Forthcoming Event

About the Speaker 

Dr Jason Danely,  School of Law and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes 

Dr Jason Danely is a Reader in Anthropology and Chair of the Healthy Ageing & Care Research Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Network. His research expertise relates to cultural understandings and experiences of ageing and care in Japan, where he has at various times taught, studied, performed theatre, travelled, meditated and raised children, over the last twenty years. Jason completed his PhD in anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. Before joining Brookes in 2014, he held teaching posts in the USA at Rhode Island College and Grand Valley State University. He has also received Postdoctoral Fellowships from The Center on Age and Community (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Kyoto University). Jason has been invited to present his research on ageing to audiences around the world, including Japan, the USA, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Canada. Jason was President of the Association for Anthropology, Gerontology and the Life Course (2016-18) and Convenor/Founder of the EASA Age and Generations Network (2018-2020), the first scholarly network of Europe-based anthropologists researching aging. Jason is currently the Chair of the WAU/IUAES Scientific Commission on Aging and the Life Course.

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