Senior Research Fellow BSc, MSc, PhD Tel: +44 (0) 1865 612817 E-mail: isabella.aboderin@ageing.ox.ac.uk

Research

Isabella Aboderin is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing at Oxford University and Senior Researcher at the African Health and Policy Research Centre, Kenya where she co-ordinates the programme on fertility change.  She is Regional Chair for Africa of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG), Advisory Board member of the World Demographic and Ageing Forum (WDA), Member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Ageing, and Board Member elect of HelpAge International.  Isabella serves as member of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons in Africa and on the Programme Committee for the 2012 World Generations and Ageing Congress in St.Gallen, Switzerland. Together with Jaco Hoffman she co-ordinates the African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN).  

In her capacity as IAGG Africa Regional Chair, Isabella is convenor of the forthcoming 1^st Africa Region Conference on Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2012, in Cape Town.  In addition, Isabella is working with partners to develop the IAGG Global Social Initiative on Ageing (GSIA) for Africa, including a three-country initiative to advance routine national evidence generation on older persons in Africa , in partnership with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Centre for Gender and Social Development.

Isabella’s research on issues of ageing in sub-Saharan Africa focuses on four areas a) ageing policy and development agendas b) social determinants of health in old age c) health systems and access to health care in old age and d) Intergenerational support and family relationships.

She holds a Ph.D from the School for Policy Studies from the University of Bristol, UK, an MSc in Health Promotion Sciences from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a BSc in Cellular and Molecular Pathology from the University of Bristol. She is currently undertaking research in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Recent Professional Commitments

• Fellow, World Demographic Association
• Expert Consultant, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
• Expert Consultant, Honorary Member, International Research Centre for Healthy Ageing and Longevity (IRCHAL)
• Member, editorial board, Ageing and Society
• Member, external review board, Journal of Intergenerational Relations

Recent Publications

• Aboderin, I. (2008, forthcoming) "Global Ageing: Perspectives from sub-Saharan Africa"" in C.Phillipson and D.Dannefer (eds) International Handbook of Social Gerontology. Sage
• Aboderin, I. (2008, forthcoming) "West Africa" in P. Uhlenberg (ed) International Handbook of the Demography of Ageing. New York: Springer
• Aboderin, I. (2008, forthcoming) "Ageing" in V. Desai and R. Potter (eds) The Companion to Development Studies,2nd edition. London: Hodder Arnold
• Aboderin, I. and Ferreira, M. (2008) "Linking Ageing to Development Agendas in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Approaches" World Demographic Association Discussion Paper Series World Demographic Association, St.Gallen, Switzerland
• Aboderin, I. (2007) "Contexts, Motives and Experiences of Nigerian Overseas Nurses: Understanding Links to globalization" Journal of Clinical Nursing 16: 2237-2245
• Aboderin, I. (2007) "Development and Ageing Policy in sub-Saharan Africa: Approaches for Research and Advocacy" Global Ageing 4: 7-22
• Ogunniyi, A. and Aboderin, I. (2007) "Hospital-Based Care of Patients with Dementia In Ibadan, Nigeria: Practice, Limitations and Challenges" Global Ageing 4: 45-54
• Aboderin, I. and Gachuhi, M. (2007) First East African Policy-Research Dialogue on Ageing. Identifying Information Gaps. AFRAN Policy-Research Dialogue Series, Report 01-2007, African Research on Ageing Network (AFRAN). Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford
• Aboderin, I. (2006) "African Women and Ageing: Nairobi, Beijing, and Implications for African Gender Scholarship" CODESRIA Bulletin, Nos 1 &2:
• Aboderin, I. (2006) Intergenerational Support and Old Age in Africa. New Jersey: Transaction Publishers
• Aboderin, I. (2005) "Changing Family Relationships in Developing Nations" in M.L. Johnson, V.L. Bengtson, P. Coleman and T. Kirkwood (eds) The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 469-475
• Aboderin, I. (2005) Understanding and Responding to Ageing, Health, Poverty and Social Change in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Strategic Framework and Plan for Research. Oxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford
• Aboderin, I. (2005) "Research on Ageing in Africa: The Need to Forge Directions" Generations Review 15: 3-4
• Ogwumike, F.O. and Aboderin, I. (2005) "Exploring the Links Between Old Age and Poverty in Anglophone West Africa: Evidence from Nigeria and Ghana" Generations Review 15: 7-15
• Aboderin, I. (2005) 'Case Study' in chapter on Families and Intergenerational Relations Across Societies' in A. Acock, K. Allen, V. Bengtson, P. Dilworth-Anderson and D. Klein (eds) Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research: An Interactive Approach Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp 411-413
• Aboderin, I. (2005) 'Conditionality' and 'limits' of filial obligation: conceptual levers for developing a better understanding of the motivational basis and societal shifts or patterns in old age family support. Oxford Institute of Ageing Working Paper No. 205, Institute of Ageing, Oxford

Consultancy Reports

• Aboderin, I. (2004) Outcomes of DFID Nigeria’s CAP Consultations with Key Stakeholders in Nigeria and the UK. Department for International Development (DFID), Nigeria
• Aboderin, I. (2004) Report of the Commonwealth Civil Society Meeting on Development and Democracy. Commonwealth Foundation, London