Dr Gloria Chepngeno Langat PhD in Demography

Visiting Fellow, Associate Professor in Gerontology,Examinations Officer, Senior Tutor

Dr Gloria Chepngeno Langat is a Associate Professor in Gerontology at the University of Southampton.

My work focuses largely on resource-poor settings such as slums of urban areas and marginalised rural communities.

I am a Associate Professor in Gerontology focusing on ageing in Africa and Asia. My research focuses on understanding the context of ageing in Africa including exploring migration in old age, urban–rural migration dynamics, and wellbeing. I previously held a British Academy postdoctoral fellowship (2010–2013) and my research sought to understand the long-term dimension of growing old as a carer and to explore the complexities of older people living with HIV and AIDS. This work also examined the effects of HIV and AIDS on older people living in poor neighbourhoods of Nairobi, Kenya, mainly in their role as carers for people living with AIDS. I am a demographer by training with research interests in ageing in developing countries, particularly focusing on the dynamics of ageing within contemporary African context. I obtained my PhD in social statistics (specialising in demography) from the University of Southampton in 2009, having worked as a research officer with the African Population and Research Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. I have an MA Population Studies from the University of Nairobi.