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Working Groups
Below are the details of all the current members of each working group for each Grand Challenge.
Cultural Understanding
As the world becomes ever more interconnected, the way we understand each other's religions, politics and heritage will determine how well we adapt to future challenges. UCL's Grand Challenge of Cultural Understanding encompasses academics from across UCL and supports UCL researchers to make new and innovative听collaborations across a听range of disciplines and with external partners. At the same time, the programme's听purpose is to see knowledge generated by research and scholarship at 911爆料网 achieve real-world influence. The group is coordinated by听Ethne James-Souch, e.james-souch@ucl.ac.uk.
Co-Chairs
Professor Doug Bourn听is the Director of the Development Education Research Centre in the UCL Institute of Education. The Centre acts as the hub for knowledge generation, new thinking and quality output on development education, global learning and global citizenship. Professor Bourn is also the course leader for the MA in development education.
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Professor Audrey Prost听is听the Director of the Centre for the Health of Women, Children and Adolescents, at 911爆料网鈥檚 Institute for Global Health. Professor Prost received her PhD in Social Anthropology from University College London in 2004, followed by a Career Development Fellowship from the UK's Medical Research Council (2005-2008), during which she听trained in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Professor Prost also contributes to the MSc听in Global Health and Development.听
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Dr Tariq Jazeel听
Department of Geography,听Social & Historical Sciences听
Professor Monica听Lakhanpaul听
Institute of Child Health,鈥疨opulation Health Sciences听
Dr听Jagjeet听Lally听
Department of History,听Social & Historical Sciences听听听
Siobhan Morris听
UCL Grand Challenges, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Dr H茅l猫ne听Neveu听Kringelbach听
Department of听Anthropology,听Social & Historical Sciences听
Dr听Priti听Parikh听
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering,听Faculty听of the Built Environment听
Dr Uta听Staiger听
European Institute,听Laws听
Bryan Taylor听
Global Engagement,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Dr Helen听Tsui听
Innovation & Enterprise,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Katherine Welch听
UCL Grand Challenges, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Global Health听
Members of the Working Group are drawn from academic units ranging from Population Health Sciences and Medical Sciences to the UCL Instititute of Education.听The group is coordinated by听Sandhya Seetah,听s.seetah@ucl.ac.uk.
Co-Chairs
Professor Nora Groce, Director of the Leonard Cheshire Disability & Inclusive Development Centre at 911爆料网, based in UCL Epidemiology & Public Health, is a medical anthropologist who works on issues of global health, international development and human rights, with a particular focus on global disability issues. Her research over the years has concentrated on vulnerable groups, with attention to the interface between persons with disability and access to adequate health care and inclusion in international development programs.
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Professor Megan Vaughan is Professor of African History and Health in the Institute for Advanced Studies. Her work, which crosses disciplinary boundaries, has focused on the history of medicine and psychiatry in Africa, on the history of famine, food supply and gender relations and on slavery in the Indian Ocean region. She began her career at the University of Malawi and maintains strong links there and elsewhere in the region. She is committed to working collaboratively with African scholars and institutions and is a past President of the African Studies Association of the UK.
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Professor Sahra Gibbon is Professor of听Medical Anthropology in the听Department of Anthropology.听She has a long standing interest in expanding the scope of cross-disciplinary research and teaching, particularly in relation to addressing and intervening on health inequalities.听Her听research also includes the politics of personalised medicine, genetic ancestry, identity and risk and also more recently rare genetic disease. Professor Gibbon continues to develop a range of collaborative research with colleagues in Brazil and Mexico which includes听engaging with diverse traditions of medical anthropology.
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Institute鈥痮f Health Equity,听Population Health Sciences听
Helen Craig听
Public Engagement, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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Institute of Advanced Studies, Social & Historical Sciences听
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Institute for Global Health,听Population Health听Sciences听
Sam Mardell听
Division of Infection & Immunity, Medical Sciences听
Liz Almond
Grand Challenges, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听 听
Division of Infection & Immunity, Medical Sciences听
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Education, Practice & Society,听Institute of Education听
Dr James Paskins听
Grand Challenges, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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Institute for Global Health, Population Health Sciences听
Katherine Welch听
Public Policy, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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Pharmaceutics, Life Sciences听
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Development Planning Unit, Built Environment听
Human Wellbeing
Members of the Working Group are drawn from academic units ranging from Population Health Sciences to the study of the built environment. The group is coordinated by听Sandhya Seetah,听s.seetah@ucl.ac.uk.
