Graduate Institute of Social Work｜National Taiwan Normal University. Full-Time Faculty

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Senjooti Roy

Emailsenjooti.roy@ntnu.edu.tw

Contact Number(02)7749-5528

Areas of Teaching

Global Aging
Sustainable Development
Environmental Social Work
Qualitative Research Methods

Research Expertise

Aging and Climate Change
Environmental Gerontology
Social Gerontology
Ageism, Gender, and Intergenerational Relations
Global and Cross-Cultural Aging

Country	School Name	Department	Degree	Period
USA	Miami University	Department of Sociology and Gerontology	Ph.D.	2013-08 ~ 2018-08
India	University of Mumbai	Master of Social Work	M.S.W.	2009-07 ~ 2011-07
India	Visva-Bharati University	Department of English and Other Modern European Languages	Bachelor of Arts (Honors)	2004-07 ~ 2007-07

Organization Name	Unit	Position	Period
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA	Local Innovation Group	Consultant	2024-01 ~ 2024-03
HelpAge International, UK		Consultant	2022-12 ~ 2023-01
Bar-Ilan University, Israel	Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work	Postdoctoral Researcher	2018-10 ~ 2026-04
Miami University, USA	Department of Sociology and Gerontology	Research and Teaching Assistant	2013-08 ~ 2018-08
Centre for Environment Education, India	Himalayan Region	Programme Officer	2011-12 ~ 2013-06
Siemens Information Processing Services Pvt. Ltd., India	Human Resources - Learning and Development	Management Trainee & Consultant	2007-05 ~ 2008-09

Year	Title
2026	Ayalon, L., Roy, S., Mokpokpo, A. V., & Dzahini, K. M. (2026). Conducting climate change research in Togo: Challenges and promises to promoting social justice via research. International Psychogeriatrics, 100188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inpsyc.2026.100188
2026	Roy, S., Veitch, G., & Ayalon, L. (2026). “They say that my years for dying are due, and I should just die”: Gendered ageism in healthcare access in Africa. Journal of Women & Aging.https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2615470
2026	Ayalon, L. & Roy, S. (2026).“I feel like if someone young saves me, I can live”: The experiences of older Nepalis amidst a changing climate. Journal of Aging Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2026.101409
2026	Ayalon, L. & Roy, S. (2026). The discourse of older Nepalese persons concerning the liminal nature of food insecurity.The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag068
2025	Cohen, L., Suberry, A., Sun, P., Ulitsa, N., Roy, S., & Ayalon, L. (2025). A pilot mixed-methods study of a virtual reality-based mindfulness intervention for live-in migrant dementia caregivers in Israel. Sage Open Aging, 11, 30495334251406040. https://doi.org/10.1177/30495334251406040
2025	Ayalon, L., Roy, S., & Magar, S.T. (2025). Staying put amidst the changing climate: Lessonsfrom older Nepalis. Innovation in Aging. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf128
2024	Roy, S., Ayalon, L., Veitch, G., & Stovell, J. (2024). ‘Because I am a woman, an old woman, I have no voice’: Gendered ageism and disempowerment of older women in three African countries. Journal of Global Ageing, 1(2), 238-256. https://doi.org/0.1332/29767202Y2024D000000015
2023	Ayalon, L., & Roy, S. (2023). Measurement development and validation to capture perceptions of younger people’s climate action: An opportunity for intergenerational collaboration and dialogue. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 22(2), 243–257. https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2023.2205846
2023	Ayalon L., Roy S. (2023). The role of chronological age in climate change attitudes, feelings,and behavioral intentions: The case of null results. PLoS ONE, 18(6), e0286901.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286901
2023	Roy, S. & Ayalon, L. (2023). Intergenerational perceptions of climate change in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 81(4), 1994–2011. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207233.2023.2284531
2023	Roy, S. & Ayalon, L. (2023). “They did not know what they were doing”: Climate change andintergenerational compassion. The Gerontologist, 64(3).https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad063
2023	Ayalon, L., Roy, S. (2023). The perceived contribution of older people to climate change impact, mitigation, and adaptation: Measurement development and validation. Innovation in Aging, 7(8). https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad095
2022	Roy, S.,& Ayalon, L. (2022). Intergenerational relations in the climate movement: Bridging the gap toward a common goal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010233
2022	Ayalon, L., Roy, S., Aloni, O., & Keating, N. (2022). A scoping review of research on older people and intergenerational relations in the context of climate change. The Gerontologist. 63(5), 945–958. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac028
2022	Ayalon, L., & Roy, S. (2022). A viewpoint on combatting ageism in the Western Pacific region. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. (SSCI)
2022	Ayalon, L., & Roy, S. (2022). The role of ageism in climate change worries and willingness to act. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 42(6), 1305–1312. https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648221130323
2022	Roy, S., & Ayalon, L. (2022). Ever the father: Caring masculinities among older men in two Bollywood films. The Gerontologist, 63(6), 1078–1086.https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnac139
2021	Roy, S., & Ayalon, L. (2021). “Goodness and kindness”: Long-distance caregiving through volunteers during the COVID-19 lockdown in India. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B,76(7), e281-e289. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa187
2021	De la Fuente-Núñez, V., Cohn-Schwartz, E., Roy, S., & Ayalon, L. (2021). Scoping review on ageism against younger populations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(8), 3988. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083988
2020	Roy, S. & Ayalon, L. (2020). Age and gender stereotypes reflected in Google’s“autocomplete” function: The portrayal and possible spread of societal stereotypes. TheGerontologist, 60(6), 1020-1028.

