Research committee

2026 Research Committee Dates (all in G.018):

Thursday 7 May 2026 from 10-11.30am
Thursday 18 June 2026 from 10-11.30am

Chair: Heiner Evanschitzky

Secretary: Kellie Gallagher

Remit: Research Committee has the authority to consider and advise the School on:

The research profile and research activities of the School.
Allocation of duties and arrangements for Research Leave, amongst the academics within the School.
Frequency of meetings: At least six times a year that coincides with the Faculty of Humanities Research Strategy Committee (HRSC).

General Distribution List/Committee Membership: 
Heiner Evanschitzky, School Research Director, and Chair of Committee 
Kellie Gallagher, Research Support Manager, Secretary 
 
Associate Heads of Research  
Kevin Aretz, A&F Division 
Raquel Ortega-Argiles, IMP Division 
Jian-Bo Yang, MSM Division 
David Holman, PMO Division 
 
Research Institute and Centre Representatives 

Bart van Ark, The Productivity Institute
Elvira Uyarra, MIoIR
Nadia Papamichail and Yu-Wang Chen, AID Centre
Vlad-Andrei Porumb, CAIR  
Sheena Johnson and Professor Miguel Martinez Lucio, WEI  
Mike Hodson, Deputy for SCI 
Markos Zachariadis, Fintech

Associate Head of Social Responsibility for A&F/Lead on Socially Responsible Research

Sofia Yasmin

Director of PGR 
Lloyd C. Harris  

Associate Director for REF
Bruce Tether

Associate Director for Research Impact & Knowledge Exchange
Julie Froud/Hannah Clark - Impact Facilitator
 
Academic Lead for Research Income Development
Duncan Shaw/Christopher Flanagan - Grant Facilitator
 
Director of Business Engagement  
Chris Smith  
 
Academic Lead for Internationalisation 
Joao Quariguasi frota net

Academic Lead for Early Career Representatives

Kara Ng 
 
Marketing, Communications & Recruitment
Jim Pendrill 
 
Library Services 
Amar Nazir 