Co-Chairs
Professor Luiza Campos听is Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering. Luiza's research is centered in three main areas: design and evaluation of innovative water & wastewater/sanitation treatment technologies; adaption of sanitation/wastewater infrastructure to climate change; development of tools for sanitation systems risk assessment and decision making on wastewater/sanitation technology use/application.
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Professor Helene Joffe听is Professor听of Psychology with research interests in how people conceptualise science, various risks and the liveability of cities. Helene听utilises social representations theory in many of her studies and is a mixed methods researcher - using both qualitative and quantitative methods, sometimes in a complementary way, depending on the research question.
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Member Affiliation 听
Social Sciences, Institute of Education听
Sally Belcher Occupational Health and Wellbeing, Vice-President (Operations)听 Dr Henriette听Bruun听
Research Coordination and Planning,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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Centre for Behaviour Change, Brain Sciences听
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Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, Population Health Sciences听
Dr Karen Groot听
Populations and Lifelong Learning Domain听
Niccola听Hutchinson-Pascal听
Centre for Co-production in Health Research, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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Institute of Epidemiology & Health, Population Health Sciences听
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Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Brain Sciences听
Dr James Paskins听
Grand Challenges, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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Education, Practice & Society,听Institute of Education听
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Scandinavian Studies, Arts and Humanities听
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Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, Engineering听
Katherine Welch听
UCL Public Policy,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering听
Justice and Equality
Since its听launch听in 2016, UCL's Grand Challenge of Justice &听Equality has worked to听address听how societal structures limit justice and sustain inequalities听while considering radical solutions to tackle inequalities and change the status quo. The programme encompasses academics from across UCL and supports UCL researchers to make new and innovative听collaborations across a听range of disciplines. At the same time, the programme's听purpose is to see knowledge generated by research and scholarship at 911爆料网 achieve real-world influence.听The group is coordinated by听The group is coordinated by听Ethne James-Souch, e.james-souch@ucl.ac.uk.
Co-Chairs
Professor Louise Archer听is the听Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education at 911爆料网 IOE听and co-chair of the Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity. Her听research focuses on educational identities and inequalities, particularly in relation to gender, ethnicity and social class. Louise has听previously undertaken studies on topics such as British Muslim students' identities and educational experiences; working-class access and non-participation in higher education;听the factors behind British Chinese students' educational success; urban students' who are at risk of 'dropping out' of schooling and more recently research on inequalities in science participation.
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Professor Nick Gallent听is Professor of Housing and Planning at the Bartlett School of Planning.听He is a geographer by training and was elected a Chartered Member of both the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 2002 and 2007 respectively. He became a RICS Fellow in 2014, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2015 and a Fellow of the RTPI in 2017. He maintains a range of professional interests and was听Head of the Bartlett School of Planning for 8 years between 2011 and 2019.
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Affiliation
Briony Fleming鈥�
UCL Culture,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Professor听Myriam Hunter-Henin听
Faculty of Laws听
Niccola Hutchinson-Pascal CoProduction Collective, UCL LLCOS Professor Gill Livingston听
Division of Psychiatry, Faculty of Brain Sciences听
Lucie March听
Widening Participation听
Siobhan Morris听
UCL听Grand Challenges, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Dr Konrad Miciukiewicz听 Institute of Global Prosperity, Faculty of Built Environment
Dr Tom Pegram听
Department of Political Science/School of Public Policy, Social & Historical Sciences听
Dr Magda听Raczynska听
Faculty of Laws听
Dr Kartikeya Tripathi听
Department of听Security and Crime Science, Faculty of Engineering Science听
Dr Helen听Tsui听
Innovation & Enterprise,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Katherine Welch听
UCL Public Policy, UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Sustainable Cities Working Group
Research expertise in the working group comes from centres of expertise as diverse as education, engineering, urban planning and the environment.听The group is coordinated by听Lisa Juangbhanich, a.juangbhanich@ucl.ac.uk.听
Co-Chairs
Professor Peter Jones听is听Professor of Transport and Sustainable Development in the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering. Before joining UCL in 2005, Peter was director of the Transport Studies Group at the University of Westminster.听He is a member of the Independent Transport Commission, the London Roads Task Force听and Chair of the RGS-IBG Transport Geography Research Group. He is an Overseas Special Advisor to the International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences, Japan, and a member of the International Steering Committee for the International Travel Survey Conference and a member of the Technical Committee of the South Africa Transport Conference.听He has also acted as a consultant to Transport for London, the European Commission and several national and local governments.