Year	Title
2025	Roy, S. (2025, October). The impacts of climate change and modernization on older adults’ health and healthcare in the Indian Himalayan Region. School of Aging Services and Management, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China. (Invited talk)
2025	Roy, S. (2025, October). Food (in)security and social cohesion among older climate migrants and non-migrants in Togo. Oral presentation at the Aging and Social Change: Fifteenth Interdisciplinary Conference, Norrkoping, Sweden. (Co-authors: Sun, P. C., Ayalon, L.)
2024	Roy, S. (2024, December; 2024, June). The impacts of climate change and modernization on older adults’ lives in the Indian Himalayan Region. School of Sustainability and Environment and the Department of Humanities and Asian Studies, Bar Ilan University, Israel (Invited talk)
2024	Roy, S. (2024, March). “Climate change, “impure foods”, “new illnesses”, and “poisonous medicines”: Perspectives from older adults in the Indian Himalayan Region”. Oral presentation at the online expert seminar “Climate Change and Health: Perspectives from Developing Countries”, Hamburg, Germany. (Co-author: de Medeiros, K.)
2024	Roy, S. (2024, April). “They did not know what they were doing”: Climate change and intergenerational compassion. Invited oral presentation at The Gerontologist's Special Issue on Climate Change and Aging webinar, Gerontological Society of America, United States. (Co-author: Ayalon, L.)
2024	Roy, S. (2024, September). Quietly displaced and conveniently forgotten: A case for older climate migrants and refugees. Oral presentation at the Israel Gerontological Society conference, Jerusalem, Israel. (Co-author: Ayalon, L.)
2024	Roy, S. (2024, October).“Because I am a woman, an old woman, I have no voice…”: Gendered ageism and disempowerment of older women in three African countries. Oral presentation at the online conference “Ageism and sexism in old age: The need for a new narrative on ageing”, Older Women’s Network, Europe and Linköping University, Sweden. (Co-authors: Ayalon, L., Veitch, G., Stovell, J.)
2024	Roy, S. (2024, October). Ageism as a barrier to healthy longevity. Poster presentation at Vetek Association and Longevity Nation Conference, Ramat Gan, Israel. Awarded 2nd prize. (Co-authors: Sun, P. C., Ayalon, L.)
2022	Roy, S. (2022, Sep-Oct). Ageism and intergenerational relations in the global climate movement. Oral presentation at the online ENAS and NANAS Joint Conference, Bucharest, Romania. (Co-author: Ayalon, L.)
2019	Roy, S. (2019, May). What do people want to know about older adults? An exploration of 13 European countries facilitated via Google. Poster presentation at the IAGG-ER conference, Gothenburg, Sweden. (Co-author: Ayalon, L.)
2017	Roy, S., (2017, April). Work and Retirement in India. Oral presentation at the Institute for Learning in Retirement, Miami University, United States.
2015	Roy, S., (2015, April). Aging in India. Oral presentation at the Institute for Learning in Retirement, Miami University, United States.
2015	Roy, S., (2015, May). The moral values of second and third generation Holocaust survivors in America. Oral presentation at the North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS) conference, Oxford, Ohio, United States.

