Isabella Aboderin is Chair in Africa Research and Partnerships and Director of the Perivoli Africa Research Institute at the University of Bristol, where she is also a Professor of Gerontology conducting research on issues of ageing, intergenerational relations and care in African contexts. Isabella joined the university in 2020 from the African Population and Research Center in Nairobi where, as senior research fellow, she established and led a research and policy engagement unit on ageing and development in Africa.
In prior positions Isabella served as Associate Professor in the Centre for Research on Ageing, University of Southampton; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford and Technical Officer in the World Health Organization Ageing and Lifecourse Unit. Alongside her role as extraordinary professor at North West University, South Africa, Isabella is presently engaged as member of the Global Commission on creating a Roadmap for Healthy Longevity and trustee on the boards of the United Nations International Institute on Ageing (INIA) and the Population Reference Bureau.