This research course is based within the Centre for Social Gerontology (CSG) which has an international reputation in the scientific study of old age. The Centre’s research focuses on the social analysis of ageing, drawing on a variety of disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives to examine individual and social ageing. This includes participating in internal and external seminars, and presenting emerging research findings to a range of different audiences. There are monthly meetings of the PhD student group and students are expected to participate in activities organised by the British Society of Gerontology’s ‘Emerging Scholars in Ageing’ group. Th research areas includes: Care and accommodation, Childlessness, Critical perspectives, Cross-national perspectives, Culture, Environment, Family and community life, Gender and sexuality, Geriatric medicine, Health and ageing, Inter-generational issues, Life-course and biography, Mental health and wellbeing, Participation and citizenship, Social inclusion and exclusion and Social policy.