Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Professor of Gerontology & Social Policy

Research interests

Informal care provision and receipt
Unmet need for social care
Pension protection

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Email: a.vlachantoni@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Research

Research groups

Member of:

Research interests

Informal care provision and receipt
Unmet need for social care
Pension protection
Health inequalities across the lifecourse
Ethnic diversity and accumulated (dis)advantages across the lifecourse

Research projects

Active projects

Transnational healthcare and wellbeing among Polish migrants in the UK

Researchers:

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Inequalities In Pension Protection And Other Forms Of Saving Among Men And Women From Black And Minority Ethnic Communities In The UK: A Mixed Methods Study

Researchers:

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Sponsor: ESRC

Intergenerational flows of support in later life

Researchers:

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

,

Professor Maria Evandrou ,

Professor Jane Falkingham ,

Doctor Min Qin

Connecting Generations

Researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham

,

Professor Peter Smith ,

Professor Ann Berrington ,

Professor Jackie Wahba ,

Professor Maria Evandrou ,

Professor Jakub Bijak ,

Professor Erengul Dodd ,

Mrs Teresa McGowan ,

Professor Corrado Giulietti ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni ,

Doctor Jason Hilton

Sponsor: ESRC

Work-life, employment and care - MOP

Researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham

,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni ,

Professor Maria Evandrou

Work-life balance, employment and caring responsibilities in mid-life

Researchers:

Professor Maria Evandrou

,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni ,

Doctor Min Qin

Completed projects

Vlachantoni ESRC Fellowship SC DTP

Researchers:

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Sponsor: ESRC

Vlachantoni ESRC DFID Social protection and poverty alleviation

Researchers:

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

,

Professor Jane Falkingham ,

Professor Maria Evandrou

Sponsor: ESRC

Pension Protection for minority ethnic groups in Britain: determinants, prospects and policy implications.

Researchers:

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

,

Professor Jane Falkingham

Sponsor: ESRC

Vlachantoni ESRC SDAI Understanding informal care provision in mid-life by linking quantitative cohort data with qualitative interviews

Researchers:

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Sponsor: ESRC

Falkingham - CPC Transition Funding

Researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham

,

Professor Peter Smith ,

Professor Ann Berrington ,

Professor Jackie Wahba ,

Doctor Paul Bridgen ,

Professor Traute Meyer ,

Professor Maria Evandrou ,

Professor Corrado Giulietti ,

Professor Jakub Bijak ,

Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris ,

Professor Erengul Dodd ,

Doctor Hector Calvo-Pardo ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Sponsor: ESRC

Falkingham ESRC CPC Grant

Researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham

,

Professor Jackie Wahba ,

Professor Jakub Bijak ,

Doctor Paul Bridgen ,

Professor Maria Evandrou ,

Doctor Christian Schluter ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni ,

Professor Traute Meyer ,

Doctor Elisabeth Schroeder-Butterfill ,

Professor Peter Smith ,

Professor Ann Berrington

Sponsor: ESRC

Falkingham EPSRC The Care Life Cycle

Researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham

,

Professor Sally Brailsford ,

Professor Maria Evandrou ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni ,

Professor Amos Channon ,

Professor Jakub Bijak

Sponsor: EPSRC

Falkingham ESRC CPC ll Grant

Researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham

,

Doctor Paul Bridgen ,

Professor Maria Evandrou ,

Professor Jakub Bijak ,

Professor Ann Berrington ,

Professor Jackie Wahba ,

Doctor Christian Schluter ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni ,

Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris ,

Professor Peter Smith ,

Professor Traute Meyer ,

Doctor Hector Calvo-Pardo

Sponsor: ESRC

Falkingham. Assessing the impact of internal labour migration on international support, health and income of China and South Africa

Researchers:

Professor Jane Falkingham

,

Professor Jackie Wahba ,

Professor Maria Evandrou ,

Professor Vicky Hosegood ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni ,

Professor Sabu Padmadas

Sponsor: ESRC

ESRC Increasing Researcher Use of Large Scale Social Surveys in the Social Sciences through Teaching and Support

Researchers:

Professor Amos Channon

,

Professor Jane Falkingham ,

Professor Pauline Leonard ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Sponsor: ESRC

Ageing and Well-Being in a Globalizing World-Evandrou

Researchers:

Professor Maria Evandrou

,

Professor Vicky Hosegood ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni ,

Professor Sabu Padmadas

Sponsor: ESRC

Evandrou - ESRC GCRF Global Ageing and Long-term Care Network (GALNet)

Researchers:

Professor Maria Evandrou

,

Professor Jane Falkingham ,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Sponsor: ESRC

Evandrou - ESRC Strategic Think Piece on Ageing Report 8/05/2018-20/06/2018

Researchers:

Professor Maria Evandrou

,

Professor Athina Vlachantoni

Sponsor: ESRC

External roles and responsibilities

Name: ESRC Grants Assessment Panel D (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2021 - 2023

Name: ESRC Peer Review College (External organisation)

Role: Member

Year: 2010

Name: Ageing & Society (Journal)

Role: Member of editorial board

Year: 2015 - 2023

Name: Journal of Social Policy (Journal)

Role: Member of editorial board

Year: 2021 - 2024

Name: ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2019 - 2024

Name: Academy of Social Sciences (External organisation)

Role: Fellow

Year: 2022

Name: Swedish Research Council (FORTE) (External organisation)

Role: Chair

Year: 2021 - 2022

Name: Has COVID-19 been the great leveler? The changing use of intergenerational digital communications amongst older people in England during the pandemic

Role: Co-author

Year: 2023

Name: Did the socio-economic gradient in depression in later-life deteriorate or weaken during the COVID-19 pandemic? New evidence from England using path analysis

Role: Speaker

Year: 2023

Name: Attitudes and preference towards future old age support amongst tomorrow’s elders in China

Role: Speaker

Year: 2022

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