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Explore our Research Spotlights to find out more about our academics, their research and what they'll be working on next.
Mark Maslin

Spotlight on... 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.

Jess Bailey

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. 

Professor Lisa Vanhala

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. 

Dr Stephen Hansen

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.

Michael Collins

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. 

Hannah Knox

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.

Simon Lewis

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. 

Nick Witham

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.

Kevin MacDonald

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.

Rebecca Jennings

Spotlight on... Dr Rebecca Jennings

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