LSSI Key Contacts & Governance Groups
Impact Acceleration Account Review Team
The IAA Review Team is a vital component in our work, reaching decisions on which applications to fund, where to prioritise resources and proactively seeking to foster new inter-institutional linkages. The IAA panel consists of academic representation from the Faculty of Social Sciences, LUBS, Environment and Arts, Humanities and Cultures, Engineering and Medicine and Health. The IAA panel also includes external (non-academic) representation from leading professionals in the region working within the voluntary, public and business sectors who are sympathetic to the aims of embedding research evidence in policy and practice and fostering stronger links between the academic sectors and those working in professional services and policy delivery.
The panel meets four times a year. Panel members are sent applications to consider two weeks before panel meetings, which are held online. If a panel member is unable to attend a given meeting we are able to include your comments in panel deliberations if written comments are sent in advance.
If you would be interested in becoming an IAA Panel Representative please email Cheryl Harris (LSSI Institute Manager c.a.harris@leeds.ac.uk) or Professor Louise Waite (LSSI Director l.waite@leeds.ac.uk) to discuss further.
Jo Cutter
Lecturer in Work and Employment Relations
Mike Eakins
Acting Head of Intelligence and Policy
Nick Garrett
Consultant, Whole Systems Partnerships
Cheryl Harris
LSSI Manager
Ben Hepworth
Ministry of Justice
Dr Lena J. Jaspersen
University Academic Fellow in Innovation Management
Juliet Jopson
Policy Officer, Policy Leeds
Shahed Molvi
Grant Manager, Leeds Community Foundation
Conor O'Reilly
Professor in Transnational Crime and Security
Ruth Rayner
Translational Research Portfolio Manager
Alexa Ruppertsberg
Head of Public Engagement with Research
Professor Gehan Selim
LSSI Deputy Director
Professor Matthew Treherne
Professor of Italian Literature
Professor Louise Waite
LSSI Director