Elena del Barrio

Degree in Sociology (UCM, 1998-2002) and Master in Social Gerontology (UAM, 2003-2004). Postgraduate fellow at UAM (2004-2005). Predoctoral fellow at the CSIC (2005-2008). In 2008 she worked as Technician in the “Elderly Portal” (IMSERSO-CSIC). From June 2008, she has been working at Matia Institute Foundation developing projects related to active aging, living conditions, use of time of the elderly and working on the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities projects. She was the principal investigator of the Donostia-San Sebastián Age-Friendly City’s diagnosis (2009) and of the Living conditions of the elderly in Euskadi’s study (2010 and 2014), She coordinates the Euskadi Lagunkoia project since 2012. From 2013 to June 2016 she has been Member of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology (SEGG), and has been the coordinator of the Image and Ageing Working Group from 2012 to 2020.