Prof. Richard Harper

Principle Investigator and Co-Director, The Institute for Social Futures.

Richard's research is on the human side of computing and asks such things as what is it people want to do with technologies - and this is not always what technologies were designed for!

Email: r.harper@lancaster.ac.uk

Prof. Nigel Davies

Co-Investigator and Co-Director of The Data Science Institute

Email: n.a.davies@lancaster.ac.uk

Gabriella Gilkes

Science Engagement Lead, Eden Project International Ltd, Development Team for Eden Project North

A marine scientist by training, Gabriella’s interests are now at the place where science, art, nature and people come together and how technologies can be used to bring these alive.

Prof. Charlie Gere

Co-Investigator and Professor of media theory and history at The Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts

Charlie is interested in new ways of thinking and writing about landscape and the environment, especially in the North West

Email: c.gere@lancaster.ac.uk

Prof. Jo Knight

Professor of Applied Data Science, Lancaster Medical School and Lancaster University Research Director for Eden North

Jo uses routinely collected health data to improve health outcomes and also works to catalyse other research projects which are attuned to the ethos of the Eden Project.

Email: jo.knight@lancaster.ac.uk

Dr. Rachel Marshall

Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Lancaster Environment Centre

Rachel's work looks to link communities of practice (from farmers to policy makers) with researchers to enable us to better codesign and develop new ideas, projects and research around the future of food in our place.

Email: r.marshall2@lancaster.ac.uk

Nick King

Partnerships and Impact Manager

Nick's interest is working with stakeholders and communities to identify shared interests and supporting the resulting collaborations in delivering tangible positive impact.

Email: n.king@lancaster.ac.uk

Jan Hollinshead

Senior Research Associate

Jan’s research looks at the relationship between data, people and the places they live - the way data impacts decision making, guides change, and shapes the future.

Email: j.hollinshead1@lancaster.ac.uk

Michael Harding

Research Fellow, Computing and Communications

Mike’s research considers how emerging pervasive technologies can be co-designed to facilitate new practice in the use and management of public infrastructures (e.g. roads, rail)

Email: m.harding@lancaster.ac.uk

Karen Lloyd

Writer in Residence

Karen Lloyd will be looking at ways to build affiliations with communities, ecologists and scientists and others to inform new writing about the north-west and in particular Morecambe Bay and Cumbria.

Email: k.lloyd2@lancaster.ac.uk

Louise Bush

Institute Administrator for The Institute for Social Futures

Email: l.bush@lancaster.ac.uk

Julia Carradus

Institute Administrator for The Data Science Insitute

Email: j.carradus1@lancaster.ac.uk