Pei-Chun Ko has commenced her two-year appointment as a joint research fellow within the Changing Family cluster in the Asia Research Institute and Centre for Family and Population Research with effect from 2 June 2017.

She received her Ph.D. degree from University of Cologne in 2015. Her cumulative dissertation: “Aging in East Asia: Multilevel Perspectives on Determinants of Social Relationships and Mental Health” investigated the determinants of social relationships and mechanisms of the mental well-being of older people in East Asia. Her research interests include intergenerational relationships, grandparenting, productive aging, social networks, multilevel analyses and cross-country comparisons.

She has been working several manuscripts related to productive engagement and quality of life among older Adults in Asia. Please refer to her website for more info: https://sites.google.com/view/pcko/home