The strategic advisory network (SAN) is comprised of leading experts from the academic and user communities. It helps ESRC exploit opportunities and access the voice and expertise of its communities. The SAN provides:
- detailed expert support and advice including on the design of strategies and schemes, investment management, pre- and post-award, and interventions
- a broad perspective of advice on issues, proposals and decisions, including feedback on views within our various stakeholder groups
- access to a pool of academic and user experts to whom the office can turn to for ad-hoc advice and advocacy and to test out new ideas
- provision of input into general policy advice
SAN membership
The network was established in April 2018 and is comprised of a range of leading academic and user experts from across the social sciences with membership refreshed regularly.
Read the ESRC code of practice for committee and group members.
See the strategic advisory network terms of reference.
SAN members
| Member | Current term ends |
|---|---|
| Professor Tim Vorley – Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean, Oxford Brookes Business School | 31 March 2026 |
| Dr Lígia Teixeira – Chief Executive, Centre for Homelessness Impact | 31 March 2026 |
| David Shallcross – Impact and Evidence Manager at The Connection, St Martin’s | 31 March 2026 |
| Dr Sharifah Sekalala – Reader and Associate Professor in Global Health Law, University of Warwick | 31 March 2025 |
| Professor Alison Pilnick – Professor of Language, Medicine and Society in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham | 31 March 2026 |
| Professor Martyn Pickersgill – Personal Chair of the Sociology of Science and Medicine, The University of Edinburgh | 31 March 2026 |
| Dr Gina Netto – Reader and Associate Professor in International and Forced Migration, The Urban Institute in Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh | 31 March 2025 |
| Professor Gina Neff – Professor of Technology & Society, University of Cambridge | 31 March 2025 |
| Amy Mount – Senior Associate, European Climate Foundation | 31 March 2026 |
| Dr Dawn Knight – Reader in Applied Linguistics, Cardiff University | 31 March 2026 |
| Dr Carrie Heitmeyer – Government Office for Science | 31 March 2026 |
| Professor Geoff Haddock – Professor of Social Psychology, Cardiff University | 31 March 2025 |
| Professor Nigel Gilbert – Director of the Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus | 31 March 2025 |
| Jayanthi Ezekiel – Policy professional and economist | 31 March 2026 |
| Lynn Emslie – Non-Executive Director, Chair, Special Advisor and Trustee | 31 March 2025 |
| Dr Jane Ellis-Brush – Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, University of Bath’s School of Management | 31 March 2025 |
| Professor Lee Elliot Major – Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter | 31 March 2026 |
| Kezia Dugdale – Director of the John Smith Centre and a Senior Lecturer in social policy, University of Glasgow | 31 March 2025 |
| Professor Patrick Diamond – Associate Professor of Public Policy, Queen Mary, University of London, and Director of the Mile End Institute | 31 March 2025 |
| Professor Pamela Davis-Kean – Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan, US | 31 March 2026 |
| Professor Andrea Cornwall – Pro-Director Research & Enterprise, SOAS, University of London | 31 March 2025
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| Professor Jon Coaffee – Professor of Urban Geography in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick | 31 March 2026 |
| Dr Iwona Bisaga – Research Associate on the Modern Energy Cooking Services Programme, Loughborough University | 31 March 2026 |
Last updated: 17 October 2024