- Interdisciplinary Research Fellow, UNSW
My undergraduate degree was in Psychology with a minor in Philosophy from the University of New South Wales. I completed a PhD in Psychology and Ageing researching the topic of cross-cultural attitudes to ageing from the Australian National University and went on the collaborate with researchers in cross-disciplinary projects combining arts, science and lived experience to explore notions of stigma, empathy, cultural attitudes and age-based judgements. My current research is looking at ways that we can be more age-diverse, and collectively improve societal attitudes to ageing, reduce and eliminate ageism and age discrimination.
Experience
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–presentInterdisciplinary Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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–presentResearch fellow, CEPAR
Education
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2018Australian National University, PhD Psychology
Publications
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2022Pre-engagement as Method: An EmbodiMap VR experience to explore lived experience of People from South Sudanese Refugee Background, International Journal of Qualitative Methods
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2021A visit with Viv: Empathising with a digital human character embodying the lived experiences of dementia, Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice
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2021The ageing prisoner population: demographic shifts in Australia and implications for the economic and social costs of health care, International Journal of Prisoner Health
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2021Barriers and enablers to health and social services for older prisoners transitioning to community, International Journal of Prisoner Health
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2021An immersive art-based approach to engaging with the embodied, sensory and affective experience of living with dementia, Dementia Lab
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2021COVID-19 and incarcerated older adults: a commentary on risk, care and early release in Australia, International Journal of Prisoner Health
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2018The rising health, social and economic costs of Australia's ageing prisoner population, Medical Journal of Australia
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2015Media Portrayal of Older People: the good, the bad and absent, The British Society of Gerontology, Generations Review
Grants and Contracts
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2022A starting point to addressing implicit bias in the healthcare of older people
- Role:
- Associate Investigator
- Funding Source:
- UNSW Human Rights Institute
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2022DECODE: Daily-lifE COntexts anD perceived agE-based judgements in a Lab without Walls
- Role:
- Chief Investigator
- Funding Source:
- UNSW Ageing Futures Institute
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2022The Ageism Intervention Project
- Role:
- Co-Chief Investigator
- Funding Source:
- UNSW Human Rights Institute
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2021Gen2Gen – Age-Diversity event, UNSW Equity & Diversity-fest
- Role:
- Co-Chief Investigator
- Funding Source:
- UNSW EDI
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2021SEASONS: Shifting Expectations and Age Stereotypes of Older persoNs
- Role:
- Co-Chief Investigator
- Funding Source:
- UNSW Ageing Futures Institute
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2021Do early life events impact on later life expectations of ageing?
- Role:
- Chief Investigator
- Funding Source:
- ARC CEPAR
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2020ASCAPE: Audio App-delivered Screening for Cognition and Age-related Health in Older Prisoners
- Role:
- Co-Chief Investigator
- Funding Source:
- NHMRC Ideas
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2019Ageing offenders and pathways of care
- Role:
- Associate Investigator
- Funding Source:
- UNSW Ageing Futures Institute
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2018The Ageing Program, Ageing Futures in collaboration with The Big Anxiety
- Role:
- Associate Investigator
- Funding Source:
- UNSW Ageing Futures Institute
Professional Memberships
- Australian Association of Gerontology
- Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research
- Athena Swan - UNSW Equity Diversity & Inclusion
- UNSW Ageing Futures Institute
- UNSW Human Rights Institute
Contact Natasha for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: Sydney
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @ResearchAge
- Article Feed
- ORCID
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