Our people
Diogo Vasconcelos
Social Innovation Exchange
Dominika Blachnicka-Ciacek
The University of Sheffield
Ed Cox
Local Government Information Unit
Eddy Adams
Independent expert, urban policy, social innovation and labour markets
Eddy is an adviser, writer, moderator and events facilitator, working internationally on urban policy and growth inequality. He works extensively with Rotterdam, as well as with Glasgow, Turin, Milan, Bilbao and Berlin.
Elaine Bauer
London South Bank University
Dr Elaine Bauer
Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, London South Bank University
Elaine is a social anthropologist with research interests including international migration, transnationalism, language brokering, race/ethnicity, and ‘mixed’ families. She is a senior research fellow and lecturer at LSBU, and associate fellow at Institute of Latin American Studies.
Emily Morrison
Director of Sustainability and Just Transition
Emily joined us from the British Council, where she developed the global research portfolio. She has led and conducted a broad range of international research projects, and previously held positions at University College London and King’s College London. Emily has a long-standing interest in participatory and creative research approaches.
Emma Newbury
Head of Participatory Research
Emma’s expertise is in designing, leading and implementing participatory research to drive understanding of social justice. She has worked internationally with governments, institutions and charities.
Esmee Wilcox
Community Advisory Board
Esmee works in strategic innovation within social purpose organisations. She has her own company – Socially Adept – and previously spent 11 years leading complex change initiatives within the public sector, working with charities and social enterprises. She’s also worked across central government, including on the 2005 cross-government disability strategy.