Sarah Sung Hye Kang is an incoming PhD student with a multidisciplinary background in social policy and international studies. She earned her MSc from the University of Oxford, fully funded by the Hakro Foundation, and holds a BA from Ewha Womans University in South Korea.

Her research interests focus on mixed methods, aging and disability, and aging and resilience, as well as the intersectionality of ageism and ableism, and how they shape issues within long-term care services and social policy.

Sarah’s professional experience includes roles as a researcher at the Korea Institute of Policy and Administration, a government policy research institute under the Prime Minister’s Office. Additionally, she worked at a social venture company in South Korea, where she led consulting projects with Samsung focusing on improving accessibility and inclusion for older adults and people with disabilities. Her work involved ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and developing policy recommendations informed by case studies and international comparisons.

She is dedicated to research that promotes equity and mental health, with a particular focus on supporting marginalized groups in aging societies. Her work emphasizes learning from the first-hand experiences of people aging with disability and aging into disability, ensuring their voices are at the center of policy development.