Sara joined the Institute in 2016 and is currently a Part-time Senior Researcher. She works with Professor Sarah Harper on research examining the relationship between life events and health and wellbeing in later life, using a comparative and longitudinal life course approach. She also supervises international PhD students.

Her research examines work and care trajectories, gender, inequality and wellbeing in later life, with a strong commitment to the interdisciplinary study of ageing. More recently, her work has explored the links between ageing and productivity. She collaborates extensively with universities, statistical offices and research centres at both national and international levels.

Prior to joining Oxford, she held research positions in Switzerland (University of Lausanne; Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences – FORS) and Canada (University of Lethbridge).

Her research interests include ageing and wellbeing, gender and inequality, longitudinal analysis, health, work careers and family dynamics.