Research Cultures Forum

A critical and confidential space to uncover, explore, advise, support and improve our research cultures at University of Edinburgh.

Our Research Cultures Forum was establised in August 2023, with its membership carried over from the Research Cultures Working Group.  The Working Group was established through applications to an open call for expressions of interest in 2022.

The Forum is a critical friend to the University in highlighting areas of difficulty or challenge for our research community that may need to be addressed by Research Strategy Group or other University management structures. It is also a resource for the University in accessing a broad range of views and inputs into activity that might impact on research cultures. 

 

Research Culture Forum Co-Chairs

Dr Sukanya Krishnamurthy, School of Geosciences, Sukanya.Krishnamurthy@ed.ac.uk

Professor Timm Kruger, School of Engineering, Timm.Krueger@ed.ac.uk

Research Culture Forum members

  • Dr Ros Attenborough, Evaluation Manager, InFrame Project
  • Dr Will Cawthorn, Academic co-lead for Research Improvement & Research Integrity
  • Nicola Cuthbert, Researcher Development Manager, Institute for Academic Development
  • Professor Julia Dorin, Co-Deputy Dean for Research Culture & Integrity, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
  • Dr Omolabake Fakunle, Chancellor's Fellow, Institute for Education, Community & Society
  • Dr Radhika Govinda, Senior Lecturer, Sociology
  • Lisa Guenther, Research Support Officer (Research Culture & Governance), College of Science & Engineering
  • Olivia Hale, Senior Project Manager, Edinburgh Futures Institute
  • Professor Jane Hillston, Dean of Research Culture & REF, College of Science & Engineering
  • Professor Neil Chue Hong, Personal Chair in Research Software Policy & Practice, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
  • Professor Jayne Hope, Personal Chair of Immunology, The Roslin Institute
  • Dr Crispin Jordan, Academic co-lead for Research Improvement & Research Integrity
  • Professor Tobias Kelly, Personal Chair of Political & Legal Anthropology, Social Anthropology
  • Anna Krzak, Research Information Manager & Open Research Coorindator, CMVM Research Office
  • Professor Hayden Lorimer, Chair of Human Geography, School of GeoSciences
  • Professor Malcolm MacLeod, Co-Director Edinburgh Neuroscience
  • Roisin McKelvey, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
  • Dorileen Forbes, Deputy Director of Health & Wellbeing
  • Susan McNeill, Director of HR Partnering (Colleges), Human Resources
  • Dr Cecile Menard, Research Associate, School of GeoSciences
  • Kerry Miller, Research Data Support Officer, Library Research Support
  • Dr Kim Moran-Jones, Senior Strategic Research Co-ordinator, CMVM Research Office
  • Lee Murphy, Genetics Core Manager, Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility
  • Dr Kathryn Nash, Chancellor's Fellow, School of Law
  • Dr Katie Nicoll Baines, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, UKRI Future Leader Fellows Development Network (IAD)
  • Francesca Pagni, Leadership Developer, InFrame Project 
  • Dr Elisa Parish, Research Fellow, Centre for Cardiovascular Science
  • Alex Peden, Head of Research Cultures
  • Claire Pembleton, Business Development Executive, Edinburgh Innovations
  • Dr Fiona Philippi, Head of Researcher Development, Insitute for Academic Development
  • Professor Colin Pulham, Personal Chair in High-Pressure, School of Chemistry
  • Dr Enrique Sanchez Molano, Core Scientist, The Roslin Institute
  • Dr Thamarai Schneiders, Co-Deputy Dean for Research Culture & Integrity, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
  • Professor Emily Sena, Personal Chair of Meta Science & Translational Medicine, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
  • Dr Sara Shinton, Director of UKRI Future Leader Fellows Development Network, Institute for Academic Development
  • Dr Anna Lisa Varri, Reader, Institute for Astronomy
  • Catherine White, Programme Manager, Growing Research Together
  • Dr Emily Woollen, Academic Developer (Researcher Development), Institute for Academic Development
  • Stella Bray, Senior Administrator for Research Cultures & Researcher Development, Institute for Academic Development

Research Cultures Forum Committee Site

The Forum will operate transparently, promoting inclusion and engagement in its activity.  We will hold meetings that are open to the whole University community annually and we will make the agenda, notes of the meeting and papers available publicly via this committee site:

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