Erika Augustsson
Phd Student
E-mail: erika.augustsson@ki.se
Telephone: +46852488165
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18 A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: H1 Neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle, H1 ARC Socialgerontologi Agahi, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a PhD student in the Social Gerontology Sector at Aging Research Center.
I have an MSc in /Social Research and Social Statistics/ from the University
of Stirling and a MA (Hons) in/ Sociology with Quantitative Methods /from
the University of Glasgow. Before starting the PhD I spent two years working
on the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old - SWEOLD
[1].
I am affiliated with the National Graduate School on Ageing and Health -
SWEAH [2] and part of the Social Inequalities in Ageing [3] Network.
In 2023 I was honoured to receive the Iris-stipedie [4] to attend the
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program
[5] in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.
[1] https://www.sweold.se/en/englishhome/
[2] https://www.sweah.lu.se/en/
[3] https://www.sia-network.se/
[4] https://www.irisstipendiet.se/
[5] https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/sumprog/
Research
- The overall aim of my PhD is to investigate various dimensions of the social
connectedness of older adults.
The overarching questions are:
How has the social connectedness of older adults changed over time? And, how
is the social connectedness of older adults impacted by age-related health
decline?
Teaching
- I am the course assistant for the Society and Health course in the Psychology
program.
Articles
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;51(5):764-768
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING. 2023;20(1):8