Kieran Walsh

Kieran Walsh is Professor of Ageing & Public Policy in the Discipline of Economics, and Director of the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology at the University of Galway, Ireland. His research focuses on social exclusion in later life, life-course transitions and trajectories, and place, community belonging and a sense of home. Kieran was the former Chair of the ROSEnet COST Action network on ‘Reducing old-age social exclusion’ (2016-2020), and is currently Scientific Coordinator of the new Marie-Sklodowska Curie doctoral training network on ‘Advancing research and training on ageing, place and home ‘- HOMeAGE.