Meet The Team
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Director of Digital Futures - Richard Kingston
Richard Kingston is Professor of Urban Planning and Geographic Information Science. His work explores how data and geospatial tools can be harnessed to make cities and regions more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive.
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Sarah
Strategy and Engagement Manager
Supports the Digital Futures director in developing and delivering Digital Futures platform strategy, and and leads the Digital Futures team.
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Izzy
Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Provides events, projects and communications support for activity that deepens the engagement of internal and external stakeholders with Digital Futures.
Supports the Data Science and AI research community, and manages engagement around the interface of creative and technology research.
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Kitty
Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Provides events, projects and communications support for activity that deepens the engagement of external stakeholders with Digital Futures.
Manages communications and engagement activities for the Centre for Digital Trust and Society and the cybersecurity research community.
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Jade
Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Provides events, projects and communications support for activity that deepens the engagement of external stakeholders with Digital Futures.
Manages GM Connected Health Ecosystem events and the Digital Worlds community.
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Digital Health - Sabine Van der veer
Sabine is a Professor of Health Informatics. Her research focuses on developing, evaluating and implementing digital health technologies to collect and use patient-generated health data.
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Digital Worlds - Dave Topping
David Topping is a Professor of The Digital Environment. He has spent more than 20 years exploring and expanding the digital ecology that underpins environmental science.
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Digital Society - Rachel Gibson
Rachel Gibson is a Professor of Politics. Her research focuses on how digital technologies are changing the way in which election campaigns are fought and won.
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Digital Economy - Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo
Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo (she/her) is Senior Lecturer in Science Policy and Innovation at the Alliance Manchester Business School and Deputy Director of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research.
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Digital Cultures Co-Lead - Luca Scholz
Luca Scholz is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities and Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media. His work combines archival research and computational methods to study the history of weather, information, law, and freedom of movement.
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Digital Cultures Co-Lead - Łukasz Szulc
Dr Łukasz Szulc (he/him) is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture and Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities, Cultures and Media. He specialises in critical and cultural studies of digital media at the intersections of gender, sexuality and transnationalism.
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Digital Skills Co-Lead - Steve Pettifer
Steve Pettifer is a Professor of Computer Science in Human Computer Systems. His work explores virtual and augmented reality, scientific lenses, and life sciences.
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Digital Skills Co-Lead - Angela Davies
Angela Davies is a Professor of Clinical Bioinformatics and Healthcare Science Education. Angela's work has created the new profession of Clinical Bioinformaticians and has developed the knowledge and skills of healthcare professionals in genomic medicine.
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