Membership

Advisory board

All members of the advisory board have the following responsibilities:

  • Contributing to and supporting the development of the EDI Research Framework, the EDI seminar series and the EDI Research Network
  • Providing guidance on EDI-related research activities within their areas of expertise

Advisory board members and areas of expertise

  • Ruth Kelly (Department of Politics and International Relations)
  • Henrice Altink (Department of History)
  • Jen Brown (Department of Health Sciences)
  • Alice Bennett (Digital Inclusion team, Skills and Creativity)
  • Suman Prinja (Department of Health Sciences)
  • Despoina Sampatakou (Faculty of Arts and Humanities)
  • Jess Burchell (Access and Participation Monitoring and Evaluation team)
  • Clau Nader (Department of Health Sciences)
  • Hannah Gray, Head of Public Involvement and Participatory Research (Involvement@York)

Steering committee

The purpose of the steering committee is to:

  • Have strategic oversight of the EDI Research Centre
  • Oversee and steer of the EDI Advisory Board subgroups
  • Work in partnership with other EDI-aligned groups within the University
  • Share recommendations from EDI Advisory Board with University EDI-groups to inform policies and processes as it pertains to research culture and practice
  • Review and assign research submissions for consultation with EDI Advisory Board subgroups
  • Silvia Mantilla-Wright (Project Manager)
  • Trish Chinzara (Research Associate)
  • Emma Stephen (Project Event Coordinator, EDI Exchange)
  • Contributing expertise toward identification of EDI Research Centre’s aims, objectives and decision-making
  • Developing opportunities for internal collaboration across the University EDI-aligned strategic groups
  • Supporting activities and networking events related to the Centre’s aims
  • Engaging in any consultation activities related to the Centre’s development

Contact us

edi-research-centre@york.ac.uk