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DrAgnes Szabo

Associate Professor

School of Health

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Health
  • +6448865387 (Work)
  • EA 116, Easterfield Building, Gate 3, Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand

BIO

Ágnes (Ági) Szabó is an Associate Professor in Health. Ági obtained her PhD in cross-cultural psychology with the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington. After graduating, she completed two postdoctoral fellowships in the School of Psychology and the School of Health Sciences at Massey University. In 2019, she was awarded a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship by The Royal Society–Te Apārangi for research titled: ‘Growing old in an adopted land: Cross-fertilizing ageing and acculturation research’. Her research focuses on intersecting areas of health, ageing and immigration. She integrates life course approaches and acculturation theory with critical gerontology and is interested in the social and cultural determinants of health and wellbeing.

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
  • BA, MA
    Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Hungarian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Collaborative projects
  • Media enquiries
  • Membership of an advisory committee

FIELDS OF RESEARCH