RIGEN members

RIGEN's steering group and members.

Core Members

NameRole
Dr Omolabake Fakunle Convenor, Chancellor's Fellow
Dr Farah AkbarDeputy Head of Institute for Language Education (ILE) / Lecturer in Language Education
Dr Maryam AlmohammadLanguage Education and Intercultural Communication
Dr Davies BandaLecturer in Sport Policy, Deputy Director of Academy of Sport
Dr Jackie DohaneyAcademic Developer, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Dr Jite EferakorhoTeaching Fellow in Language Education
Jonathan HancockResearch Assistant
Dr Marlies KustatscherSenior Lecturer in Childhood Studies
Dr Jingyi Li Senior Lecturer in International and Comparative Education/ Senior Tutor (PGT)

Steering Group

NameRole
Dr Davies BandaLecturer in Sport Policy
Prof Sarah Cunningham-BurleyProfessor of Medical and Family Sociology / Dean of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences
Prof Soledad Garcia FerrariPersonal Chair of Global Urbanism and Resilience
Prof Kay TisdallChair of Childhood Policy

Blog editorial team

NameRole
Prof Rowena Arshad CBE, FEISProfessor Emerita
Dr Jite EferakorhoTeaching Fellow in Language Education
Jonathan HancockResearch Assistant

Members from within Moray House

NameRole
Prof Richard AndrewsProfessor Emeritus
Prof Rowena Arshad CBE, FEISProfessor Emerita
Dr Seongsook ChoiSenior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies
Mariel DelunaPhD student
Dr Yvonne FoleySenior Lecturer
Dr Andy HancockHonorary Fellow
Dr Omar KaissiTeaching Fellow in Education
Dr Kristina KonstantoniSenior Lecturer in Childhood Studies
Dr Fiona O’HanlonSenior Lecturer in Language Education
Pavithra SarmaPhD student
Dr Sabina SavadovaTeaching Fellow
Priyambada SealPhD student
Dr Ashley SimpsonLecturer in Language Education
Dr Courtney Stafford-WalterTeaching Fellow
Dr Laura WrightLecturer in Childhood Studies
Yifang  XuAssociate tutor

Wider network

NameAffiliation
Dr Andy Aydin-AitchisonUniversity of Edinburgh School of Law
Dr Pushpi BagchiDesign Informatics
Dr Gwenetta Curry Usher Institute, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Dr Jiazhi FengjiangUniversity of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science
Dr Rayya GhulInstitute for Academic Development
Dr Radhika GovindaUniversity of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science
Gurpreet Grewal-KangBVM&S Head of Recruitment and Admissions
Dr Jane HislopEdinburgh Medical School
Dr Rashné LimkiUniversity of Edinburgh Business School
Barry MaguireUniversity of Edinburgh School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Velda McCuneInstitute for Academic Development
Nasar MeerUniversity of Glasgow
Dr Mihaela MihaiUniversity of Edinburgh School of Social and Political Science
Mar PilzKunstuniversität Linz