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Prof. Sandra Torres

Professor of Sociology & Chair Social Gerontology,
Uppsala University
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Uppsala University
Uppsala

Prof. Sandra Torres


Professor of Sociology & Chair Social Gerontology,
Uppsala University

Bio

Sandra Torres is Professor in Sociology and Chair in Social Gerontology at Uppsala University, Sweden. As a critical sociologist of aging – who often works on the intersection of aging/ old age and ethnicity/ race - Sandra's research problematizes old age-related constructs and deconstructs some of the taken for granted assumptions that inform research, policy and practice for the older segments of our populations. Sandra is the President of the Research Committee on Aging of the Int’l. Sociological Association (ISAs RC-11), the President of the Social-Behavioral Section of the Int’l. Association of Gerontology & Geriatrics – European Region (IAGG-ER), and the former co-convenor for the GSA’s Interest Group on International Aging and Migration (2006-2022).  Prof. Torres was elected into the (Swedish) Royal Society of Sciences in 2016, and was awarded the status of Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America in 2017. She is the Editor-in-Chief for Ageing & Society (a Cambridge University Press journal), and sits on the Editorial or Advisory Boards for Sociology, Ethnicity & Health and Journal of Aging Studies. Prof. Torres has authored 100+ peer-reviewed publications (incl. books and book chapters) and has made 150+ presentations at int’l. conferences over the past twenty years. Her latest sole authored book - Ethnicity & Old Age: Expanding our Imagination (Policy Press, 2019) - was awarded the Richard M. Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award by the Gerontological Society of America in 2021. Her latest co-edited collections include Critical Gerontology for Social Workers (with Sarah Donnelly, Policy Press, 2022), and the Handbook of Migration & Aging (with Alistair Hunter, Edward Edgar Publishing, 2023).

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Areas Of Expertise

  • Ethnic Groups
  • International Aging
  • Media
  • Research
  • Successful Aging

Discipline

  • Sociology