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Iza Kavedžija challenges assumptions about what it means to age well

September 9, 2026

What does it really mean to age well — and who gets to decide what “successful ageing” looks like?

Dr Iza Kavedžija, Fellow in Social Anthropology at Robinson College and Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology, contributes to a thought-provoking new feature in CAM, the University of Cambridge’s alumni magazine.

The article explores the work of Cambridge’s Precarious Ageing research network, which brings together perspectives from anthropology and history to examine experiences of growing older across different cultures, communities and periods of time.

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