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Professor Gillian Peele is an Emeritus Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and an Emeritus Associate Professor of Politics in the University of Oxford where she taught politics from 1975 until 2016. She is the author of a number of...
Karen Mumford is a Professor at the University of York who specialises in labour economics and human resource management. She received her PhD from the Australian National University (ANU). Karen has been the Chair of the Royal Economic Society (RES)...
John Newton was appointed on 12 October 2012. Career highlights: led England’s contribution to the Global Burden of Disease project Chairman of the WHO European Burden of Disease Network Honorary Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of...
Professor Sampson has over 40 years’ experience working in the criminal justice sector, having served as a police officer for 19 years before becoming a solicitor specialising in policing law, conduct and governance. He is an Honorary Professor and member...
Emma is a Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies, University of London, specialising in philosophy of mind and language, cognitive science, and business ethics. Emma held a British Academy Special Research Grant Covid-19 scheme Award for...
Simon Redfern is Professor of Mineral Physics at the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on the behaviour of minerals and aqueous fluids at high temperatures and pressures. He has previously led large research projects investigating the fate of radionuclides...
This election brochure for Professor Mark Thomson explains his experience, credentials and vision for CERN as the UK candidate for the 2024 Director-General election.
Professor Peter Halligan became Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales (CSAW) in March 2018. Professor Halligan is a distinguished psychologist and neuroscientist. Since moving to Wales from his native Ireland, he has played a key role in a number of innovative...
The DCMS College of Experts is made up of 49 external experts from across academia and industry and will provide a mechanism for the department to access external expertise and guidance.
Charles Godfray is Hope Professor in the Zoology Department and Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food at the University of Oxford. He is a population biologist with research interests including ecology, epidemiology and evolutionary biology....
Professor Andrew Curran took up his post as Chief Scientific Adviser and Director of Research at the Health and Safety Executive in March 2015. His career highlights include: Deputy Chief Executive at the Health and Safety Laboratory Scientific Chairman of...
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Mrs Justice Eady on 23 April 2024.
Professor Graham Cooke has extensive experience of international clinical research, innovative clinical trial design, World Health Organisation (WHO) Committees and expert groups. Graham is NIHR Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College in London and leads the translational infection research...
Sir Mark Walport is the Chief Executive of the newly formed UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which is responsible for the public funding of research and innovation. He was Government Chief Scientific Adviser ( GCSA ) and Head of the...
Professor Charlotte Watts is Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence at the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). She is seconded from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she is Professor of Social...
Ricky Burdett is Professor of Urban Studies, and director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age Programme a Visiting Professor in Urban Planning and Design at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University a member of council of the Royal...
Russell Viner is Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Education. He is a paediatrician and professor at the University College London (UCL) Great Ormond St. Institute of Child Health and works clinically at University College London Hospitals (UCLH). His...
Professor Sarah Hawkes is a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. Sarah is Professor of Global Public Health at University College London, Director of the Centre for Gender and Global Health at UCL and co-Director of Global Health 50/50.
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