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Our role is to ensure the UK’s experts in culture, education, science, and communication and information are helping to shape and advance the UK’s position at UNESCO and are also fully benefitting from its programmes, values and ideals. We achieve this through our community of UK-based experts

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Accredited Expert
Non-Executive Director
UNESCO Chair

Professor Matthew Davies

Chair in Sustainable Energy Technologies - Swansea University - Since: 2024

Professor Peter Frankopan

Chair in Silk Roads Studies - King's College Cambridge - Since: 2024

Professor Maria Lohan

Chair in Masculinities and Gender Equality - Queen's University Belfast - Since: 2024

Professor Qiuhua Liang

Chair in Informatics and Multi-hazard Risk Reduction - Loughborough University - Since: 2023

Professor Juliet Thondhlana

Chair in International Education and Development - University of Nottingham - Since: 2023

Professor John Traxler

Chair in Innovative Informal Digital Learning in Disadvantaged and Development Contexts - University of Wolverhampton - Since: 2022

Professor Dina D'Ayala

Chair in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering - University College London - Since: 2021

Professor Robin Coningham

Chair on Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage - Durham University - Since: 2014

Professor Jackie Harrison

Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity - University of Sheffield - Since: 2018

Professor Maria Fasli

Chair in Analytics and Data Science - University of Essex - Since: 2016

Professor Anna Robinson-Pant

Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation - University of East Anglia - Since: 2014

Professor John Shawe-Taylor

Chair on Artificial Intelligence - University of Newcastle - Since: 2018

Professor Ted Fuller

Chair on Responsible Foresight for Sustainable Development - University of Lincoln - Since: 2019

Professor Leon Tikly

Chair on Transforming Knowledge and Research for Just and Sustainable Futures - University of Bristol - Since: 2019

Professor David Hannah

Chair on Water Science - University of Birmingham - Since: 2016

Professor Joanne Hughes MBE

UNESCO Chair in Shared Education for Peacebuilding and Social Justice at Queens University Belfast - Queen’s University Belfast - Since: 2015

Professor Alan Jenkins

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. UNESCO-IHP - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Professor Harry Dixon

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. UNESCO-IHP - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Alan Evans

Accredited Expert - Head of UK Delegation IOC-UNESCO - National Oceanographic Centre

Professor Samar Hasnin

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. SESAME Council - University of Liverpool

Professor Sheila Mclean

Accredited Expert - UK Rep, UNESCO IBC - University of Glasgow

Ivor Gaber

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. IPDC - University of Sussex

Professor Anne Anderson

Non-Executive Director - Chair of the UKNC Board, Education

Professor David Drewry

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Science

Karen Merkel

Accredited Expert - Director: New Media Networks

Joseph Nhan-O'Reilly

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Education

Professor Alison Phipps OBE

Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language, and Arts - University of Glasgow - Since: 2016

David Wilson

Accredited Expert - Former Director Bradford UNESCO Creative City of Film

Professor Peter Stone OBE

Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace - University of Newcastle - Since: 2016

Melanie Border

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. UGGN - Coordinator, English Riviera Global Geopark

Helen Maclagan OBE

Accredited Expert - Ex Member of the UKNC Board, Culture

Kate Pugh OBE

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Culture

Dr Charlotte Joy

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Culture

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Our role is to ensure the UK’s experts in culture, education, science, and communication and information are helping to shape and advance the UK’s position at UNESCO and are also fully benefitting from its programmes, values and ideals. We achieve this through our community of UK-based experts

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Dr John Siddorn

Accredited Expert - Head of UK Delegation IOC-UNESCO - National Oceanographic Centre

Professor Mike Robinson

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Culture

Professor Richard Giulianotti

Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development - Loughborough University - Since: 2022

Professor Matthew Davies

Chair in Sustainable Energy Technologies - Swansea University - Since: 2024

Professor Peter Frankopan

Chair in Silk Roads Studies - King's College Cambridge - Since: 2024

Professor Maria Lohan

Chair in Masculinities and Gender Equality - Queen's University Belfast - Since: 2024

Professor Qiuhua Liang

Chair in Informatics and Multi-hazard Risk Reduction - Loughborough University - Since: 2023

Professor Juliet Thondhlana

Chair in International Education and Development - University of Nottingham - Since: 2023

Professor John Traxler

Chair in Innovative Informal Digital Learning in Disadvantaged and Development Contexts - University of Wolverhampton - Since: 2022

Professor Dina D'Ayala

Chair in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Engineering - University College London - Since: 2021

Professor Robin Coningham

Chair on Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage - Durham University - Since: 2014

Professor Jackie Harrison

Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity - University of Sheffield - Since: 2018

Professor Maria Fasli

Chair in Analytics and Data Science - University of Essex - Since: 2016

Professor Anna Robinson-Pant

Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation - University of East Anglia - Since: 2014

Professor John Shawe-Taylor

Chair on Artificial Intelligence - University of Newcastle - Since: 2018

Professor Ted Fuller

Chair on Responsible Foresight for Sustainable Development - University of Lincoln - Since: 2019

Professor Leon Tikly

Chair on Transforming Knowledge and Research for Just and Sustainable Futures - University of Bristol - Since: 2019

Professor David Hannah

Chair on Water Science - University of Birmingham - Since: 2016

Professor Joanne Hughes MBE

UNESCO Chair in Shared Education for Peacebuilding and Social Justice at Queens University Belfast - Queen’s University Belfast - Since: 2015

Professor Alan Jenkins

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. UNESCO-IHP - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Professor Harry Dixon

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. UNESCO-IHP - UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Alan Evans

Accredited Expert - Head of UK Delegation IOC-UNESCO - National Oceanographic Centre

Professor Samar Hasnin

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. SESAME Council - University of Liverpool

Professor Sheila Mclean

Accredited Expert - UK Rep, UNESCO IBC - University of Glasgow

Ivor Gaber

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. IPDC - University of Sussex

Professor Anne Anderson

Non-Executive Director - Chair of the UKNC Board, Education

Professor David Drewry

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Science

Karen Merkel

Accredited Expert - Director: New Media Networks

Joseph Nhan-O'Reilly

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Education

Professor Alison Phipps OBE

Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language, and Arts - University of Glasgow - Since: 2016

David Wilson

Accredited Expert - Former Director Bradford UNESCO Creative City of Film

Professor Peter Stone OBE

Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace - University of Newcastle - Since: 2016

Melanie Border

Accredited Expert - UK Rep. UGGN - Coordinator, English Riviera Global Geopark

Helen Maclagan OBE

Accredited Expert - Ex Member of the UKNC Board, Culture

Kate Pugh OBE

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Culture

Dr Charlotte Joy

Non-Executive Director - Member of the UKNC Board, Culture

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