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Sociology Research & Teaching Associate, Monash University

Alexandra Sanders is a sociologist at Monash University whose research focuses on social isolation and loneliness among older Australians. Her current project, completed in collaboration with Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, looks at the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on older adults living alone.

Experience

  • –present
    Sociology Research & Teaching Associate, Monash University
  • 2017–2018
    Sociology Research & Teaching Associate, The University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2017 
    The University of Melbourne, Graduate Diploma of Arts (Advanced) (Sociology)
  • 2006 
    Murdoch University, Bachelor of Arts (Gender & Cultural Studies)

Publications

  • 2021
    Using crystallization to understand loneliness in later life: Integrating social science and creative narratives in sensitive qualitative research, Qualitative Research
  • 2019
    “It's the worst bloody feeling in the world”: Experiences of loneliness and social isolation among older people living in care homes, Journal of Aging Studies
  • 2018
    Cross-disciplinary research methods to study technology use, family, and life course dynamics: Lessons from an action research project on social isolation and loneliness in later life, Connecting Families