Ageing and Resilience Research Group

The Ageing and Resilience Research Group is tasked with producing research that helps grow our understanding of the human lifecourse, and the impact a broad range of variables and external factors have on people.

The Ageing and Resilience Research Group uses mixed methodologies (including qualitative, quantitative, longitudinal, psychometrics, linguistic analysis, secondary data analysis) to explore how people adapt to and manage significant sources of stress or trauma across a range of life course contexts, including (but not limited to): unpaid carers and health and social care professionals; chronic physical and mental health conditions; neurodiversity; stigma; bereavement and widowhood, as well as the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

The group aims to identify both risk and protective factors of resilience (e.g. psychological characteristics, social relationships, health and social care systems) so that we can better understand what helps individuals during challenging times.

The group has particular strengths in research dissemination, knowledge exchange, and public engagement outputs and events.