LSSI Key Contacts & Governance Groups

LSSI Steering Group

The aims of the LSSI Steering Group are to oversee the work of the Institute, review and agree priorities for activities which will:

• Foster a creative and intellectually stimulating environment for social scientists in Leeds to help them innovate, collaborate, and develop visionary research.
• To respond to new opportunities for funding for research or innovation and to stimulate responses to those opportunities and where appropriate, coordinate the preparation of large-scale cross-institutional bids with RIS.
• Provide co-ordinated training for social scientists at all career stages.
• Maximise internal and external collaboration and strategic alliances within and beyond the social sciences and will act as the first point of contact for N8 initiatives.
• Communicate and showcase (both internally and externally) the social sciences at Leeds including our distinctive strengths, expertise, activity, new opportunities, supporting new staff, hosting major international events etc.