Sarah Harper

Who is Sarah Harper?

Sarah Harper is a British gerontologist. She achieved particular acclaim when she established Oxford's Institute of Ageing, and became the University of Oxford's first Professor of Gerontology. In 2006 she published Ageing Societies Ageing Societies: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities, and an article "Mature Societies" in Daedalus which set the agenda for a new concept of global gerontology. She is active in both Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa. In 2008 she was awarded the University of Malaya Chair in Old Age, as a recognition of her unique contribution to research in Asian ageing studies. Harper was selected to present the 2012 Oxford London Public Lecture on the new global population "21st Century: Last Century of Youth?"., run in association with the Guardian Newspaper.