Ágnes Szabó

I am an Associate Professor in Health in the School of Health at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington. I obtained my PhD in cross-cultural psychology with the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington in 2015. After graduating with my PhD, I completed two postdoctoral fellowships in the School of Psychology and the School of Health Sciences at Massey University, where I later took up a lecturer position in Public Health. My postdoctoral work focused on investigating life course influences on health and ageing among older New Zealanders. In 2019, I 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’. My research focuses on intersecting areas of health, ageing and immigration. I integrate life course approaches and acculturation theory with critical gerontology and am interested in the social and cultural determinants of health and wellbeing.