Research and Impact Committee

Research management in the School is undertaken by the School’s Research Director Professor Clair Gammage, Deputy Research Director Dr Katie Cruz, Impact Director Professor Sheelagh McGuinness, Deputy Impact Director Professor John Coggon and the Head of School Professor Catherine Kelly, as well as the Research and Impact Committee (which consists of the above, as well as the Athena SWAN Lead Professor Sally Sheldon, Postgraduate Research Director Dr Lee McConnell, Chair of the Law Research Ethics Committee Dr Katarzyna Kryla-Cudna, School Manager Rebecca Rose and School Research Manager Joanna Lucyszyn and Ellie Claypole). 

The Law School Research and Impact Committee manages the implementation of the School’s Research Strategy, alongside other issues relating to research and impact, including monitoring the progress of the Schools Research Centres, developing policy to enhance the School’s research profile and determining the allocation of the School’s research budgets.

At Faculty level research is overseen by the Faculty Research Director and Associate Pro Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Professor Helen Simpson, the Faculty Research Strategy Committee and ultimately by the University Research Committee.