Judith Eleri Phillips (born 7 February 1959) has been Professor of Gerontology and Social Work at

Swansea University , former_names=University College of Swansea, University of Wales Swansea , motto= cy, Gweddw crefft heb ei dawn , mottoeng="Technical skill is bereft without culture" , established=1920 – University College of Swansea 1996 – University of Wa ...

since 2004.

Early life and Career.

She was educated at Pontypridd Girls' Grammar School,

Aberystwyth University Aberystwyth University ( cy, Prifysgol Aberystwyth) is a Public university, public Research university, research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The universi ...

(BA, 1980),

Jesus College, Oxford Jesus College (in full: Jesus College in the University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's Foundation) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It is in the centre of the city, on a site between Turl Street, Ship S ...

(MSc, 1983) and the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

(PhD, 1989). She was a Lecturer in Social Work at the

from 1989 to 1993, and Professor of Social Gerontology at

Keele University Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, is a public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, Kee ...

from 2001 to 2004. She has been Scientific Director of the Centre for Innovative Ageing and Director of the Research Institute for Applied Social Science at

since 2009. She was made an

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

in 2013. She was elected a

fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This s ...

in 2024.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Judith Eleri 1959 births Living people Alumni of Aberystwyth University Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Alumni of the University of East Anglia Academics of the University of East Anglia Academics of Keele University Academics of Swansea University Officers of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales British gerontologists 21st-century British women scientists Women gerontologists British women sociologists Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh