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Meet the editor: Laura Vickers-Rendall: Commissioning Editor, Ageing and Gerontology

It’s great to be joining you at the virtual British Society of Gerontology conference this year.

Policy Press is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, alongside the British Society of Gerontology’s 50th anniversary. We are grateful for the many opportunities to work with the BSG over the years.

An ageing global population poses urgent challenges to society that we need to raise awareness about and find solutions to. Our titles on our Ageing and Gerontology list, such as Critical Questions for Ageing Societies, Precarity and Ageing and Grandparenting Practices Around the World, are at the forefront of these important discussions and we want to ensure that invaluable research is made accessible.

We are seeking to publish broad research that fills a clear gap in the current literature, pushing forward knowledge and re-framing perspectives. We are particularly interested in international and comparative works for our established Ageing in a Global Context series, published in association with the British Society of Gerontology.

If you have an idea for a new book that fits with our approach and which you would like to discuss, please get in touch with me: Laura.Vickers@bristol.ac.uk.

Laura Vickers-Rendall, Commissioning Editor

I’ve been at Policy Press for eleven years, starting as a graduate in Sociology (I used a number of Policy Press titles throughout my degree). I have had several roles in the commissioning team on the majority of the core Policy Press subject areas over the years.

I enjoy meeting existing and potential authors and talking through their research. Building those relationships over the period of time from inception of a potential book idea to publication is especially enjoyable. It is really rewarding to be able to produce books that authors and editors are proud of.

Highlights for the British Society of Gerontology conference