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Dr Cynthia Meersohn Schmidt

I joined the team at the University of York in 2019, following periods working and studying at the University of Chile, Durham University, and the London School of Economics and Political Science. I am known for my joyful, quirky, and eclectic approach to research and teaching.

My primary area of research is ageing and the lifecourse. Since 2009 I have been involved in projects addressing quality of life and well-being in older populations, the changing social networks in widowhood, resilience to natural disasters of older individuals in rural communities, the life trajectories and social class identification of British precarious mid-life individuals, and the transitions from mid-life to later life of individuals in Chile. Besides these projects, I have also collaborated in research on neighbourhoods and urban segregation, collective memory in multicultural settings, disadvantaged educational communities and the expectations on pre-school educators, volunteering and social collaboration, and the productive reconversion of mining communities.

My current interest is inclusive digital healthy ageing. I am researching ways of producing quality of life technologies that are tailored to the needs and habits of the members of older populations that are subject to a triple social, health and digital exclusion.

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Dr Cynthia Meersohn Schmidt
Lecturer
Department of Sociology
LMB/216
University of York
YO10 5GD

Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 8671

cynthia.meersohn@york.ac.uk