Advisory Committees

External advisory groups comprising senior academics from the international research community

Organisation and membership

Advisory Committee members, including the Chair, are appointed by the Supervisory Board, based on recommendations made by the UKRN community. Advisory Committee members serve for a term of three years initially, with the option to renew for a further three years. The Chair is appointed by the Supervisory Board, and they also serve a three-year term, renewable once. The Advisory Committee meets quarterly.

International Advisory Committee (IAC)

Group Chair: Anne Scheel

Anne’s background is in psychology and meta-psychology. In her PhD, she studied reforms of research and publication practices in psychology (in particular Registered Reports) as part of the discipline’s effort to recover from the replication crisis and improve the reliability and efficiency of published research.

Anne has a broad interest in how structural, social, and psychological factors influence the research process and the scientific record, especially with respect to threats to scientific progress like error, bias, or fraud, and how these can be diminished.

Email: contact@ukrn.org

Anne Scheel

IAC members

  • Tony Ross-Hellauer
  • Julia Rohrer
  • Tom Hardwicke
  • Frank Manista
  • Olavo Amaral
  • Matthias Egger
  • Stan Lazic

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee (EDIAC)

Group Chair: Shraddha (Shades) Chaudhary

As the Assistant Director (Culture and Inclusion), Shades works with students, staff and community partners to collaboratively design and deliver the University’s EDI Vision and Strategy. She leads the University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) team and work closely with colleagues from Widening Participation, Academic Development and Education and Student Support.

Her role also supports the University’s Executive Board and senior leadership teams in ensuring the diversity, differential experiences and emerging EDI issues are considered in decision-making at the highest levels.

Through previous experiences, Shades has specialist insight into EDI, Wellbeing, Student and Staff Engagement portfolios within Universities and Students’ Unions. She has previously held various leadership positions in the Higher Education sector, including a Board-level role with the Office for Students.

Email: contact@ukrn.org

Shraddha (Shades) Chaudhary

EDIAC members

  • Sakshi Ghai

  • Neil Baker

  • Huajin Wang

  • Blanca Perez-Sepulveda