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Patty Doran, PhD (she/her/hers)

Research Associate
The University of Manchester
Manchester, England, United Kingdom

I am a Research Associate in the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group, affiliated with the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI) and the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA). My research interests centre on healthy ageing, spatial justice, community support and the life course, and using mixed methods to address complex research questions. I am particularly interested in centring lived experiences in research and using co-production methods to work with communities to amplify their voices.

Originally from Aotearoa New Zealand, I graduated from the University of Otago with a BA majoring in both Māori Studies and Community & Family Studies in 2000. I then moved to Australia and worked for the Australian Government for several years before moving to Manchester. At Manchester City Council I was based in the library service and worked as a community-based project manager. While working for the Council I was supported by the charity Macmillan Cancer Support to complete a MSc in Social Change. Following my MSc, I was awarded a Research Impact Scholarship from the University of Manchester to complete a PhD in Social Change, I graduated in 2018.

Since then I have worked on several research projects, mainly focused on ageing and the life course, and delivered training and support services through the UK Data Service. Currently I work on the Ageing in Place in Cities project. The research programme (2021-2026) will generate ground-breaking knowledge on population ageing and urbanisation – two of the most significant social trends of the 21st century. The research is theoretically and methodologically innovative, drawing upon an interdisciplinary and mixed-methods approach that involves collaborations with seven contrasting cities across the world: Akita (Japan), Bilbao (Spain), Brno (Czech Republic), Brussels (Belgium), Manchester (the UK), Oslo (Norway) and Quebec (Canada).

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