Patrons and Supporters

Inform’s Advisory Panel:

Sir John Allison

Lady Allison (Gillian)

Leethen Bartholomew, Head of Children and Young Londener’s Team, Greater London Authority

Professor Abby Day, PhD; Emerita Professor of Race, Faith & Culture at Goldsmiths, University of London

Monsignor Peter Fleetwood; consultor to the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool

Professor Matthew Francis, PhD; Professor of Practice (Security and Resilience), Research Centre for Peace and Security, Coventry University

Rev. Canon Dr Giles Fraser; Vicar of St. Anne’s Kew, Church of England

Professor Ron Geaves; Honorary Visiting Professor at the School of History, Archeology and Religion, Cardiff University

Professor Emeritus Graham Harvey, PhD; Professor of Religious Studies, The Open University

Professor Mary Kaldor; Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict Research Programme at the London School of Economics

His Honour Judge Philip Katz KC

Pavol Kosnáč; Researcher at the Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Director of DEKK Institute, Bratislava.

Hugh Marriage OBE; former Home Office Senior Civil Servant who has been associated with Inform since its inception

Jim McManus; Director of Public Health and Wellbeing for Public Health Wales

Ziya Meral PhD, Lecturer in International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS University of London

Sarah O’Grady; Governance Adviser, Mediator, Solicitor

David G. Robertson, PhD; Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, The Open University

Professor Jasjit Singh, PhD; Professor of Religion and Global Engagement in the School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science (PRHS), University of Leeds

Damian Thompson PhD; associate editor of The Spectator

Professor David Voas; Professor of Social Science in the UCL Social Research Institute

Revd Canon Professor James Walters, PhD; Professor in Practice, Department of International Relations and Founding Director of the LSE Faith Centre and Religion and LSE Global Society Research Unit

Professor Linda Woodhead, MBE, FBA; F.D. Maurice Professor in Moral and Social Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London

Inform’s Board of Governors

The Board is responsible for Inform’s overall policy. It meets twice a year and submits an Annual Report and audited accounts to Companies House and the Charity Commissioners.

Amma Anane-Agyei, Founder and Lead person, New African Families Service National and International Network and Visiting Fellow at the School of Health, Education, Policing and Sciences, University of Staffordshire

George D. Chryssides, DPhil, Visiting Research Fellow, York St John University.

Susannah Crockford, PhD (Chair of Governors); Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Exeter.

Edward Graham-Hyde, PhD (Treasurer); Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds, Centre for Religion in Public Life as well as the Assistant Director (Research) with The Salvation Army UK & Ireland.

Professor Mark Hill, KC; Honorary Professor of Law at the Centre for Law and Religion at Cardiff University and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria.

The Reverend Steve Hollinghurst, Diocese of Lichfield, Nominee of the Church of England.

Professor Kim Knott, PhD; Professor Emerita of Religious and Secular Studies, Lancaster University.

Father Toby Lees, OP; Roman Catholic Chaplain at King’s College London and assistant priest at Our Lady of the Rosary and St Dominic’s, London; Nominee of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.

Suzanne Newcombe, PhD (Honorary Director); Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, The Open University.

Professor Marat Shterin, PhD; Professor in Sociology of Religion, Department of Religious Studies, King’s College London.

Aled Thomas, PhD (Chair of the Management Committee); Teaching Fellow in the Study of Religion, University of Leeds.

The Reverend Alan Walker, MA, MTh, LLM; Parish Priest.

Observers:

Professor Eileen Barker, PhD, OBE, FBA; Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Anne Richards, PhD; national adviser on new religious movements and alternative spiritualities, National Public Policy Adviser and convener of the Mission Theology Advisory Group (MTAG) for the Church of England.