Guest lecture to Kick Off the Academic Year - Dr. Ágnes Szabó - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Growing old in an adopted land: Cross-fertilizing ageing and acculturation research
Date: 9 September 2024, 4pm
Venue: ELTE PPK room 311.
1075 Budapest, Kazinczy u. 23-27.
 

Abstract
‘Growing old in an adopted land’ is a 5-year research program centred on three interconnected
themes. Theme 1 ‘Redefining ageing well in the context of migration’ explores
the meanings migrants associate with ageing well and the sociocultural factors
that enable or hinder migrants to live according to valued goals. Theme 2 ‘The challenges
of transnational ageing’ focuses on issues related to transnational belonging,
loss, and the meaning of place, particularly ageing in place, when home means two
different countries. Theme 3 ‘Growing old together’ seeks to understand how culturally
mixed couples navigate ageing and the extent to which intercultural marriages create
unique pathways to ageing well and socio-cultural integration across the lifespan. I will
present findings from a series of focus groups, life course history interviews and surveys
conducted with adult migrants living in New Zealand about their experiences of ageing
as a migrant in a foreign country.

Bio
Dr Ágnes Szabó – graduated from the ELTE PPK Psychology Master’s Programme and
once a Demonstrator at the Institute of Intercultural Psychology and Education – is
a Senior Lecturer in Health and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow in the School of Health at
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her project, ‘Growing old in an adopted land’,
focuses on the ageing experiences of migrant communities in New Zealand. In her work,
she integrates life course approaches and acculturation theory with critical gerontology
and is interested in the social and cultural determinants of health and wellbeing.

Guest Lecture to Kick Off the Academic Year
Hosted by the Institute of Intercultural Psychology and Education