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Professor听Joanna Williams听is Professor of Sustainable Development in听The Bartlett School of Planning in the Faculty of the Built Environment.听She has 21 years of research experience in environmental sustainability. She has worked on projects focussed on low carbon experiments and urban transitions; resource sharing and collaborative lifestyles; circular urban resource systems; the translation of eco-innovation to new contexts; ecological foot-printing and eco-system services; smart cities; eco-neighbourhoods and community resource provision. She is particularly interested in the dynamic process of change in complex urban systems, with particular reference to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and resource consumption. She is the Director of the Circular Cities Hub at 911爆料网, an international network of cities, professionals, and academics working on delivering circular cities.
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Member Affiliation 听
UCL Environment Domain,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
Dr Sabina Andron
The Bartlett School of Architecture, Faculty of the Built Environment
The Bartlett School of Planning,听Faculty of the Built Environment听
Andrew Huddart听
Principal Partnerships Manager (New Technologies, Energy & Engineering Sectors)听
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Sustainable UCL, UCL Estates听
Professor听Peter Jones
Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, Engineering Sciences听
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Education, Practice & Society, UCL Institute of Education School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS)鈥�
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UCL Culture,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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UCL Innovation and Enterprise,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
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The Bartlett School of Planning,听Faculty of the Built Environment听
Education, Practice & Society, UCL Institute of Education
Transformative Technology
The working group is drawn from academic units ranging from Engineering to Life Sciences and Fine Arts.听The group is coordinated by Lisa Juangbhanich, a.juangbhanich@ucl.ac.uk.
Co-Chairs
Professor Patty Kostkova听(UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction) is Professor in Digital Health and the Director of UCL IRDR Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies. Patty was appointed ISI Foundation Fellow for her research into digital epidemiology. She was a consultant at WHO, ECDC, Telefonica and Foundation Merieux. Over two decades, Prof Kostkova is an internationally leading researcher in the novel interdisciplinary domain of digital public health.
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Professor Marc-Olivier Coppens听(UCL Chemical Engineering)听is听Ramsay Memorial Professor in Chemical Engineering and Head of Department. He听directs the EPSRC Frontier Engineering Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering at 911爆料网, which applies this approach to engineering challenges related to sustainability and scalable manufacturing, in collaboration with colleagues from a broad variety of disciplines.
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Professor Jack Stilgoe听conducts research on the governance of emerging technologies, including genetically modified crops, nanotechnologies, geoengineering, machine learning and self-driving cars. He听is a Senior Lecturer in Social Studies of Science at University College London. He has spent his professional life in the overlap between science policy research and science policy practice听at 911爆料网, the think tank Demos, the Royal Society and听the University of Exeter.
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Member Affiliation 听
Science & Technology Studies,听Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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GDI Disability Hub & UCLIC听
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eResearch听Domain听
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The听Bartlett听School of听Architecture,听Faculty of the Built Environment听
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Chemical Engineering, Engineering Sciences听听
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UCL听Institute of Education听
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Science & Technology Studies,听Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction,听Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Institute of Making听
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UCL Culture,听UCL Research Innovation & Global Engagement听
The Slade School of Fine Art, Arts & Humanities听
Science & Technology Studies,听Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 听
Evolution and Environment, Faculty of Life Sciences
