Senior Management Team
Professor Mark Birkin
Director & Principal Investigator
(Leeds)
E: m.h.birkin@leeds.ac.uk
Professor Paul Longley
Director & Principal Investigator (UCL/Liverpool/Oxford)
E: p.longley@ucl.ac.uk
Professor James Cheshire
Deputy Director &
Co-Investigator (UCL)
E: james.cheshire@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Nik Lomax
Co-Director &
Co-Investigator (Leeds)
E: N.M.Lomax@leeds.ac.uk
Professor Ed Manley
Co-Director &
Co-Investigator (Leeds)
E: E.J.Manley@leeds.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Reynolds
Deputy Director &
Co-Investigator (Oxford)
E: jonathan.reynolds@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Professor Alex Singleton
Deputy Director &
Co-Investigator (Liverpool)
E: alex.singleton@liverpool.ac.uk
Professor Michelle Morris
Co-Director &
Co-Investigator (Leeds)
E: M.Morris@leeds.ac.uk
Co-Investigators
Dr Les Dolega
Senior Lecturer
Department of Geography and Planning (University of Liverpool)
L.Dolega@liverpool.ac.uk
Dr Jiaqi Ge
University Academic Fellow
School of Geography (University of Leeds)
J.Ge@leeds.ac.uk
Professor Susan Grant-Muller
Chair in Technologies & Informatics
Institute for Transport Studies (University of Leeds)
s.m.grant-muller@its.leeds.ac.uk
Professor Mark Green
Professor of Health Geography
Department of Geography and Planning (University of Liverpool)
Mark.Green@liverpool.ac.uk
Professor Nick Malleson
Professor of Spatial Science
School of Geography (University of Leeds)
n.s.malleson@leeds.ac.uk
Professor Michelle Morris
Professor of Data Science for Food
School of Food Science and Nutrition (University of Leeds)
M.Morris@leeds.ac.uk
Dr Aulona Ulqinaku
Associate Professor of Marketing
Leeds University Business School
A.Ulqinaku@leeds.ac.uk
Professor William Young
Chair of Sustainability and Business
School of Earth and Environment (University of Leeds)
c.w.young@leeds.ac.uk
Other Academic and Teaching Staff
Dr Andy Newing
Associate Professor in Applied Spatial Analysis
School of Geography (University of Leeds)
Ryan Urquhart
Data Scientist Teaching Fellow
School of Geography (University of Leeds)
Dr Zi Ye
Lecturer in Geographic Information Science
Department of Geography and Planning (University of Liverpool)
Researchers and Data Scientists
Dr Cillian Berragan
Machine Learning / Data Engineer
Department of Geography and Planning (University of Liverpool)
Dr Bin Chi
Research Data Scientist / Data Engineer
Department of Geography (UCL)
Dr Stephen Clark
Research Fellow
School of Geography (University of Leeds)
Robert Podmore
Research Software Engineer
Department of Geography and Planning (University of Liverpool)
Dr Maurizio Gibin
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Geography (UCL)
Dr Susan Lee
Research Fellow
Leeds University Business School
Dr Rachel Oldroyd
Lecturer in Geographic Data Science
School of Geography (University of Leeds)
Dr Francesca Pontin
Senior Research Data Scientist
School of Geography (University of Leeds)
Dr Moises Sanchez
Lead Research Data Scientist
School of Geography (University of Leeds)
Dr Hannah Slocombe
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Geography and Planning (University of Liverpool)
Che Wilks
Research Data Scientist
Department of Geography and Planning (University of Liverpool)
Centre Professional Services Staff
Richard Arnold
Masters Dissertation Scheme Coordinator (UCL)
projects@cdrc.ac.uk
Oliver Mansell
Centre Manager (University of Leeds)
o.j.mansell@leeds.ac.uk
Francesco Mattiello
Partnership Development Manager (University of Leeds)
f.mattiello@leeds.ac.uk
Robyn Naisbitt
Communications & Engagement Manager (University of Leeds)
r.naisbitt@leeds.ac.uk
Oliver O’Brien
Centre Technical Manager (UCL)
o.obrien@ucl.ac.uk
Eleri Pound
Senior Administrator (University of Leeds)
e.a.pound@leeds.ac.uk
Rebecca Trumble
Project Service Manager (UCL)
r.trumble@ucl.ac.uk
Advisory Board
- David Ashby (NHS England) – Chair
- Mark Birkin (CDRC Leeds PI, University of Leeds)
- Paul Longley (CDRC UCL/Liverpool/Oxford PI, UCL)
- Rebecca Trumble (CDRC Project Service Manager, UCL) – Secretariat
- Tim Drye (Data Analysts User Group)
- Sarah Hitchcock (Geolytix)
- Bruce Jackson (UKRI ESRC)
- Richard Welpton (UKRI ESRC)
- David Martin (UK Data Service)
