About IPPR
ippr staff
Directors
Lisa Harker
Co-Director
Carey Oppenheim
Co-Director
Ian Kearns
Deputy Chair of ippr's Security Commission
Danny Sriskandarajah
Director of Research Strategy, Head of Migration, Equalities & Citizenship
Kate Stanley
Acting Deputy Director and Head of Social Policy
Sue Stirling
Director, ippr north
Olga Mrinska
Research Director, ippr north
Jane Smith
Director of Finance and OperationsClimate Change
Policy areas include environment and transport.
Simon Retallack
Associate Director
Jenny Bird
Research Fellow, Climate Change
Andrew Pendleton
Senior Research Fellow
Matthew Lockwood
Senior Research Fellow, Climate Change
Brooke Flanagan
Research Fellow
Jen O'Brien
Team Administrator for Climate Change, Office ManagerStrategic Research Team
A cross-cutting team researching a wide range of policy areas including socio-economic and demographic change, childhood and youth, social and emotional wellbeing and political ideologies - liberalism, progressivism and conservatism.
Julia Margo
Associate Director, Team Leader, Strategic Research Team, and Editor of PPR
Sonia Sodha
Research Fellow, Strategic Research Team
Naomi Jones
Senior Research Fellow, Strategic Research Team
Kay Withers
Research Fellow, Strategic Research Team
Lucia Durante
Research Assistant, Strategic Research Team
Ruth Sheldon
Research Assistant, Strategic Research Team
Grae Hillary
PA to DirectorsInternational and Security Programme
Policy areas include international, local government, nations & regions and human rights. This team also coordinates the Commission on National Security in the 21st Century.
Ian Kearns
Deputy Chair of ippr's Security Commission
Andy Hull
Senior Research Fellow
Alex Glennie
Research Assistant, International
Katie Paintin
Research Assistant, InterntionalMigration, Equalities & Citizenship
This team leads ippr's high profile work on migration and integration.
Danny Sriskandarajah
Director of Research Strategy, Head of Migration, Equalities & Citizenship
Jill Rutter
Senior Research Fellow, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship
Laura Chappell
Research Fellow, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship
Maria Latorre
Research Assistant, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship
Naomi Pollard
Research Fellow, Migration, Equalities and Citizenship
Jaideep Shah
Research Assistant, Migration, Equalities and CitizenshipDemocracy and Power
A newly formed team undertaking cross-cutting research on democracy, governance & citizenship, crime & justice and digital society and media. They also run the Behaviour Change and Personal Responsibility flagship programme.
Guy Lodge
Senior Research Fellow, Democracy and Power
Rick Muir
Senior Research Fellow, Democracy and Power
Holly Andrew
Team Administrator, Democracy and Power
Michael Kenny
Visiting Research FellowPublic Services
Researching policy areas include education and health & social care. They also lead on the Public Services at the Crossroads flagship programme.
James Crabtree
Associate Director, Public Services
Jessica Allen
Head of Health and Social Care
Joseph Farrington-Douglas
Senior Research Fellow, Public Services
Miguel Castro Coelho
Research Fellow, Public ServicesSocial Policy
Tackling poverty and inequality through reseach on housing & communities, children & families, assets & wealth and tax, welfare & public finance.
Kate Stanley
Acting Deputy Director and Head of Social Policy
Dalia Ben-Galim
Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy
Graeme Cooke
Research Fellow
Kayte Lawton
Research Assistant, Social Policy
Sophie Moullin
Research Fellow, Social PolicyExternal Affairs
This team manages the public face of ippr: media, publications, website and corporate relations.
Eileen McGowan
External Affairs Manager
Georgina Kyriacou
Publishing Manager, External Affairs
Kelly O'Sullivan
Media Officer
Liam O'Neill
Web Editor, External Affairs
Luke Hildyard
External Affairsippr north
Based in Newcastle, this team explores the local, regional, national and international dimensions of a diverse range of policy areas.







