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Research Statement
Disciplinary Lead, Social Policy, 2020-2023
International Liaison, Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology 2015 -2020.
Editorial board, Ageing & Society 2018- present.
I have been a member of the ARK Ageing programme at Queen's since 2014. I have found the Faculty of Arts and Humanities an extremely fruitful environment in which to work and so have developed a range of inter-disciplinary studies of ageing with colleagues. 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.
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
Programme Director, Social Policy, 2018-2021
Published textbook Critical Questions for Ageing Societies, September 2020 (with Paul Nash at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, USA).
Student nominated University Teaching Award, 2019.
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.
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Research output
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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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"A View from Old Age": Women’s Lives as Narrated Through Objects
Hannan, L., Carney, G., Devine, P. & Hodge, G., 20 Nov 2020, Women and Ageing: Private Meaning, Social Lives. O'Neill, M. & Schrage-Früh, M. (eds.). RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Critical Questions for Ageing Societies
Carney, G. & Nash, P., 15 Sep 2020, Policy Press. 234 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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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Postdoctoral research fellowship
Carney, Gemma (Recipient), 01 Jul 2008
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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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Framing Ageing
Gemma Carney (Speaker)
26 Mar 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Old age in the age of coronavirus
Gemma Carney (Advisor)
12 Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Framing Ageing
Gemma Carney (Contributor)
15 Dec 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press / Media
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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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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
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Paying the Price to be a Pensioner in the 21st century.
05/05/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Blog: Imagining their future selves
Katrina Lloyd, Paula Devine & Gemma Carney
06/11/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities