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United Kingdom Sarah Harper is a distinguished gerontologist and population studies expert, serving as the Clore Professor of Gerontology and Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing.
Sarah represents Oxford on the Ageing and Demography Collaboration.
Sarah Harper has been appointed as the new chair of the NGO HelpAge International in 2024.
Sarah Harper is the Vice-Chair of the UK Research Integrity Office.
Sarah Harper is a Trustee of Health Data Research UK.
Sarah Harper is a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute.
Sarah Harper is a Patron of CHASE Africa.
Sarah Harper served as Chair of HSBC’s Global Ageing Forum and was Global Advisor on Ageing Issues for HSBC plc.
Sarah Harper has spoken at World Economic Forums in China and Australia and served on the Global Agenda Council on Ageing Societies.
Sarah Harper served on the Scientific Advisory Board of Natural England.
Sarah Harper served on the Royal Society’s Working Group on Population and Environment, and the Working Group on People and the Planet, and on Biodiversity.
Sarah Harper was a member of the Wellcome Trust Health Consequences of Population Change Panel.
Sarah Harper was a former trustee of Club Vita, a longevity comparison club for occupational pension schemes.
Sarah Harper was a former Trustee of the Third Age Employment Network.
Sarah Harper served on the Council of Advisors of Population Europe.
Sarah Harper was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
Sarah Harper was a member of the Advisory Board.
Sarah Harper was an Advisor to the Malaysian Government.
Sarah Harper was an Advisor to the Singapore Government’s Third Age Council.
Sarah Harper served as a Specialist Advisor for the European Commission Demographic Change Programme.
Sarah Harper served as an International Advisor to the Swedish Academy.
Sarah Harper served as a European Advisor to the MacArthur Foundation.
Sarah Harper was an Advisor on Ageing Issues.
Sarah Harper is the Clore Professor of Gerontology at the University of Oxford, a Fellow at University College, and Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing. Her early career included doctoral work in population studies at Oxford, followed by training and work as a News and Current Affairs Reporter and Producer for the BBC in both TV and Radio from 1985 to 1990. She then held a lectureship at the University of London before moving to the USA as a professor in public policy at the University of Chicago. Returning to Oxford, she founded the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing with funding from the US National Institutes of Health, an institution dedicated to multidisciplinary research on global population ageing. Harper was appointed a CBE for services to Demography in 2018.
Throughout her career, Harper has maintained a balance between academic research and external professional commitments. She chaired the UK government’s Foresight Review on Ageing Populations (2014-2016) and served on the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology (2014-2017), advising on scientific evidence for strategic policies. In 2024, she was appointed Chair of HelpAge International. Her research focuses on the implications of changing fertility rates and increasing life expectancy, as well as the interaction of population change with environmental factors. Key research areas include life course factors in healthy aging, eldercare dynamics in China, fertility trends in sub-Saharan Africa, and the impact of population change on agricultural production and food security in Southeast Asia.
Harper’s contributions extend to significant advisory roles internationally, including representing the UK on the European Science Academies’ Demographic Change in Europe Panel and serving as an advisor to governments in Malaysia and Singapore on ageing issues. She held the International Chair in Old Age Financial Security at the University of Malaya (2009-2010), and has been a global advisor on ageing issues for HSBC plc. She is the founding editor of the Journal of Population Ageing and author of several books, such as “How Population Change will Transform our World” (Oxford University Press 2016/2019) and “Ageing Societies: risk and resilience” (Routledge forthcoming). Her speaking engagements include World Economic Forums and Nobel Prize Dialogues in various global cities.
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