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Advisory Committees
External advisory groups comprising senior academics from the international research communityOrganisation and membership
UKRN has two Advisory Committees, the International Advisory Committee (IAC), and the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee (EDIAC). 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 Committees meet 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.
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: Sav Rana
Sav Rana is the Associate Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. With over 17 years of expertise in HR, Sav has a proven track record in developing and implementing HR strategies that align with business objectives, drive organisational growth, and enhance employee engagement within the Public Sector.
In addition to her role at Guy’s and St Thomas, Sav serves as a school governor (and is chair of the personnel committee) and also actively contributes to the CIPD as a mentor, championing the professional development of others in the HR field. In her free time, Sav likes to travel with her husband and 2 teenage children, read, bake and is a volunteer for various charities including Cancer Research UK and Mind.
Email: contact@ukrn.org
EDIAC members
- Blanca Perez-Sepulveda
- Huajin Wang
- Kirsten McKenzie
- Sakshi Ghai