paul Kowal & Marie-Louise Newell, 2012, BMC Public Health, 12(1), 259

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-259

Type: article

Family ties and urban–rural linkages among older migrants in Nairobi informal settlements

2012, Population, Space and Place

DOI: 10.1002/psp.1711

Type: article

Concern about HIV and AIDS among older people in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya

Gloria Chepngeno-Langat, Jane Falkingham, Nyovani Madise & Maria Evandrou, 2012, Risk Analysis

DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01765.x

Type: article