Open Societal Challenges team

Professor Mark Brandon

Leads the OSC programme

Open Societal Challenges directors

Neil Edwards, wearing glasses, a white shirt and a dark jacket

Professor Neil Edwards

Director of the Sustainability OSC

Dr Victoria Newton, with long, blonde hair, smiling at the camera

Dr Victoria Newton

Director of the Living Well OSC

Professor Giles Mohan, wearing glasses and a blue t-shirt, with shelves full of books behind him

Professor Giles Mohan

Director of the Tackling Inequalities OSC

Open Societal Challenges leads

Professor Natalia Szablewska, with short dark hair, wearing a white blouse and a dark coloured jacket

Professor Natalia Szablewska

OSC Lead - Tackling Inequalities

Dr Koula Charitonas, with long dark hair, smiling at the camera

Dr Koula Charitonos

OSC Lead - Tackling Inequalities

Dr Manik Deepak Gopinath, with long dark hair, looking at the camer

Dr Manik Deepak Gopinath

OSC Lead - Living Well

Dr Alessandra Marino

Dr Alessandra Marino

OSC Lead - Sustainability

Francesco Crea, with dark hair, wearing glasses, a blue and white striped collared shirt and a blue jumper

Professor Francesco Crea

OSC Lead - Sustainability

Open Societal Challenges operations team

Michelle Coleman

Research and Knowledge Exchange Culture Manager - OSC

Ellen Scott

Senior Manager, Interdisciplinary Research

Emily Thornett

Research and Knowledge Exchange Coordinator to the Operations team

Rachel Redford

Research and Knowledge Exchange Assistant