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Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) register of interests 2025

Updated 14 July 2025

Professor Brian Bell

Job title

Professor of Economics (on unpaid leave)

Organisation

King’s Business School, King’s College London

Directorships

None

Registered shareholdings

None

Close relations and friends

None

Gifts and hospitality

None

Party political activity

None

Other declarations

  • Research Associate, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics (unpaid)

  • Trustee, Nuffield Foundation (unpaid)

Dr Madeleine Sumption

Job title

Director

Organisation

Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford

Directorships

None

Registered shareholdings

None

Close relations and friends

None

Gifts and hospitality

None

Party political activity

None

Other declarations

  • Chair of the National Statistician’s Advisory Panel on Migration Statistics

  • Occasional consultancy contracts to advise on migration data / research

  • Co-chaired an independent review of BBC migration coverage (2023-24)

Professor Jo Swaffield

Job title

  • Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences & Professor of Economics

Organisation

  • University of Southampton

Directorships

None

Registered shareholdings

None

Close relations and friends

None

Gifts and hospitality

None

Party political activity

None

Other declarations

  • Chair, Royal Economic Society (RES) Women’s Committee

  • Trustee, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), York

  • Governor, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), November 2024-29

  • Board member, Campaign for Social Science, Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS), 2024-27

Professor Sergi Pardos-Prado

Job title

Professor of Comparative Politics

Organisation

University of Glasgow

Directorships

None

Registered shareholdings

None

Close relations and friends

None

Gifts and hospitality

None

Party political activity

None

Other declarations

None

Professor Dina Kiwan

Job title

Professor of Comparative Education, Deputy Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer

Organisation

University of Birmingham

Directorships

None

Registered shareholdings

None

Close relations and friends

None

Gifts and hospitality

None

Party political activity

None

Other declarations

Council member of Research England, March 2025-28