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This page provides definitions for the various (mostly unpaid) fellowship roles for scholars who want to be associated with UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS).

Scholars wishing an affiliation with UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) have a number of options. Most are unpaid. All require application in advance. 

Research Fellows (Funded)

Research Fellows normally reside in STS in long-term collaborative projects with STS academic staff. They provide funds to cover full economic costs, normally through an application process that involves STS assisting in budgeting. Applicants also are expected to contribute to the intellectual life of the Department and must have a sponsor from amongst STS academic staff. These appointments tend to be fixed-term, lasting one or more years, and renewal is subject to Departmental approval and continued funding.

Honorary Appointments

Honorary Appointments are voluntary arrangements which allow academic researchers from other institutions and businesses, or who have retired, to collaborate with staff in STS. The working relationship is less formal. Applicants are expected to contribute to the intellectual life of the Department and must have a sponsor from amongst STS academic staff. Honoraries are expected to be self-sufficient, requiring no departmental resource. These appointments tend to be fixed-term, lasting up to three years in the first instance, and renewal is subject to approval.

Appointments of STS Honorary Senior Research Fellow are made on the same basis to those holding appointments equivalent to UCL's Professor rank. Please make enquiries with STS Head of Department.

Current Honorary Appointments

Below is a list of current honorary appointments within the department. This list is correct as of March 2023. Please note that Emeritus professors are listed on the main STS Academic Staff page.

Name	Appointment
Prof. Ana Maria Alfonso-Goldfarb	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Dr Matheus Alves Duarte da Silva	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Scott Anthony	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Alberto Aparicio de Narvaez	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Eleanor Armstrong	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr Jack Ashby	Honarary Research Fellow
Mr Noah Baker	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Katy Barrett	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Francesca Bellazzi	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr Daniel Belteki	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Laura Blair	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Rachel Boon	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Timothy Boon	Honorary Professor of the Material and Public Culture of Science
Dr Nathan Bossoh	Honorary Research Fellow
Prof William Brock	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Robert Bud	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Dr Stella Butler	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Chris Campbell	Honorary Research Fellow
Prof. Geoffrey Cantor	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Ms Amanda Colbourne	Honorary Research Fellow
Ms Claudia Cristalli	Honorary Research  Fellow
Subhadra Da	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Stephen Davies	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Silvia De Bianchi	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Richard Dunn	Honorary Research Fellow
Ms Penny Evans	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Grant Fisher	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr Richard Fisher	Honorary Professor of Practice
Dr Dario Galvao	Honorary Research Fellow
Prof. Donald Gillies	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Daniel Glaser	Honorary Research Fellow
Prof. Jordan Goodman	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr Jim Gregory	Honorary Research Fellow
Ms Amy Harrison	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Michal Haskel-Ittah	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Andrew Hopkins	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Hsiang-Fu Huang	Honorary Research Fellow
Sir Roland Jackson	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Elizabeth Jones	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr Imran Khan	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Anatolii Kozlov	Honorary Research Fellow
Ms Nina Kuryata-Stasiv	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Farrah Lawrence-Mackay	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr William Leech	Honorary Research Fellow
Ms Shaaron Levement	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Rory MacLeod	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Lara Marks	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Sarah Marks	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Oliver Marsh	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Rebecca Martin	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Luisa Massarani	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Ada Mau	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr Nick Maxwell	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr Beau-Jensen McCubbin	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Marcia Mendes Ferraz	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Ms Vanessa Mignan	Honorary Research Fellow
Mr Doug Millard	Honorary Research Fellow
Prof. Arthur Miller	Honorary Research Fellow
Prof. Steve Miller	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Glyn Morgan	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Norma Morris	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Peter Morris	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Smitha Mundasad	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Themistoklis Pantazakos	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Lesley Paterson	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Helen Pearson	Honorary Professor of Practice
Miss Cecila Penn	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Helene Perdicoyianni-Paleologou	Honorary Research Fellow
Prof. Naomi Pfeffer	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Karoliina Pulkkinen	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Viviane Quirke	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Meritxell Ramirez-i-Olle	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Veronica Ranieri	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Emily Rees Koerner	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Carol Reeves	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Joseph Roche	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Michael Rodgers	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Ms Alexandra Rose	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Thomas Rose	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Mr Ben Russell	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Siabhainn Russell	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Federica Russo	Honorary Professor
Dr Julia Sanchez-Dorado	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Norberto Serpente	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Anna Simmons	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Christopher Tennant	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Kylo Thomas	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Noémi Tousignant	Honorary Research Fellow
Ms Shana Van Hauwermeiren	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr John Van Laun	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Kathleen Vogel	Honorary Lecturer
Dr Georgina Voss	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Dr John Walker	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Jacob Ward	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Katheen Walker-Meikle	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Jacob Ward	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Sheray Warmington	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Andrew Wear	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Erik Weber	Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Mrs Maxine Willetts	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Hannah Wills	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Jenny Wilson	Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Billy Wong	Honorary Research Fellow

