Professor Christina Victor
Director of Research Institute / Professor

Research area(s)

My principal research interests are focussed around understanding the social context of ageing and later life. More specifically I have specialist interests around loneliness and social isolation in later life; care and caring; growing old amongst minority communities; physical activity, exercise and later life and the use of secondary data analysis in gerontological research. 

I also am active in the broad areas of service evaluation, health inequalities and public health aspects of old age and population ageing, especially in the developing world.

Research Interests

Ageing and later life

Wellbeing across the lifecourse

Loneliness and isolation

Grants

Project details

• 2010 Leverhulme Foundation-Inter and intra-generational patterns of caring amongst minority community  (£225,000) with Prof V Burholt & Dr W Martin
• 2009 Dunhill Medical Trust-Dignity in care for older people (with Dr W Martin, Dr V Williams, Dr S Richards, Prof A Le May & Prof D Oliver) (£125,000)
• 2008 ESRC Intergenerational relationships and support networks of older South Asians: a comparison of elders living in the UK , India and Bangladesh (with Prof Burholt) (£72696)
• 2007 ESRC-New Dynamics of Ageing Programme-family and caring amongst South Asian communities £380,000 (with Dr  W P Martin)
• 2007 Thomas Pocklington Trust –quality of life of people with visual impairment-£50000-M Gosney and C Victor (extension of £25,000 October 2008)
• 2006 Framework 6-independence in old age –work packages on acceptability of technology and falls prevention (C Victor)-£300000 (approx)
• 2006 ESC-NDA preparatory network on safety and security in old age (with Dr R McCrindle)
• 2006 Thames Valley Primary Care Network £25,000-pilot study of exercise and older people (T Harris, C Victor & D Cook)