Staff
Senior Management
Steering Committee
Advisory Board
Research Associates
Journalist Fellows
Visiting Fellows
Staff
Louise Allcock
Events and Administration Officer
Louise has extensive experience in events co-ordination and management through her years of working in the publishing industry and corporate sectors.
Dr Simge Andı
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Simge is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow who works on the Digital News Project. She uses survey and experimental data to study the consumption and sharing of online news.
Dr Sumitra Badrinathan
Research Fellow
Sumitra is a Research Fellow who works on the Trust in News Project Her research interests include studying misinformation, media effects and political behaviour, with a regional focus on India.
Dr MacKenzie Common
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MacKenzie is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow who focuses on the content moderation processes at social media companies.
Rebecca Edwards
Digital News Programme Manager
Becca is the Digital News Programme Manager whose role includes production oversight of our Digital News Report.
Lana Fisher
Finance Officer
Lana is the finance officer, dividing her responsibilities between the Reuters Institute and the Department of Politics and International Relations.
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Steering Committee
The Steering Committee meets several times throughout the year and has general oversight of the Reuters Institute. It approves long-term planning, financial statements, fundraising strategies and other activities. It reports to key stakeholders within the University of Oxford and supports our relationship with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Catherine Lieben
Head of Administration, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Catherine heads up administration for the university department in which the Reuters Institute sits.
Geert Linnebank
Trustee of the Thomson Reuters Foundation
Geert is the former Editor-in-Chief of Reuters and sits on the board of ITN.
Professor Gina Neff
Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Oxford Internet Institute and Department of Sociology, University of Oxford
Gina studies the future of work in data-rich environments and leads a multinational comparative research project on the effects of the adoption of AI across multiple industries.
Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Director
Rasmus is Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford.
Professor Kate O'Regan
Director, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Kate is an expert in international human rights law and one of the first judges of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Nicholas Owen
Joint Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Nicholas is an Associate Professor in Politics and teaches Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and History and Politics undergraduate degree classes.
Advisory Board
Our advisory board is made up of high profile international figures from news organisations, technology companies, media policymaking and academia. Board members provide valuable insight and suggestions for our work.
Madhav Chinnappa
Director of News Ecosystem Development, Google
Madhav's role involves working on partnerships and collaboration between Google and the news industry.
Alexandra Föderl-Schmid
Israel Correspondent, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Alexandra is the Israel Correspondent of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the former editor of Austria's Der Standard.
Catherine Gicheru
Country Manager, Code4Kenya
Catherine is the pan-African lead of WanaData and the Kenya country manager for Code for Africa.
Natali Helberger
University Professor of Law and Digital Technology, University of Amsterdam
Natali's research at the University of Amsterdam looks at the interface between law, technology, humanities and social sciences.
Ritu Kapur
Co-founder and CEO, Quintillion Media
Ritu is a pioneer in citizen journalism and digital-first news media and has an interest in utilising the media for social change.
Sylvie Kauffmann
Editorial Director, Le Monde
Sylvie is one of France's leading journalists having held several senior roles including as editor of Le Monde.
Journalist Fellows
Here are the Journalist Fellows currently at the Reuters Institute. You can find our Journalist Fellow alumni on this page.
Malva Izquierdo
Multimedia Journalist, managuafuriosa.com
Jenni Kangasniemi
Producer, Hyvä terveys, ET terveys & Sport
Jenni is as a producer at the Lifestyle department of the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper and wellness magazine Sport, specialiszing in health and science content.
Tor Kjetil Kristoffersen
News Editor, Finnmark Dagblad
Jakub Krupa
Senior Correspondent, MLex news agency
Adele Machado Santelli
Editor, TV Cultura
Zoe Ramushu
Filmmaker and multimedia journalist
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