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The Global Engagement team, Pro-Vice-Provost (Global Engagement), and networks of Global Strategic Academic Advisors and Vice-Deans (International) work together to help forge connections, collaborations and relationships between people at UCL and other universities, companies and organisations around the world.
Are you a global partner interested in collaborating with UCL? See our regional pages for the latest news from your area, and to contact the relevant Senior Global Engagement Manager. We'd love to hear from you.
Are you a UCL staff member? Contact us for guidance and support with:
- Global partnerships and collaborations, from concept and proposal onwards
- International delegation visits, both inbound and outbound
- Regional advice, expertise and knowledge sharing
- Global communications and telling UCL's global story
Who we are
Leadership
Professor Geraint Rees: Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement)
Geraint took up the role of UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) in May 2022, having served as Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences from 2014-2022.
Professor David Coen: Pro-Vice-Provost (Global Engagement)
David Coen is the founding Director of the Institute of Global Governance at UCL. Previously he was Head of Department of Political Science from 2010 to 2018. He has held the Fulbright Distinguished Fellowship at Harvard University and visiting fellowships at Harvard, Boston University, the Max Planck Institute, Koln, Sciences Po Paris, and the European University Institute, Florence.
Global Strategic Academic Advisors
The GSAAs play an important strategic role as a catalyst for UCL’s engagement in their particular region.
They welcome international delegations to UCL and act as ambassadors and advocates for UCL's work internationally.
Dr Uta Staiger: Global Strategic Academic Advisor (Europe)
Professor Monica Lakhanpaul : Global Strategic Academic Advisor (India)
Professor Julius Mugwagwa: Global Strategic Academic Advisor (Africa)
Vice-Deans (International)
The Vice-Deans (International) provide a Faculty focus for UCL's global activities – they help us tell the story of UCL’s global impact by discipline and department. UCL Global Engagement works closely with the Vice-Deans (International) to facilitate global engagement across UCL.
SLMS
Professor Dr Lasana Harris: Vice-Dean (International) for Brain Sciences
Professor Jolene Skordis: Vice-Dean (International) for Population Health Sciences
Professor John Hurst: Vice-Dean (International) for Medical Sciences
Professor Tara Keck: Vice-Dean (International) for Life Sciences
SLASH
Dr Gracia Marín Durán: Vice-Dean (International) for Laws
Dr Pushpa Arabindoo: Vice Dean (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) for Social and Historical Sciences
BEAMS
Professor Priti Parikh: Vice-Dean (International) for the Bartlett
Professor Tao Cheng: Vice-Dean (International) for Engineering
Professor Guanjie He: Vice-Dean (International) for MAPS
IOE
Professor Tristan McCowan: Vice-Dean (International) for IOE
Global Engagement team
View members of the Global Engagement team by function:
GE Directorate
Ciaran Moynihan, Director of UCL Global Engagement
ciaran.moynihan@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7777 / internal 5777
Lorna Carsley, Executive Assistant to Director of Global Engagement
lorna.carsley@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 8055 / internal 58055
Global Partnerships
Conor Rickford, Deputy Director of Global Engagement
c.rickford@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7785 / internal 57785
Adam Walker, Associate Director of Global Engagement
adam.p.walker@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7682 / internal 57682
Jennifer Luan, Associate Director (Global Operations)
jennifer.luan@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)2031081383 / internal 51383
Miles Davies, Senior Global Operations Manager
miles.davies@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)2081387452 / internal 07452
Siobhan O'Brien, Senior Global Engagement Manager (Americas & Australasia)
siobhan.o’brien@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 5509 / internal 55509
Amanda Chukwudozie, Senior Global Engagement Manager (Africa & Middle East)
a.chukwudozie@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7504 5291 / internal 15291
Dan Li, Senior Global Engagement Manager (East Asia)
li.dan@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 9044 / internal 59044
Dr Amit Khandelwal, Senior Global Engagement Manager (South & South East Asia)
amit.khandelwal@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7811 / internal 57811
Rebecca Holt, Senior Global Engagement Manager (Europe)
rebecca.holt.ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 5588 / internal 55588
Dr Yuchun Chiang Mathews, Strategic Global Initiatives Manager
y.mathews@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7679 8071 / internal 08071
Christian Jowers, Strategic Global Initiatives Manager
c.jowers@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3987 2607/ internal 02607
Bryan Taylor, Senior Programme Manager (Global Opportunities)
bryan.taylor@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7780 / internal 57780
Zhou Kuang, Global Engagement Manager
zhou.kuang@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 7679 9741 / internal 09741
Keiko Tsunekawa, Global Engagement Manager
k.tsunekawa@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 5508 / internal 55508
Annie Brown, Global Engagement Officer
a.m.brown@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7575 / internal 57575
Holly Cuthbert, Global Engagement Officer
holly.cuthbert@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 5431 / internal 5431
Programme Management
Chris Cook, Senior Global Programme Manager
c.cook@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7566 / internal 57566
Sophia Hilt, Global Programme Manager
s.hilt@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7566 / internal 57795
Toni Blunden, Team & Programme Co-ordinator
t.blunden@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7818 / internal 57818
Communications
Sophie Vinter, Senior Global Engagement Communications Manager
s.vinter@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 7787 / internal 57787
Shuyue Ren, Communications Officer
shuyue.r@ucl.ac.uk, +44 (0)20 3108 1701 / internal 59842