Academic staff involved in the Professional Doctorate in Policy Research and Practice
Professors and experts most likely to be closely involved in supporting the core units of the Professional Doctorate in Policy Research and Practice.
The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) draws upon the best possible range and depth of expertise and experience relevant to policymaking from across the faculties and departments. We also involve policy experts from outside the University.
Core convenors
- Professor James Copestake (Director of Studies), Department of Social and Policy Sciences (international development policy and practice)
- Dr Geoff Bates (Deputy Director of Studies), Institute for Policy Research (public health and health policy)
- Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (policy analysis)
- Professor Matt Dickson, Institute for Policy Research (economics of education, intergenerational mobility)
- Professor Joe Devine, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (wellbeing, extreme poverty, inequality, disadvantage, exclusion, religion)
- Dr Iulia Cioroianu, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies and Institute for Policy Research (governance, networks, and citizens in a digital world)
- Professor Hugh Lauder, Department of Education (educational policy)
- Professor Phil Tomlinson, School of Management (industrial policy)
Other associated academic staff
- Professor Julie Barnett, Department of Psychology (risk, health policy and public engagement)
- Dr Leda Blackwood, Department of Psychology (social psychology)
- Professor Louise Brown, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (social work)
- Dr Michael Bloomfield, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (international development)
- Dr Aurelie Charlies, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (global political economy)
- Professor Bill Durodie, Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies (international relations)
- Lord John Eatwell, Chair of the IPR Advisory Board, University of Cambridge (economic policy)
- Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (social policy)
- Professor Anna Gilmore, Department for Health (public health policy)
- Dr Alistair Hunt, Department of Economics (environmental economics)
- Dr Charlie Larkin, Institute for Policy Research (economic policy)
- Dr Predrag Lažetić, Department of Education (higher education policy)
- Dr Roy Maconachie, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (international development)
- Professor Chris Martin, Department of Economics (macro-economic policy)
- Professor Jane Millar, Institute for Policy Research (social policy)
- Dr Lizzi Milligan, Department of Education (international education)
- Dr Sarah Moore, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (sociology of crime and health)
- Dr Piotr Ozieranski, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (sociology of health, risk and policy)
- Dr Julian Padget, Department of Computer Science (policy modelling, data regulation, multi-agent systems)
- Professor Graham Room, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (social policy)
- Professor Harry Rutter, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (public health policy)
- Dr Paul Shepherd, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering (digital architectonics)
- Dr Christos Vasilakis, School of Management (operations and supply management in healthcare)
- Dr Oliver Walton, Department of Social and Policy Sciences (international development)
- Professor Chick Wilson, Department of Chemistry (science and technology policy)