Judith Phillips

Judith Phillips is Deputy Principal (Research) at the University of Stirling and Professor of Gerontology. Judith was appointed as Research Director for the Healthy Ageing Challenge delivered by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) in January 2020. Her research interests are in the social, behavioural and environmental aspects of ageing.

Before joining the University Judith Phillips was Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Director of the Research Institute for Applied Social Sciences at Swansea University which sought to strengthen social sciences across the University and embed a social science perspective in Engineering and Medicine. She was also Director of the Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research for Wales and the School for Social Care Research in Wales.