Sara Marsillas

PhD in Psychology from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2016, Master's Degree in Gerontology (2022) and Master's Degree in Organisational Psychology, Forensic Law and Social Intervention (2012). Award for Best Young Researcher in the area of social and behavioural sciences by the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (2018). Grant awarded by the Barrié Foundation for a stay abroad in 2015, in the Belgian Ageing Studies research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels. Between 2012 and 2015 she worked as a research professional in training and in 2016 as a postdoctoral researcher (USC-Psicom).

Her thesis project has consisted in the development of a validated measurement tool for active ageing from an individual point of view, referring to the dimensions that are important for individuals. During this period she has developed and participated in projects related to active ageing and its measurement or the use of new technologies by older people, among others. During the same period she has been trained in co-creation methodologies, such as Design Thinking.

She currently works as a researcher at the Matia Institute Foundation where she develops and participates in national and international projects related to loneliness, the emotional sphere, active and meaningful ageing combining research and co-creation methodologies.