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Tine Buffel is a sociologist and social gerontologist at the University of Manchester, where she is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology and founding director of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG).[1][2] Her research concerns urban ageing, age-friendly cities and communities, inequalities in later life, and participatory research with older people.[1] She is also a guest professor in Educational Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).[3]
Buffel is a member of the World Health Organization Technical Advisory Group for Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation of the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing.[4] She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2024.[5]
Education and career
[edit]Buffel received a master's degree in Adult Educational Sciences from VUB in 2006, completing a thesis on the educational function of socio-cultural adult work.[6][7] She subsequently worked at VUB as a doctoral researcher, research associate, and lecturer in Educational Sciences before joining the University of Manchester in 2012.[1]
At Manchester, Buffel founded the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG), an interdisciplinary research group studying ageing in urban environments.[2] Her work has included research on social exclusion, ageing in place, urban regeneration, and the development of age-friendly cities.[1]
Research
[edit]Buffel's early research examined relationships between older people and their local environments, including neighbourhood attachment, social exclusion, and experiences of deprived urban areas.[7][8] In a 2012 article with Chris Phillipson and Thomas Scharf, she examined the age-friendly city model in the context of competing social, political, and commercial interests.[7]
Buffel and Phillipson later considered how globalisation, austerity, and urban regeneration affected efforts to create age-friendly cities.[9][10] Their arguments about inequality in age-friendly policy were also discussed by CityLab in 2018.[11]
Buffel has used participatory methods in which older residents contribute to the design and conduct of research. A 2018 study described a Manchester project in which 18 older residents were trained as co-researchers and interviewed people experiencing social isolation.[12] The National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement reported that participants continued to campaign on local issues and linked the project to outcomes including the restoration of a bus service, and the project received its 2016 Engage Award in the Working in Partnership category.[13]
In 2018, Buffel co-edited Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: A Global Perspective with Sophie Handler and Phillipson.[14] The book examined age-friendly initiatives in cities across several countries and was reviewed in Ageing & Society and the International Journal of Housing Policy.[15][16]
With Phillipson, she wrote Ageing in Place in Urban Environments: Critical Perspectives in 2023.[17] Buffel, Patty Doran, and Sophie Yarker subsequently edited Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities: Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice, published in 2024 and reviewed in Ageing & Society.[18][19]
Recognition
[edit]The Researching Age-friendly Neighbourhoods project involving Buffel, older co-researchers, and community partners received the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement's Engage Award in 2016.[13] Buffel was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2024 through the Academy's peer-review process.[5]
Selected works
[edit]- Buffel, Tine; Phillipson, Chris; Scharf, Thomas (2012). "Ageing in urban environments: Developing 'age-friendly' cities". Critical Social Policy. 32 (4): 597–617. doi:10.1177/0261018311430457.
- Buffel, Tine; Phillipson, Chris (2016). "Can global cities be 'age-friendly cities'? Urban development and ageing populations". Cities. 55: 94–100. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2016.03.016.
- Buffel, Tine (2018). "Social research and co-production with older people: Developing age-friendly communities". Journal of Aging Studies. 44: 52–60. doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2018.01.012.
- Buffel, Tine; Handler, Sophie; Phillipson, Chris, eds. (2018). Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: A Global Perspective. Bristol: Policy Press.
- Buffel, Tine; Phillipson, Chris (2023). Ageing in Place in Urban Environments: Critical Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge.
- Buffel, Tine; Doran, Patty; Yarker, Sophie, eds. (2024). Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities: Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice. Bristol: Policy Press.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Tine Buffel". Research Explorer. University of Manchester. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Our People". Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group. University of Manchester. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Tine Buffel". Vrije Universiteit Brussel Research Portal. Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "Technical Advisory Group for Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing". World Health Organization. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 "The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes 41 leading social scientists to its Fellowship". Academy of Social Sciences. March 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ Buffel, Tine (2006). Eigen-aardig educatief: Een exploratief onderzoek naar de eigenschappen en randvoorwaarden van de educatieve functie in het sociaal cultureel volwassenenwerk (Master's thesis). Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
- 1 2 3 Buffel, Tine; Phillipson, Chris; Scharf, Thomas (2012). "Ageing in urban environments: Developing 'age-friendly' cities". Critical Social Policy. 32 (4): 597–617. doi:10.1177/0261018311430457.
- ↑ Buffel, Tine; Phillipson, Chris; Scharf, Thomas (2013). "Experiences of neighbourhood exclusion and inclusion among older people living in deprived inner-city areas in Belgium and England". Ageing & Society. 33 (1): 89–109. doi:10.1017/S0144686X11001250.
- ↑ Buffel, Tine; Phillipson, Chris (2016). "Can global cities be 'age-friendly cities'? Urban development and ageing populations". Cities. 55: 94–100. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2016.03.016.
- ↑ Torku, Alex; Chan, Albert Ping Chuen; Yung, Esther Hiu Kwan (2021). "Age-friendly cities and communities: A review and future directions". Ageing & Society. 41 (10): 2242–2279. doi:10.1017/S0144686X20000239.
- ↑ "The Age-Friendly City Can't Just Be for the Wealthy". Research Explorer. University of Manchester. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ Buffel, Tine (2018). "Social research and co-production with older people: Developing age-friendly communities". Journal of Aging Studies. 44: 52–60. doi:10.1016/j.jaging.2018.01.012. PMID 29502790.
- 1 2 "Researching Age-friendly Neighbourhoods". National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ Buffel, Tine; Handler, Sophie; Phillipson, Chris, eds. (2018). Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: A Global Perspective. Bristol: Policy Press. doi:10.46692/9781447331322.
- ↑ Khambhaita, Priya (2019). "Tine Buffel, Sophie Handler and Chris Phillipson (eds), Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: A Global Perspective". Ageing & Society. 39 (7): 1552–1553. doi:10.1017/S0144686X19000485.
- ↑ "A review of Age Friendly Cities and Communities: A Global Perspective". International Journal of Housing Policy. 19 (1). 2019. doi:10.1080/19491247.2018.1555971.
- ↑ Buffel, Tine; Phillipson, Chris (2023). Ageing in Place in Urban Environments: Critical Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003229322.
- ↑ Buffel, Tine; Doran, Patty; Yarker, Sophie, eds. (2024). Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities: Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice. Bristol: Policy Press. doi:10.2307/jj.11102872.
- ↑ Wu, Hui (2026). "Tine Buffel, Patty Doran and Sophie Yarker (eds), Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities: Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice". Ageing & Society. 46: e12. doi:10.1017/S0144686X25100366.