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.
Gabriella Alberti
Associate Professor in Work and Employment Relations, Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change
Dr Sahla Aroussi
LSSI Deputy Director
Karen Arzate Quintanilla
PGR Representative
Dr Roxana Barbulescu
University Academic Fellow, School of Sociology and Social Policy
Professor Andrew Brown
Professor of Economics and Political Economy, Leeds University Business School
Olaf Corry
Prof of Global Security Challenges
Cheryl Harris
LSSI Manager
Dr Jenny Hodbod
Lecturer of Environment and Development
Professor Sarah Irwin
Professor of Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Policy
Natalie Jackson
LSSI Communications and Graduate Co-ordinator (WRDTP)
Juliet Jopson
Policy Officer, Policy Leeds
Professor Stuart Lister
Professor of Policing and Criminal Justice, School of Law
Alison Lundbeck
LSSI Research and Innovation Development Manager
Professor Julia Martin-Ortega
Professor, School of Earth and Environment
Dr Ghazala Mir
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Professor Kate Pangbourne
LSSI Deputy Director, Professor of Transport Transitions
Elliot Payne
Support Officer – LSSI and Environment.
Helen Pickard
Research Development Manager
Professor Carlo Prato
Professor of Transportation Engineering
Jennifer Rivas-Perez
Researcher Skills Senior Researcher Training and Development Officer, Organisational Development and Professional Learning
Sophie Rowan
Festival of Social Sciences Co-ordinator
Professor Gehan Selim
LSSI Deputy Director
Professor Fiona Smith
Professor in International Economic Law, School of Law
Professor Karen Spilsbury
Professor (Invest Chair in Nursing Res), School of Healthcare
Professor James Stark
Professor of Medical Humanities and Director of the Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
Mark Stuart
Montague Burton Professor of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations; Pro Dean for Research and Innovation, Leeds University Business School
Professor Matthew Treherne
Professor of Italian Literature
Dr James Van Alstine
Associate Professor of Environmental Policy, School of Earth and Environment
Professor Louise Waite
LSSI Director
Professor David S. Wall
Chair in Criminology, School of Law
Professor Amanda Waterman
Professor of Cognitive Development
Sherif Youssef
Partnerships and Engagement Officer
Erna Zharani
PGR Representative