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Directors

Lisa Harker's photoLisa Harker

Co-Director

Carey Oppenheim's photoCarey Oppenheim

Co-Director

Ian Kearns's photoIan Kearns

Deputy Director

Danny Sriskandarajah's photoDanny Sriskandarajah

Director of Research Strategy, Head of Migration, Equalities & Citizenship

Kate Stanley's photoKate Stanley

Director of Research Development and Head of Social Policy

Sue Stirling's photoSue Stirling

Director, ippr north

Olga Mrinska's photoOlga Mrinska

Research Director, ippr north

Jane Smith's photoJane Smith

Director of Finance and Operations

Climate Change

Policy areas include environment and transport.

Simon Retallack's photoSimon Retallack

Associate Director

Jenny Bird's photoJenny Bird

Research Fellow, Climate Change

Matthew Lockwood's photoMatthew Lockwood

Senior Research Fellow, Climate Change

Jen O'Brien's photoJen O'Brien

Team Administrator for Climate Change, Office Manager

Directors’ Research Team

A cross-cutting team researching a wide range of policy areas including socio-economic and demographic change, childhood and youth, social and emotional wellbeing and political ideologies - liberalism, progressivism and conservatism.

Lisa Harker's photoLisa Harker

Co-Director

Carey Oppenheim's photoCarey Oppenheim

Co-Director

Julia Margo's photoJulia Margo

Associate Director, Team Leader, Directors' Research Team, and Editor of PPR

Sonia Sodha's photoSonia Sodha

Research Fellow, Directors' Research Team

Grae Hillary's photoGrae Hillary

PA to Directors

Kay Withers's photoKay Withers

Research Fellow, Democracy and Power

Economics

Howard Reed's photoHoward Reed

Chief Economist

International and Security Programme

Policy areas include international, local government, nations & regions and human rights. This team also coordinates the Commission on National Security in the 21st Century.

Ian Kearns's photoIan Kearns

Deputy Director

Alex Glennie's photoAlex Glennie

Research Assistant, International

Katie Paintin's photoKatie Paintin

Research Assistant, Interntional

Migration, Equalities & Citizenship

This team leads ippr's high profile work on migration and integration.

Danny Sriskandarajah's photoDanny Sriskandarajah

Director of Research Strategy, Head of Migration, Equalities & Citizenship

Jill Rutter's photoJill Rutter

Senior Research Fellow, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship

Laura Chappell's photoLaura Chappell

Research Fellow, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship

Maria Latorre's photoMaria Latorre

Research Assistant, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship

Naomi Pollard's photoNaomi Pollard

Research Fellow, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship

Jaideep Shah's photoJaideep Shah

Research Assistant, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship

Democracy and Power

A newly formed team undertaking cross-cutting research on democracy, governance & citizenship, crime & justice and digital society and media. They also run the Behaviour Change and Personal Responsibility flagship programme.

Guy Lodge's photoGuy Lodge

Senior Research Fellow, Democracy and Power

Rick Muir's photoRick Muir

Research Fellow, Democracy and Power

Holly Andrew's photoHolly Andrew

Team Administrator, Democracy and Power

Michael Kenny's photoMichael Kenny

Visiting Research Fellow

People and Policy

Exploring the potential for a more progressive public debate.

Naomi Newman's photoNaomi Newman

Research Fellow, People and Policy

Ruth Sheldon's photoRuth Sheldon

Research Assistant, People and Policy

Lucia Durante's photoLucia Durante

Research Assistant, People and Policy

Public Services

Researching policy areas include education and health & social care. They also lead on the Public Services at the Crossroads flagship programme.

James Crabtree's photoJames Crabtree

Associate Director, Public Services

Jessica Allen's photoJessica Allen

Head of Health and Social Care

Joseph Farrington-Douglas's photoJoseph Farrington-Douglas

Senior Research Fellow, Public Services

Miguel Castro Coelho's photoMiguel Castro Coelho

Research Fellow, Public Services

Sophie Moullin's photoSophie Moullin

Research Assistant, Public Services

John Cannings's photoJohn Cannings

Team Administrator, Public Services

Social Policy

Tackling poverty and inequality through reseach on housing & communities, children & families, assets & wealth and tax, welfare & public finance.

Kate Stanley's photoKate Stanley

Director of Research Development and Head of Social Policy

Dalia Ben-Galim's photoDalia Ben-Galim

Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy

Graeme Cooke's photoGraeme Cooke

Research Fellow, Social Policy

Kayte Lawton's photoKayte Lawton

Research Assistant, Social Policy

External Affairs

This team manages the public face of ippr: media, publications, website and corporate relations.

Eileen McGowan's photoEileen McGowan

External Affairs Manager

Matt Jackson's photoMatt Jackson

Senior Media Officer, External Affairs

Georgina Kyriacou's photoGeorgina Kyriacou

Publishing Manager, External Affairs

Ruth Eldridge's photoRuth Eldridge

Events Officer, External Affairs

Kelly O'Sullivan's photoKelly O'Sullivan

External Affairs Officer

Liam O'Neill's photoLiam O'Neill

Web Editor, External Affairs

Kevin Bowman's photoKevin Bowman

Corporate Relationship Manager, External Affairs

Luke Hildyard's photoLuke Hildyard

External Affairs

ippr north

Based in Newcastle, this team explores the local, regional, national and international dimensions of a diverse range of policy areas.

Sue Stirling's photoSue Stirling

Director, ippr north

Olga Mrinska's photoOlga Mrinska

Research Director, ippr north

Jane Midgley's photoJane Midgley

Research Fellow, ippr north

Katie Schmuecker's photoKatie Schmuecker

Research Fellow, ippr north

Michael Johnson's photoMichael Johnson

Research Fellow, ippr north

Loraine Sweeney's photoLoraine Sweeney

External Affairs Manager, ippr north

Michael Brunskill's photoMichael Brunskill

External Affairs, ippr north

Anne Williams's photoAnne Williams

PA to Sue Stirling, ippr north

Operations

Jane Smith's photoJane Smith

Director of Finance and Operations

Alice Togneri's photoAlice Togneri

Senior Finance Officer

Katherine Holdway's photoKatherine Holdway

HR Officer, Operations

Ilaria Geddes's photoIlaria Geddes

Team Administrator and Receptionist

Jen O'Brien's photoJen O'Brien

Team Administrator for Climate Change, Office Manager