Erika Augustsson

Erika Augustsson

Phd Student
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.

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