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Drawing on our analyses of archival materials, conference documentation and publications, this chapter discusses the evolution of British gerontology as reflected through the research presented at the annual conferences of the British Society of Gerontology (BSG) between 1971 and 2018. The society’s annual conferences have, over nearly 50 years, showcased a diverse and extensive corpus of UK and international research, as well as contributions from policy makers and practitioners. Marshalling nearly five decades of conference materials into a single chapter is clearly unrealistic and we have, therefore, made decisions as to how best to convey a flavour of such a varied body of research. As a first step, the information from our data extraction templates has been used to compile the detailed table found in Appendix 2. This table is subdivided into 25 major conference themes, over 100 sub-themes and more than 600 topics. Between them, these themes, sub-themes and topics illustrate the diversity and continuity of gerontological research over the course of conference history. Although not highlighted separately, it should be noted that there are, or have been, international dimensions and contributions to many of the themes and topics listed in Appendix 2.
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