Malcolm Johnson who is currently Visiting Professor of Gerontology and End of Life Care at the University of Bath, has been Professor of Health and Social Policy at the University of Bristol (now Emeritus) since 1995.  As an advisor to Guild Living, Professor Malcolm Johnson joins our team of leading experts to ensure that we deliver later living solutions that are informed by global research. In partnership with the University of Bath, Professor Johnson has already commissioned projects including the global study into loneliness.

Malcolm Johnson has served as Director of the School for Policy Studies and of the International Institute on Health & Ageing.  From 1984 – 95 he was Professor of Health and Social Welfare and subsequently first Dean of the School of Health and Social Welfare at the Open University. His research and academic interests are wide, including the social aspects of health and illness, biographical studies, social policy analysis, death and dying and his major specialism, ageing and the lifespan. Of his twelve books and over 160 monographs, chapters and articles, more than half relate to ageing. He is a former Secretary of the BSA Medical Sociology Group and the British Society of Gerontology and Founding Editor of the international journal Ageing and Society. He is Director of the International Institute on Health and Ageing.