KBA Participants - Past & Present

2025 cohort

The 2025 cohort includes both professional services staff and researchers, across a range of career stages, and from a variety of UCL’s faculties. They also represent a rich diversity of expertise:

Dr Elin Arfon, Research Fellow, UCL's Institute of Education for the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE), UCL Institute of Education: Culture, Communication and Media 

Dr Jhono Bennett, Lecturer in Design, The Bartlett School of Architecture 

Professor Alison Clark-Wilson, Professorial Research Fellow, IOE Faculty of Education and Society, Department of Culture, Communication and Media 

Dr Tommaso Gabrieli, Associate Professor in Real Estate, The Bartlett School of Planning 

Linwei Li, Education Administrator, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, Global Business School for Health 

Dr Beth Malory, Lecturer in English Linguistics, English Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities 

Elena Proffitt, Research Assistant, Faculty of Population Health, EGA Institute for Women's Health, NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health 

Dr Adrienn Tomor, Associate Professor in Engineering Design and Construction, The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction 

2024 cohort

The participants are an interdisciplinary group from 8 of UCL’s 11 Faculties, including both research and professional service staff across various career stages and with diverse policy engagement experience. They are: 

Dr Meghna Nag Chowdhuri, Research Fellow – Education, Practice & Society, UCL Institution of Education  

Dr Sarah Dryhurst, Lecturer in Risk Perception and Risk Communication – Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), UCL Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences  

Prof Shirli Gilbert, Professor of Modern Jewish History – Department of Hebrew & Jewish Studies, UCL Faculty of Arts & Humanities  

Eva Lamorgese, Senior Global Engagement and Impact Manager – Institute for Global Prosperity Bartlett Faculty for the Built Environment’s Institute for Global Prosperity  

Siyabonga Ndwandwe, Research Fellow in Health Economics (HERCULES Project) – Research Department for Primary Care and Population Health, UCL Faculty of Population Health Sciences 

Miriam Nweze, Faculty Impact Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering – UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences  

Prof Caroline Oliver, Associate Professor in Sociology – Education, Practice & Society, UCL Institution of Education   

Dr Alexandra Perovic, Associate Professor in Linguistics – UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences  

Dr Igor Tkalec, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Social Data Science – Department of Geography and Social Data Institute, UCL Faculty of Social & Historical Sciences  

Carol Vigurs, Senior Research Fellow – EPPI-Centre, UCL Social Research Institute