Wendy Martin

Lecturer Brunel University London Officer-at-large

Dr Wendy Martin is a Lecturer in the College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, UK. Her research focuses on ageing, embodiment and daily life and the use of visual methods in ageing research. She was Principal Investigator for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) research project ‘Photographing Everyday Life: Ageing, Lived Experiences, Time and Space’. She is co-convenor of the British Sociological Association (BSA) Ageing, Body and Society study group and of the Lifecourse stream at the annual BSA conference. She was previously Secretary of the British Society of Gerontology (2008-2013). Her current research focuses on the use of digital technologies in everyday life and she is Co-Investigator on the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) international partnership 'Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT): experiencing a digital world in later life'. She further co-edited the 'Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology' (2015). Wendy became a member of ISA-RC11 Sociology of Aging in 2005, was an Officer at Large from 2010-2014, and is now the Communications Officer.

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