Year	Title
2025	Roy, S. & de Medeiros, K. (2025). Climate change impacts on indigenous diets, health perceptions, and traditional medicine: Perspectives from older adults in the Indian Himalayan Region. In W. L. Filho and F. Wolf (Eds.), Climate change and health – Perspectives from developing countries. Springer Nature.
2019	Cummins, P., Yamashita, T., Millar, R., and Roy, S. (2019). Work and income. In S. R. Kunkel & F. J. Whittington (Eds.), Global aging: Comparative perspectives on aging and the life course (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

Year	Publish Date	Research Title
2021		De la Fuente-Núñez, V., Cohn-Schwartz, E., Roy, S., & Ayalon, L. (2021). Scoping review on ageism against younger populations. In Global Report on Ageism. Geneva: World Health Organization. (Report)
2021		Roy, S. (2021). Mirror, Mirror on the Wall? Cosmetics, Aesthetics, and Aging. In S. R. Kunkel & R. A. Settersten, Jr. (Eds.), Aging, society, and the life course (6th Ed.) (pp. 199-204). New York: Springer Publishing. (Essay)
2021		Roy, S. & Stemen, S.E. (2021). Is Age Just a Number? In S. R. Kunkel & R. A. Settersten, Jr. (Eds.), Aging, society, and the life course (6th Ed.) (pp. 107-110). New York: Springer Publishing. (Essay)
2019		Roy, S. (2019). The changing nature of healthcare and social identity among older adults in the Indian Himalayas. In S. R. Kunkel & F. J. Whittington (Eds.), Global aging: Comparative perspectives on aging and the life course (2nd Ed.) (pp. 149-152). New York: Springer Publishing. (Essay)
2018		Roy, S., Arnell, B., Baker, C., Bennington, B., Davidson-Bey, A., Hall, B., Heath, S., Pryor, T., Vaswani, S., Woodford, C., Graham, K., & de Medeiros, K. (2018). Age-Friendly Oxford: A qualitative study conducted by the Miami University First Year Research Experience (FYRE) class of 2017-18. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University. (Report)
2018		Roy, S., Mir, R. A., Gangwar, A. K., & Gangwar, R. (2018). Herbs for health: Communicating for conservation, cultivation and sustainable utilisation of medicinal and aromatic plants. In U. Payyappallimana & Z. Fadeeva (Eds.), Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all: Experiences of community health, hygiene, sanitation and nutrition. Tokyo, Japan: United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability. (Report)
2016		Roy, S., Carr, D., & Ballew, S. (2016). Instructors' manual: Aging, society, and the life course (5th Ed.). New York: Springer Publishing. (Instructors' Manual)
2016		Roy, S. (2016). The portrayal of older men and women in media. In L. A. Morgan, & S. R. Kunkel, Aging, society, and the life course (5th Ed.) (pp. 169-172). New York: Springer Publishing. (Essay)
2016		Roy, S. (2016). Anti-aging: Cosmetics and aesthetics. In L. A. Morgan, & S. R. Kunkel, Aging, society, and the life course (5th Ed.)(pp. 238-240). New York: Springer Publishing. (Essay)
2012		Goswami, R., Roy, S., & Gangwar, R. (2012). Community voices on climate change impact and adaptation needs in Indian Himalayan region. New Delhi: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. (Report)