Facilities for STS Honorary Research Fellows

If we do accept you as an Honorary, you can expect that normally we will provide you with:

• Full access to UCL library resources including e-resources.
• Full access to UCL ICT facilities (using a dedicated login and password), including access to ICT clusters (shared computer rooms) and Eduroam wifi.
• Access to the vibrant UCL STS research community, for example via participation in research seminars and reading groups.
• Access to Graduate School or Staff training courses offered within UCL.

We do not provide desk space, access to UCL's funding mechanisms, or access to UCL's research administration.

Expectations for STS Honarary Research Fellows

 In turn we will expect you to:

• Abide by UCL policies, especially those to do with ethical research conduct, copyright and the appropriate use of UCL facilities.
• Acknowledge UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS) appropriately in any publications which arise from the period of your appointment.
• Contribute positively to the research culture and academic life of STS and any research cluster to which you are attached during your appointment.

Please note that all Honoraries who live in the UK must have the right to live and work in the UK and a right-to-work check will be undertaken before conferment of an honorary title.

Although honoraries are paid a salary for their time by their employing institution, they may nevertheless be undertaking voluntary and unpaid work for and on behalf of UCL, and this requires the right to work.

Honoraries who are based overseas and do not visit the UK will not require a right to work check.  However, if they come to the UK and undertake any type of work for or on behalf of UCL, a right to work check or a visitors’ visa check must be undertaken.

Application Procedures for STS Honorary Research Fellows

For further information and to download the Honorary Appointment Nomination Form, please refer to the UCL Honorary Staff Appointments Procedure.

All Nomination forms and relevant documentation should be sent to sts@ucl.ac.uk.

Academic Affiliates or Visitors

Academic affiliates or visitors are appointments for academics from overseas who wish to spend a short period at UCL (normally of not less than four weeks and not more than one calendar year) pursuing their own research either individually or in association with STS academic staff. 

Affiliate fees normally are charged. As space is limited within our building, we are unable to accept all those wishing to visit; our priority is focused on applicants whose research interests fit closely with STS academic staff. We encourage visiting researchers to work with their hosts in advance to arrive with an agreed research work plan for their visit.

If you wish to be considered for Academic Affiliate or Visitor status, please get in touch with us via email at sts@ucl.ac.uk.

Visiting Research Students (PhD)

Students currently enrolled on a PhD overseas can apply to study at UCL as a ‘visiting research student’ to conduct research here towards your PhD overseas. You can apply to spend 3 to 12 months at UCL undertaking research which is complementary to the doctoral/PhD project at your 'home' university. The relevant procedures in this case are provided on UCL Visiting Research Student. Fees are normally charged. 

Applicants for Visiting Research Student status must be enrolled as a doctoral student in another university. Please contact the STS PhD programme tutor for more information about this option (sts-phd@ucl.ac.uk). If you wish to apply for doctoral study in STS (e.eg., for a degree awarded by UCL) you should not apply as a visiting student. You must apply through the normal graduate research routes.

Space is very limited and prior to any application it is necessary to establish if your request is feasible. If we choose to take your application forward, we will help you make a formal application through UCL’s procedures, and it is only after the formal application has been considered that you will receive a formal decision about whether we can offer you a place. A formal offer can only be made through formal department channels. These processes can take several weeks, so please allow enough time. 

If you are a non-EU resident you will also need to make a visa application. This, too, can take time.