Sara Arber, Jenny Hislop, Marcos Bote and Robert Meadows
Sara Arber
Sara Arber is Professor of Sociology, and Co-Director, Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG) at University of Surrey, UK. She was Head, School of Human Sciences (2001-04) and Head, Sociology Department (1996-2002) at Surrey, and was President of the British Sociological Association (1999-2001). Sara has written over 200 journal articles on gender and ageing, and on inequalities in health. She is currently pioneering multi-disciplinary research on the sociology of sleep, including a major ESRC New Dynamics of Ageing study on 'Optimising quality of sleep among older people in the community and care homes', SomnIA. Her books include The Myth of Generational Conflict: Family and State in Ageing Societies (with Claudine Attias-Donfut, Routledge, 2000), Gender and Ageing: Changing Roles and Relationships (with Kate Davidson and Jay Ginn, 2003); and Connecting Gender and Ageing (with Jay Ginn, 1995), which won the Age Concern prize for best book on Ageing in 1996.
Centre for Research on Gender and Ageing (CRAG)
Department of Sociology
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 7XH
United Kingdom
Email: S.Arber@surrey.ac.uk
Web: http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/sara_arber.html
Jenny Hislop
Jenny Hislop is a Lecturer in Social Gerontology in the Research Institute for Life Course Studies at Keele University. Jenny's research interests centre on the sociology of sleep, gender, ageing, women's health, and life course transitions. Prior to coming to Keele, Jenny was a Research Fellow at University of Surrey where her projects included the EU-funded Sleep in Ageing Women and the ESRC-funded Negotiating Sleep among Couples. Her work has been disseminated widely at national and international conferences as well as in academic journals and in the media. Jenny is Secretary-Elect of the British Society of Gerontologists.
Institute of Life Course Studies
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
United Kingdom
Email: j.r.hislop@appsoc.keele.ac.uk
Marcos Bote
Marcos Bote has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Murcia, Spain. From September 2005 to March 2007, he was an EU-funded Marie Curie Experienced Research Fellow in the Sociology Department at the University of Surrey, where his principal research interests were the sociology of sleep and methodological aspects of the study of sleep. Other areas of interest are ageing, gender and sociological theory. From September 2007 to June 2008, Dr Bote is a Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar at Portland State University, USA, where he will conduct research related to older people.
School of Social Work
Portland State University
University Center Building
527 SW Hall, 400G, Portland, OR 97201
United States
Email: bote@pdx.edu
Robert Meadows
Robert Meadows is Lecturer in Sociology and Research Manager (SomnIA Project; www.somnia.surrey.ac.uk ). He joined the Sociology Department at University of Surrey in 2003 as a Research Fellow and co-investigator on the Negotiating Sleep among Couples project. Rob's research focuses on medicine, science and society and utilises both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. He has particular interests in sleep, the body and men's health and has published on these topics in journals such as The Sociological Review and Journal of Sleep Research.
Centre for Research on Gender and Ageing (CRAG)
Department of Sociology
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 7XH
United Kingdom
Email: r.meadows@surrey.ac.uk
