A quarter of the AAG’s total membership is made up of student and early career members. Through the SECG, under-graduate and post-graduate students come together with researchers, educators, aged care leaders, geriatricians, nurses, allied health professionals, policy makers, advocates for older people and others with expertise in ageing. Members of the community – older people, family members and other consumers – are active participants in many of our events.
Whatever our role, we share a common interest: to improve knowledge and understanding of the many factors that influence and contribute to the experience of ageing. Connecting with fellow members provides an opportunity to tap into a wealth of experience and knowledge from a variety of settings.
Whether you are a student or in the workforce, we invite you to join this group and make the most of this opportunity to:
SECG member benefits:
Friends of the SECG
Emerging Researchers in Ageing
New Zealand Association of Gerontology
The SECG’s official blog is an open forum, managed by the SECG Communications group. Other SECG online network groups are available on Facebook and LinkedIn. Access to these online communities is restricted to SECG members.
The prize provides an opportunity for eligible AAG student and early career members to be recognised for their outstanding research contributions to ageing research and practice, and provides a forum through which these contributions can be widely disseminated. Three prizes were available in the 2026 round:
* This prize was a special category for the 2026 round. This prize was made available by Consultivation.
Click here to view 2025 webinar
Visit here to download the 2026 guidelines and application form (for information only)
Information regarding the 2027 round will appear here in due course.
Pictured, Amanda Cross, Diana Vidas & Nehchal Kaur Narula - 2025 awardees
The winners presented their research work at the AAG SECG Helen Barrie Prize Webinar in May 2025
Pictured, Diana Matovic and Asmita Manchha - 2024 awardees
The winners presented their research work at the AAG SECG Helen Barrie Prize Webinar in March 2024
Pictured, Gizem Gemikonakli, Mae Lim, Kate Wang - 2022 awardees
The winners presented their research work at the AAG SECG Helen Barrie Prize Webinar in March 2023
Pictured, Dr Monica Cations and Dr Kristiana Ludlow - 2021 awardees
The Inaugural Helen Barrie AAG SECG National Special Prize for research on deprescribing in ageing - Dr Shin Liau
The winners presented their research work at the AAG SECG Helen Barrie Prize Webinar in March 2022
Dr Helen Barrie is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of South Australia, Director of The Australian Alliance of Social Enterprise and Inclusion Stream Leader of the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion. As a social gerontologist and geographer, her research has focus on Australia’s changing and ageing population, the implications of this for society and communities, and the interaction between people and the built environment. She has been a passionate member of the AAG since 2006, was integral in developing the student section of the AAG, is a past State and National President of the AAG and was awarded life membership in 2017.
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