Research Spotlights

Spotlight on... Dr Malu Gatto

Meet Dr Malu Gatto, Deputy Head of the UCL Institute of the Americas and Director of External Engagement. Malu gives us an insight into her role in the department, her research, career highlights and her love of London.

Spotlight on... Dr Anna Maguire

Meet Dr Anna Maguire, Lecturer in Public History and Co-Convenor of the Public History MA at UCL East. Anna was recently awarded the Outstanding Community-Engaged Learning Award at the UCL East Engagement Awards Ceremony.

Spotlight on... Dr Sara Perry

Meet Dr Sara Perry, Associate Professor in Digital Public Archaeology at UCL Institute of Archaeology. Sara has recently been appointed to the REF 2029 Research Diversity Advisory Panel (RDAP) and talks to us about what she hopes to achieve in her new role.

Spotlight on... Dr Andrew Seaton

Meet Dr Andrew Seaton, a Leverhelme Early Career Fellow in History. Andrew's recent book, ‘Our NHS: A History of Britain’s Best-Loved Institution’ has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2024, the most prestigious award for historical writing in the UK.

Spotlight on... Dr Hélia Marçal

Meet Dr Hélia Marçal, Lecturer in History of Art, Materials, and Technology at the Department of History of Art. She has recently been appointed Vice-Dean Bicentenary/ UCL200 Faculty Champion of the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences.

Spotlight on... Jeff Howard

Meet Jeff Howard, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science & School of Public Policy. Jeff chats to us about his research into the proper governance of online communications and generative AI, as well as his enthusiasm for musical theatre.

Spotlight on... Professor Kalina Manova

Meet Professor Kalina Manova, an award-winning economist specialising in international trade and investment, having served as Deputy Head of UCL Economics from 2020-2023. She has recently secured an European Research Council Advanced Grant to research Firm Network Technologies.

Spotlight on... Professor Mark Maslin

Meet Mark Maslin, newly appointed joint Pro-Vice Provost of the UCL Climate Crisis Grand Challenge and Professor of Earth System Science at UCL Geography. Mark chats to UCL News about what he hopes to achieve in the role, his dream lunch with the Thunderbirds crew and his own international rescue mission to save the planet.

Spotlight on... Dr Jess Bailey

Meet Jess Bailey, an Associate Lecturer in the History of Art at UCL. Jess works with Medieval and Early Modern European art and material culture. 

Spotlight on... Professor Lisa Vanhala

Meet Lisa Vanhala, Professor of Political Science at UCL’s Department of Political Science. Lisa's work in climate change loss and damage politics and governance sees her attending COP28 as one of UCL's climate experts. 

Spotlight on... Dr Stephen Hansen

Meet Dr Stephen Hansen, Professor of Economics at UCL Economics. He has recently developed methods for feeding financial transaction data recorded via the everyday activities of millions of consumers into the production of national statistics.

Spotlight on... Dr Michael Collins

Meet Dr Michael Collins, Associate Professor of Modern & Contemporary British History in UCL's History department. Michael recently co-led a landmark report about cricket inequalities in England & Wales which received widespread media coverage. 

Spotlight on... Professor Hannah Knox

Meet Hannah Knox, Professor of Anthropology at UCL’s Department of Anthropology. Her 2.5 year ESRC funded project ‘REGeneration: An Ethnographic Study of Energy, Data and Social Change in Net-Zero Britain’ will begin in October 2023.

Spotlight on... Professor Simon Lewis FRS

Meet Professor Simon Lewis, a field ecologist who studies global environmental change at UCL’s Department of Geography. Simon was recently elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to science. 

Spotlight on... Dr Nick Witham

Meet Dr Nick Witham, Associate Professor of United States History and Head of Department at the UCL Institute of the Americas. Find out more about Nick's career and research, as well as his recently rekindled love-affair with DJing.

Spotlight on... Professor Kevin MacDonald

Meet Professor Kevin MacDonald, Professor of African Archaeology and Director of the UCL Institute of Archaeology. Find out more about Kevin's career and research, as well as his love of music.

Spotlight on... Dr Rebecca Jennings

Meet Rebecca Jennings, Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Faculty's Vice-Dean (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion).