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Research Statement
Member of UKRI Peer Review College
Academic Lead, Strategic Partnership with University of Southern California
Disciplinary Lead, Social Policy, 2020-2022.
International Liaison, Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology 2015 -2020.
Editorial boards: Ageing & Society & Journal of Adult Protection.
I am a social and cultural gerontologist who works across disciplines to explore human ageing. In recent years I have taken a leading role in developing innovative approaches to understanding ageing from inter and transdisciplinary perspectives. I have been commissioned by the UKRI to write funding calls on international aspects of ageing and regularly review for all the major journals and funders. I have been invited to contribute chapters to major international handbooks and encyclopedias since publishing a well-received textbook Critical Questions for Ageing Societies in 2020.
Since moving to Queen's from the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology in 2014, I have developed a range projects around the inter-disciplinary studies of ageing with colleagues from ARK and the Science and Culture Research Group. Initiatives include the Lively Project funded by the Wellcome Trust, which used material culture to explore the meaning of living a long life and an AHRC funded project called Dementia in the Minds of Characters and Readers. I am a member of the Centre for Inclusion, Transformation and Equality a vibrant centre for collaborative work on social justice. I lead the ageing research theme for CITE.
Previous work made a contribution to policy formulation and critique in the area of civil society engagement with the State, in particular on corporatism and policies for disadvantaged groups in the Republic of Ireland. I was also one of team of researchers on Changing Generations, a longitudinal, grounded theory study of solidarity between generations in the Republic of Ireland (http://www.sparc.tcd.ie/generations/). In recent years, my work has taken a more global focus, idetifying policy responses to ageing populations as problematic in a range of country context.
I am keen to support applications for postgraduate research in any of the above areas but especially on furthering our understanding of ageing and older people, cultural gerontology, politics of ageing or gender scholars with an interest in ageing societies.
Teaching
I am currently supervising Angel Leira Pernas whose work builds on the Lively Project and is funded by DfE award and Murchana Kaushik who is researching intergenerational transmission of sectarian values through the Tezpur-QUB knowledge exchange programme.
I am interested in supervising PhD students on social policy in ageing societies, cultural gerontology and projects relating to lifecourse issues which use either qualitative or participatory research methods.
Published textbook Critical Questions for Ageing Societies, September 2020 (with Paul Nash at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, USA). This book has been nominated for the Richard Kalish Award 2021 for innovation in research and publication in aging.
I won a student nominated University Teaching Award, 2019 for my use of a diverse range of inclusive teaching methods and resources to critically engage students with complex elements of their learning. The students said 'Dr. Carney is a wonderful role model who continues to research and write and go beyond the teacher's role to get her students to learn.'
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- social policy
- social gerontology
- gender
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Projects
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‘Sometimers, Alzheimer’s? I love that! That’s definitely me’: readers’ responses to fictional dementia narratives
Carney, G. M., Lugea, J., Fernandez-Quintanilla, C. & Devine, P., 12 May 2023, (Early online date) In: The Gerontologist. 9 p., gnad055.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Women (Re)Negotiating Care across Family Generations: Intersections of Gender and Socioeconomic Status
Conlon, C., Timonen, V., Carney, G. & Scharf, T., Oct 2014, In: Gender & Society. 28, 5, p. 729 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Commission on the Voluntary Sector and Ageing: a policy review
Carney, G. M., Jul 2014, In: Voluntary Sector Review. 5, 2, p. 203-211 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt’: Solidarity between generations in the Irish crisis
Carney, G. M., Scharf, T., Timonen, V. & Conlon, C., Aug 2014, In: Critical Social Policy. 34, 3, p. 312-332 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Elder abuse
Carney, G. & Montgomery, L., 19 Jan 2023, (Accepted) The Blackwell encyclopedia of sociology. Ritzer, G., Ryan, J. M. & Thorn, B. (eds.). Wiley-BlackwellResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Prizes
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Queen's University Teaching Award 2019
Carney, Gemma (Recipient), 29 Jun 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Broad Curriculum Teaching Fellowship
Carney, Gemma (Recipient), 2002
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Entrance Exhibition to Trinity College Dublin
Carney, Gemma (Recipient), 1994
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Activities
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British Society of Gerontology
Gemma Carney (Chair)
01 Sep 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Creatively Ageing
Gemma Carney (Keynote speaker), Jane Lugea (Contributor), Carolina Fernandez-Quintanilla (Contributor) & Paula Devine (Contributor)
21 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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QUB-USC Gerontology Summer School
Gemma Carney (Organiser), Carmel Hughes (Invited speaker), Amy Jayne McKnight (Invited speaker) & Greg Quee (Invited speaker)
27 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2023
Gemma Carney (Invited speaker)
06 Jul 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Critical Domesticities Symposium: Retro & Hetero with the Housewife of the Year (1968-1995)
Trish McTighe (Organiser), Gemma Carney (Organiser) & Shonagh Hill (Organiser)
26 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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Calor Housewife of the Year
Shonagh Hill, Gemma Carney & Trish McTighe
11/09/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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The lessons to be learned from the pandemic are not new – we need a properly funded, regulated and state-guaranteed system of social care
Gemma Carney, Ann Marie Gray & Paula Devine
20/11/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The lessons to be learned from the pandemic are not new – we need a properly funded, regulated and state-guaranteed system of social care
Ann Marie Gray, Gemma Carney & Paula Devine
20/11/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Coronavirus: Social gerontologist Dr Gemma Carney on why arbitrary isolation for over 70s is wrong
03/04/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Coronavirus: why young and old must pull together to survive this
19/03/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Impact
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Dementia Fiction Reading Groups
Jane Lugea (Participant), Gemma Carney (Participant), Paula Devine (Participant), Carolina Fernandez-Quintanilla (Participant) & Julie Carson (Participant)
Impact: Quality of Life Impact, Societial Impact