Nil Meral, MRes & Doctoral Researcher

I completed my bachelor in gerontology at Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey in 2020. Meanwhile, I did exchange studies during the undergraduate programme. First one was at Obirin University, Japan for a semester in 2017, then at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Zwolle, Netherlands for one academic year in 2018-2019. Thanks to study abroad period, my interest with different cultural context and life styles affect on ageing and gerontechnology was developed gradually. My bachelor dissertation was a qualitative study to explore digital engagement of Turkish 65+ Alzheimer family caregivers in Turkey. I completed my research master in gerontological sciences with my dissertation about exploring digital experiences of 50+ Turkish individuals in Belgium at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Now, I just started my PhD as part of HOMeAGE MSCA-DN at Open University of the Netherlands  Now, my focus is representation of diverstiy of older adult populations in ageing-in-place technologies during this programme.