Alexandra Sanders is a sociologist at Monash University whose research focuses on social isolation and loneliness among older Australians. Her current project, completed in collaboration with Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, looks at the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on older adults living alone.
Experience
–present
Sociology Research & Teaching Associate, Monash University
2017–2018
Sociology Research & Teaching Associate, The University of Melbourne
Education
2017
The University of Melbourne, Graduate Diploma of Arts (Advanced) (Sociology)
2006
Murdoch University, Bachelor of Arts (Gender & Cultural Studies)
Publications
2021
Using crystallization to understand loneliness in later life: Integrating social science and creative narratives in sensitive qualitative research, Qualitative Research
2019
“It's the worst bloody feeling in the world”: Experiences of loneliness and social isolation among older people living in care homes, Journal of Aging Studies
2018
Cross-disciplinary research methods to study technology use, family, and life course dynamics: Lessons from an action research project on social isolation and loneliness in later life, Connecting Families