The Edinburgh Futures Institute works collaboratively across all areas of the University of Edinburgh – from Colleges and Schools, to research centres, to staff and student networks and initiatives. A wide range of academic and professional staff are part of our community and contribute actively to our work. This directory does not include everyone affiliated with EFI but covers our core staff teams and areas. If you are looking for someone who isn’t here please get in touch with us!
EFI Directors
EFI Directors
Alessandro Rosiello
Director of Innovation
Alex Hutchison
Programme Director (Data for Children Collaborative)
Caroline Parkinson
Director of Creative
Chris Speed
EFI Director
Douglas Graham
Director of Business Engagement & Partnerships
Drew Hemment
Director of Festivals
Gbenga Ibikunle
Director of Industry, Economy & Society
Josh Ryan-Saha
Director of TravelTech Scotland
Jude Henderson
Director of Operations
Kate Orton-Johnson
Director of Education (Acting)
Kristy Docherty
Director of Public Services
Ksenia Grant
Director, Financial Services and FinTech Engagement
Lisa Otty
Acting Director (Centre for Data, Culture & Society)
Liz McFall
Director of Data Civics
Lynne Craig
Deputy Director of Innovation
Patricia Erskine
Director of Culture & Communities
Sean Smith
Director of Future Infrastructure
Shannon Vallor
Director of Data & AI Ethics
Sian Bayne
Director of Education (on sabbatical)
Theodor Cojoianu
Interim Director of Research
Education
Education
Abby Gleave
Teaching Administrator
Anna Duncan
Student Adviser
David Murphy
Teaching Administrator
Emma Craigen
Student Experience Coordinator
Emma McAllister
EFI Learning Technology & Design Lead
Esther Mijers
Co-Director of Teaching
Jen Watson
Student and Academic Services Manager
Kate Orton-Johnson
Director of Education (Acting)/Co-Director of Education (PG)
Katie Murray
Education Project Coordinator
Lawrence East
EFI Education Teaching Administrator
Mike Bruce
Education Development Manager
Patrycja Mitrut
Education Development Manager
Rachel McKay
Student Adviser
Sabine Rolle
Co-Director of Education (UG)
Sarah Harvey
Head of Education Administration
Sian Bayne
Director of Education (on sabbatical)
Simon Riley
Co-Director of Teaching
Research
Research
Amy Macpherson
EFI Administrator - Research
Anna Votsi
Research Proposals Manager
Joe Noteboom
AI and Data Ethics Intern
Theodor Cojoianu
Interim Director of Research
Valentina Guerrieri
EFI Senior Research Manager
TBC
Research Communications Intern
Centres, Hubs & Projects
Centres, Hubs & Projects
Binks Hub
Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh
Co-director, Senior Lecturer in Social Work
Dr Emma Davidson
Co-director, Lecturer in Social Policy and Qualitative Methods
Dr Marisa de Andrade
Co-director, Programme Director of the MScR Health Humanities and Arts
Rhiannon Bull
Project and Communications Manager
Centre for Culture, Data & Society (CDCS)
Laura Murray
Centre Administrative Assistant
Likando Kumoyo
Centre Administrator
Lisa Otty
Acting Director
Lucia Michielin
EFI Digital Skills Training Manager
Centre for Future Infrastructure
Sean Smith
Director Future Infrastructure
Centre for Investing Innovation
Beth Muir
Centre Administrator
Gbenga Ibikunle
Director of Industry, Economy & Society
Helen Coskeran
Centre Manager
John Vines
Centre Co-Director/Chair of Design Informatics
Ksenia Grant
Sector Portfolio Manager
Sotirios Sabanis
Centre Director/Director of Knowledge Exchange of the School of Mathematics
Centre for Technomoral Futures
Atoosa Kasirzadeh
Research Lead and Chancellor’s Fellow
Christie Hewitt
Centre Administrator
Gina Helfrich
Baillie Gifford Programme Manager
Shannon Vallor
Baillie Gifford Professor in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence
Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF
Alex Hutchison
Programme Director
Fraser Macdonald
Head of Delivery & Innovation
Iwona Soppa
Advocacy and Relations Manager
Data + Design Lab (D+DL)
Kam Chan
Engagement Producer
Pushpi Bagchi
Research Associate
Steve Earl
EFI Portfolio Manager
Digital Influence & Intelligence Lab
Laura Cram
Professor, School of Social & Political Science
The New Real
Drew Hemment
Matjaz Vidmar
Miriam Walsh
TravelTech Scotland
Joshua Ryan-Saha
Lesley Judge
Engagement & Innovation
Engagement & Innovation
Alessandro Rosiello
Director of Innovation
Caroline Parkinson
Sector Engagement Manager (Creative Industries)
Douglas Graham
Director of Business Engagement & Partnerships
Josh Ryan-Saha
Sector Engagement Manager (Festivals & Tourism)
Kristy Docherty
Sector Engagement Manager (Public Services)
Ksenia Grant
Sector Engagement Manager (Financial Services & FinTech)
Lynne Craig
Deputy Director of Innovation
Maddy Burgoyne
Engagement Administrator
Owen Kelly
International Coordinator
Robert Pembleton
Engagement Executive
Soledad Maria Garcia-Ferrari
Edinburgh Global representative
Steve Earl
EFI Portfolio Manager
Vlada Kravtsova
Engagement Manager (Education)
Culture & Community
Culture & Community
Gintare Kulyte
Creative Projects Intern
Jennifer Williams
Creative Projects Manager
Patricia Erskine
Director of Culture & Communities
Communications & Marketing
Communications & Marketing
Fraser Pringle
EFI Project & Events Administrator
Ioannis Kalkounos
Programme Manager
Kat Macapagal
Communications & Marketing Officer
Laura Dougan
EFI Website Project Manager
Russell McAdam
Education Marketing Officer
Siobhan Dunn
Communications & Marketing Manager
Central Operations