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Research interests
My research explores the impact of ageing on planning, urban design, outdoor spaces, neighbourhoods and housing. My research addresses aspects of health and well-being, social sustainability, age-friendly cities, sense of place, identity and belonging. I work across a range of scales including the street, neighbourhood, and city to examine place-based supports for active and healthy ageing. Much of my research has been transnational in nature, working with academics, practitioners, policy-makers and community groups in the developed and developing world. My methodologies are largely participatory, working with participants as co-researchers and undertaking community mapping, participatory research, and visual methods to undertanding the relationship between person and place.
Biography
I am an Associate Professor in Health and Well-being oin The Urban Institute (TUI) at Heriot-Watt University. Prior to this, I worked at the Gerontology Research Centre, Vancouver, Canada exploring issues of social justice, housing and ageing-in-place. In my research career, I have evaluated urban regeneration programmes in the North-West of England exploring their impact on social and community well-being. I have undertaken research with marginalised and excluded groups including the homeless and socially isolated older adults.
I am currently P-I on two ESRC-funded grant exploring Age Friendly Cities and Communities, undertaking collaborative case study research in cities in UK, Brazil and India (total funding £1.2 million as P-I). The research will develop resources and tools for the development of tools and resources to support older adults to age-in-place.
Roles & Responsibilities
Ryan is Adjunct Professor in Ageing at the Gerontology Research Centre (GRC), Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is also Board Member of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG).
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Research Output 2005 2019
Perceptions of home in long-term care settings: before and after institutional relocation
Wada, M., Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., Sixsmith, J., Woolrych, R., Fang, M. L. & Sixsmith, A., 9 Jan 2019, In : Ageing and Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Contextual factors for aging well: Creating socially engaging spaces through the use of deliberative dialogues
Canham, S. L., Fang, M. L., Battersby, L., Woolrych, R., Sixsmith, J., Ren, T. H. & Sixsmith, A., 18 Jan 2018, In : Gerontologist. 58, 1, p. 140-148 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Experiences of Social Participation and Place Among Older Adults Living in Urban Neighborhoods in the UK and Brazil
Woolrych, R., Fisher, J., Lawthom, R., Sixsmith, J., Makita, M., Portella, A., Pereira, G. & Murray, M., 11 Nov 2018, In : Innovation in Aging. 2, S1, p. 242 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract
Exploring the potential of smart cities in the design of age-friendly urban environments
Woolrych, R., Sixsmith, J., Makita, M., Fisher, J. & lawthom, R., 2018, In : Gerontechnology. 17, supplement, p. 67s 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract
Integrating sense of place within new housing developments: a community-based participatory research approach
Fang, M. L., Sixsmith, J., Woolrych, R., Canham, S. L., Battersby, L., Ren, T. H. & Sixsmith, A., 2018, Resilience and Ageing: Creativity, Culture and Community. Goulding, A., Davenport, B. & Newman, A. (eds.). Policy Press, p. 129-156 28 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter