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Mobilising Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Creating Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Akita and Manchester (2025)
Journal Article

Developing Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCCs) is an increasingly popular policy response to supporting ageing populations. AFCC programmes rely on cross-sectoral collaboration, involving partnerships among diverse stakeholders working across... Read More about Mobilising Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in Creating Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Akita and Manchester.

Living with financial insecurity: Analysing the impact of the cost‐of‐living crisis on older ethnic minority people (2024)
Journal Article
Lewis, C., Yarker, S., & Phillipson, C. (in press). Living with financial insecurity: Analysing the impact of the cost‐of‐living crisis on older ethnic minority people. Social Policy and Administration, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13074

This article analyses the impact of the cost‐of‐living crisis on older ethnic minority people. The discussion suggests that while the UK is experiencing the greatest living standards crisis in modern times, the pressures facing older people are not n... Read More about Living with financial insecurity: Analysing the impact of the cost‐of‐living crisis on older ethnic minority people.

Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives (2023)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., Doran, P., & Buffel, T. (2024). Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives. Gerontologist, 64(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad002

This paper argues for a greater theorization of “place” within aging-in-place research. It extends calls for a relational conceptualization of place by demonstrating the need for aging-in-place researchers to also pay greater attention to territorial... Read More about Theorizing “Place” in Aging in Place: The Need for Territorial and Relational Perspectives.

“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure (2022)
Journal Article
Lewis, C., Yarker, S., Hammond, M., Kavanagh, N., & Phillipson, C. (in press). “Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure. Urban Planning, 7(4), https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v7i4.5689

This article explores the potential impact of future urban regeneration for older people “ageing in place” in an inner-city neighbourhood, Collyhurst, Manchester, UK. Collyhurst has been reshaped by de-industrialisation, demolition of housing, disinv... Read More about “Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration: Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure.

Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches (2022)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., & Buffel, T. (2022). Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 34(2), 254-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2022.2049571

Despite the identification of social inclusion as a key objective of age-friendly policies and programs, there is limited research evidence as to either the extent to which this has been achieved or how it might be realized. Gaps remain in our unders... Read More about Involving Socially Excluded Groups in Age-Friendly Programs: The Role of a Spatial Lens and Co-Production Approaches.

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure (2021)
Book
Yarker, S. (2021). Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure. Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781839827389

Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local neighbour... Read More about Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure.

A research agenda for geographies of everyday intergenerational encounter (2021)
Journal Article
Yarker, S. (2021). A research agenda for geographies of everyday intergenerational encounter. Area, 53(2), 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12716

This paper calls for a research agenda that attends to the geographies of everyday intergenerational encounter that occur informally in communities. Using the theoretical framing of social infrastructure and encounter, it argues that we need to bette... Read More about A research agenda for geographies of everyday intergenerational encounter.

Stewardship of the rural: Conceptualising the experiences of rural volunteering in later life (2020)
Journal Article
Yarker, S., Heley, J., & Jones, L. (2020). Stewardship of the rural: Conceptualising the experiences of rural volunteering in later life. Journal of Rural Studies, 76, 184-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.04.011

The figure of the older volunteer involved with the civil society of rural communities is written onto by the dual demands to age well and productively; to benefit themselves but also to be a good citizen and to contribute to their communities and to... Read More about Stewardship of the rural: Conceptualising the experiences of rural volunteering in later life.

Tangential attachments: Towards a more nuanced understanding of the impacts of cultural urban regeneration on local identities (2018)
Journal Article
Yarker, S. (2018). Tangential attachments: Towards a more nuanced understanding of the impacts of cultural urban regeneration on local identities. Urban Studies, 55(15), 3421-3436. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017748093

This article offers the concept of tangential attachments as a way to interpret the meaning of urban regeneration for local residents. This contribution to the critical study of cultural regeneration allows us to consider the multiple ways in which u... Read More about Tangential attachments: Towards a more nuanced understanding of the impacts of cultural urban regeneration on local identities.