Meet the Team
Group Members:
Public Affairs Lead,
Common Sense Policy Group
Professor Elliott Johnson
Professor of Public Policy and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, Northumbria University
For enquiries about policy, collaboration or public affairs, please email:
Epidemiology Lead,
Common Sense Policy Group
Professor Kate Pickett
Professor of Epidemiology,
University of York
Academic Co-Director,
Health Equity North
Communications Lead,
Common Sense Policy Group
Anna Thew
Research Fellow,
Northumbria University
For all media enquiries, please email:
anna.thew@northumbria.ac.uk
Behavioural Science Lead,
Common Sense Policy Group
Professor Daniel Nettle
Professor of Community Wellbeing,
Northumbria University
Directeur de reserche,
Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS, Paris
Economics Lead,
Common Sense Policy Group
Dr Howard Reed
Professor (Practice) of Public Policy,
Northumbria University
Director,
Landman Economics
Chair,
Common Sense Policy Group
Professor Matthew Johnson
Professor of Public Policy,
Northumbria University
For general enquiries, please email:
matthew.johnson@northumbria.ac.uk
Specific Publication Authors:
Head of Department, Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing,
Northumbria University
Dr Joanne Atkinson
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Former Mayor of North of Tyne Combined Authority
Jamie Driscoll
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Press and Communications Lead,
We Own It
Hugo Fearnley
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Founder and Director,
We Own It
Cat Hobbs
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Associate Professor in Education,
Northumbria University
Dr David Littlefair
Leader of the Green Party of England
and Wales
London Assembly Member
Zack Polanski
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Professor of Education,
Cambridge University
Professor Diane Reay
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Former Innovation Lead, Common Sense Policy Group
Director, Virtual Worlds
Dr Graham Stark
Visiting Professor, Northumbria University and University of York
Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology, University of Nottingham
Professor Richard Wilkinson
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Professor of Geography,
University of Oxford
Professor Danny Dorling
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Director,
Citizen Network
Dr Simon Duffy
Professor of Public Policy,
Northumbria Uni
Professor Irene Hardill
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Director,
Compass
Neal Lawson
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Co-Director,
Compassion in Politics
Jennifer Nadel
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Clinical Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
Professor Allyson Pollock
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Associate Professor in Children and Young People, Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing
Dr Ian Robson
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Professor of Public Health and Policy,
University of Liverpool
Honorary Consultant in Public Health,
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Academic Co-Director of Health Equity North
Professor David Taylor-Robinson
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