Centre for Democratic Futures
Centre for Democratic Futures

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Professor Tim Norman

Head of School

Research interests

  • Learning and reasoning under uncertainty
  • AI safety
  • Human-AI collaboration

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Tim

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 7681

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Mr Tom Price

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Email: [email protected]

Dr Valentina Cardo

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Valentina's research interests include:
  • The relationship between citizenship and identity;
  • Political representation;

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Valentina

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 6994

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Dr Vanissa Wanick FHEA

Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design

Research interests

  • Games for change, social good and wellbeing
  • Games Design, Gamification and player experience (e.g., player agency, emerging storytelling)
  • Human behaviour and Interface Design (e.g. rituals, gestures, mental models, values)

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Vanissa

Email: [email protected]

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Professor Will Jennings

Associate Dean Research & Enterprise

Research interests

  • Public policy
  • Public opinion
  • Polling

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Will

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 3998

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Professor Yasmin Sekhon Dhillon

Associate Dean EDI

Research interests

  • Consumer Research
  • Luxury Consumption
  • Cross-cultural Consumption

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Yasmin Sekhon

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 6990

Dr Zacharias Maniadis PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Economics of Science
  • Experimental Economics
  • Game Theory
Connect with Zacharias

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 23 8059 3562

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Dr Zohreh Khoban

Senior Research Fellow
Connect with Zohreh

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +44 7397134057