Professor Jeni Warburton is the John Richards Chair in Rural Aged Care Research at La Trobe University in Wodonga, Victoria. Jeni has 20 years' experience of research into social policy, particularly relating to issues associated with an ageing population. Her main areas of expertise are in healthy and productive ageing as well as volunteering and community, with her current research focusing on ageing in rural communities. Jeni has published widely both nationally and internationally on these topics, and her research has played a key role in the development of practice and policy around volunteering and social inclusion, particularly relating to older people.