Alison Koslowski appointed Pro-Provost (Equity & Inclusion)

Alison Koslowski Professor Alison Koslowski, Professorial Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit in the Ioe's Social Research Institute, is announced as UCL's new Pro-Provost (Equity & Inclusion). As the senior academic champion for UCL's equity and inclusion work, Professor Koslowski will work closely with Chief People Officer Donna Dalrymple, in whose portfolio the EDI team sits, to provide additional leadership for this high priority area, support for Vice-Deans (EDI) and day to day academic direction for UCL's programme of EDI activities. Professor Koslowski took up her role in the Thomas Coram Research Unit in November 2021, joining UCL from the University of Edinburgh, where she had been Professor of Social Policy and Research Methods, Head of Social Policy and founding director of the Edinburgh Q-Step Centre. She brings a significant record of data-informed EDI-related academic research to her new role, in particular in the context of the labour market, parental care and gender equality. She is taking up the role of Pro-Provost (Equity & Inclusion) on a 0.5FTE basis and will continue her academic leadership and research in the Ioe alongside it, with the support of a new co-director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Mette Louise Berg, Professor of Migration and Diaspora Studies. As part of the role, she will chair UCL's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and will deputise for President & Provost Dr Michael Spence on EDI matters internally and externally as required.