Who We Are

DEFI Core Team

Kevin Martin

Managing Director

Fawaz Abu Sitta

Futures Research Director

Rupert Wegerif

Centre Director

Jude Hannam

Networks and Communities Manager

Imogen Casebourne

Head of Innovation Lab

Megan Ennion

Research Development Officer

Bryan Maddox

Digital Assessment Futures

Marisa Thrippleton

Team Administrator

DEFI Wider Team

Alan Barrell

Alan Barrell

Andreas Stylianides

Andreas Stylianides

Areum Han – Research Assistant

Areum Han – Research Assistant

Bryan Maddox – Digital Assessment Futures

Bryan Maddox – Digital Assessment Futures

Carla Aerts

Carla Aerts

Cindy Deyu Xing – Research Assistant

Cindy Deyu Xing – Research Assistant

Corinne Roughley

Corinne Roughley

Cynthia C. James – Research assistant

Cynthia C. James – Research assistant

Dina Fajardo-Tovar

Dina Fajardo-Tovar

Fawaz Abu Sitta – Futures Research Director

Fawaz Abu Sitta – Futures Research Director

Genevieve Smith Nunes – Design consultant

Genevieve Smith Nunes – Design consultant

Imogen Casebourne – Innovation Lab Research Lead

Imogen Casebourne – Innovation Lab Research Lead

In Cheol Jang – Research Collaborator

In Cheol Jang – Research Collaborator

Iris Heung Yue Yim – Contributor

Iris Heung Yue Yim – Contributor

Jude Hannam – Communities and Networks Manager

Jude Hannam – Communities and Networks Manager

Kevin Martin – Managing Director

Kevin Martin – Managing Director

Li Yuan – Senior researcher on AI

Li Yuan – Senior researcher on AI

Louis Major

Louis Major

Madeleine Hunter

Madeleine Hunter

Marisa Thrippleton – Team Administrator

Marisa Thrippleton – Team Administrator

Mark Anderson

Mark Anderson

Megan Ennion – Research Development Officer

Megan Ennion – Research Development Officer

Michael Hogan – Collective Intelligence

Michael Hogan – Collective Intelligence

Nasia Kotsiou

Nasia Kotsiou

Nork Zarkarian – Digital Learning Consultant

Nork Zarkarian – Digital Learning Consultant

Oudai Tozan – Research Assistant

Oudai Tozan – Research Assistant

Paul Tracey

Paul Tracey

Piyush Ahuja, Entrepreneur in Residence

Piyush Ahuja, Entrepreneur in Residence

Roni Ajao

Roni Ajao

Rupert Wegerif – Centre Director

Rupert Wegerif – Centre Director

Samuel Greiff – Educational Monitoring and Effectiveness

Samuel Greiff – Educational Monitoring and Effectiveness

Shengpeng Shi

Shengpeng Shi

Simon Buckingham Shum

Simon Buckingham Shum

Steve Watson

Steve Watson

Tasnim Lafi – Media Intern

Tasnim Lafi – Media Intern

Thomas Cowhitt

Thomas Cowhitt

Tobias Kohn

Tobias Kohn

Wayne Holmes

Wayne Holmes

Xinyi Cao – Research Assistant

Xinyi Cao – Research Assistant

Zubair Junjunia – EdTech Entrepreneur in Residence

Zubair Junjunia – EdTech Entrepreneur in Residence

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