Meet the team
The Centre-UB is led by three directors, a Centre Director and Deputy Director and a Training Director. They are joined in managing the day-to-day running of Centre-UB by a training fellow and a centre manager. Our team is completed by a Senior Behavioural Research Fellow who is seconded into Government Skills, part of the Cabinet Office.
This team is supported by a broader leadership team of University of Birmingham academics:
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Dr Laura Kudrna
Promoting Equity in Physical and Mental Wellbeing Pillar Lead
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Dr Marco Bardus
Promoting Equity in Physical and Mental Wellbeing Pillar Lead
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Dr Arkady Konovalov
Digital Harms and Goods Pillar Lead
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Dr Rebecca McDonald
Environmental Change and Sustainability Pillar Lead
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Prof Jessica Pykett
Systems Thinking Cross-Cutting Theme Lead
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Dr Gerald Jordan
EDI Lead
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Prof Kate Bedford
EDI Rep
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Prof Chris Baber
Leadership Team Member
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Prof Michalis Drouvelis
Leadership Team Member
Advisory Board
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Professor Stacey Conchie
Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats and the Network Plus for Security, Privacy, Identity and Trust in the Digital Economy (Independent Member)
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Dr Clenton Farquharson CBE
Joint Chair and Independent Member
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Professor Mhairi Mackenzie
Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (Independent Member)
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Professor Jim McManus
Public Health Wales (Independent Member)
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Professor Tom Webb
BR-UK (Joint Chair and Independent Member)