Professor Sara Arber FBA

Gender and ageing, including care-giving, older men, pensions; health inequalities, including women's health, social capital, cross-national comparisons; sociology of sleep, research on women, couples and ageing

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2008
Subjects: Sociology
Sections: Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
Website: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/sara-arber

Current post

University of Surrey Emeritus Professor of Sociology

Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender (CRAG) Co-Director

Past appointments

University of Surrey Head of the School of Human Sciences

2001 - 2004

British Sociological Association President

1999 - 2001

University of Surrey Head of Sociology Department

1996 - 2002

University of Surrey Professor of Sociology

1994 - 2017

Publications

Contemporary Grandparenting: Changing Family Relationships in Global Contexts

editors Sara Arber and Virpi Timonen - Published in 2012 by Policy Press

The Myth of Generational Conflict: Family and State in Ageing Societies

editors Sara Arber and Claudine Attias-Donfut - Published in 2000 by Routledge

Connecting Gender and Ageing: A Sociological Approach

Jay Ginn and Sara Arber - Published in 1995 by Open University Press

Gender and Later Life: A Sociological Analysis of Resources and Constraints

Jay Ginn and Sara Arber - Published in 1991 by SAGE Publications Ltd

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Ian Gough FBA

Meeting human needs within planetary boundaries; from social policy to eco-social policy; from efficiency to sufficiency; synthesising wellbeing, equality and sustainability; distinguishing excessive consumption from necessities and basic services.

Professor Nasar Meer FBA

The contemporary study of political participation, multi-level approaches to anti-discrimination, migration and asylum policies, public and media representation, and the ways in which collective membership is conceived and operationalised.

Professor Stephen Ball FBA

Sociology of education with a focus on policy processes and social class equalities.

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