Our people

The Lab is led out of the University of York, but we engage with researchers and partners from across the UK and around the world. We bring together project teams to meet research challenges. We also embed nurturing the next generation of researchers into all of our work.

Lab team

  • Professor Joe Tomlinson

    PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC LAW, UNIVERSITY OF YORK / LAB DIRECTOR

  • Professor Simon Halliday

    PROFESSOR OF SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE / DEPUTY LAB DIRECTOR

  • Dr Jed Meers

    SENIOR LECTURER IN LAW, UNIVERSITY OF YORK / DEPUTY LAB DIRECTOR

  • Dr Aisling Ryan

    RESEARCH FELLOW, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Dr Eppie Leishman

    RESEARCH FELLOW, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Dr Ruth Friskney

    RESEARCH FELLOW, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

  • Dr Angela Paul

    RESEARCH FELLOW, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Dr Magda Furgalska

    LECTURER IN LAW, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Dr Sam Guy

    LECTURER IN PUBLIC LAW, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

  • Naoise Coakley

    RESEARCH ASSITANT, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Eleana Kasoulide

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT & PHD CANDIDATE, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Cassie Somers-Joce

    RESEARCH ASSISTANT, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Izzie Salter

    PHD CANDIDATE, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Li Min Ong

    PHD CANDIDATE, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE

  • Aparna Ashok

    RESEARCH STUDENT, ADMINISTRATIVE FAIRNESS LAB, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

Lab affiliates

  • Mike Baker CBE

    SENIOR ADVISOR, UNIVERSITY OF YORK / STEERING GROUP, LAB POLICY GROUP

  • Anthonia James

    HEAD OF YORK POLICY ENGINE, UNIVERSITY OF YORK / STEERING GROUP, LAB POLICY GROUP

  • Professor Aleksandra Cichocka

    PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF KENT

  • Dr Ben Seyd

    SENIOR LECTURER IN POLITICS, UNIVERSITY OF KENT

  • Dr Reuben Binns

    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HUMAN-CENTRED COMPUTING, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

  • Professor Yvonne Birks

    PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL CARE, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Dr Mark Wilberforce

    SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW IN SOCIAL POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Dr Richard Martin

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

  • Dr Elizabeth Cook

    SENIOR LECTURER, VIOLENCE AND SOCIETY CENTRE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

  • Dr Ruth Weir

    SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW, VIOLENCE AND SOCIETY CENTRE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON

  • Professor Lina Gega

    PROFESSOR OF MENTAL HEALTH AND DIRECTOR OF IMRY, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Dr Omara Dogar

    LECTURER IN GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Professor Karen Bloor

    PROFESSOR OF HEALTH ECONOMICS AND POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF YORK

  • Professor Tim Doran

    PROFESSOR OF HEALTH POLICY

  • Alison Pickup

    DIRECTOR, ASYLUM AID / LAB SENIOR VISITING PRACTITIONER

  • Jo Hickman

    INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT / LAB SENIOR VISITING PRACTITIONER

  • Richard Pope

    INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT DIGITAL SERVICE / LAB SENIOR VISITING PRACTITIONER

  • Ash Firth

    HEAD OF FRONT END DEVELOPMENT, OCTOPUS ENERGY / LAB SENIOR VISITING PRACTITIONER

  • Ren Hooi

    FOUNDER AND CEO, LIGHTNING REACH / LAB SENIOR VISITING PRACTITIONER

  • Claire Hall

    HEAD OF STRATEGIC LITIGATION, CHILD POVERTY ACTION GROUP / LAB SENIOR VISITING PRACTITIONER

  • Tom McNeil

    CEO OF JABBS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN & GIRLS / LAB SENIOR VISITING PRACTITIONER

Secondees

Our Lab also welcomes secondees from policy and practice roles. We are currently hosting secondees from the following organisations:

  • City of York Council

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

  • Department for Education