Patrons and Supporters
Inform's Patrons:
The Right Reverend Graham James
Lord Bishop of Norwich, Church of England
The Reverend Dr Hugh Osgood
The Moderator of the Free Churches' Group
Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia
Greek Orthodox Church
Bishop Paul Hendricks
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Professor Lord Desai of St Clement Danes
Baroness Sally Greengross of Notting Hill
Inform's Advisory Panel:
Sir John Allison
Lady Allison (Gillian)
Amma Anane-Agyei, African Families Service Co-ordinator, London Borough Tower Hamlets
Leethen Bartholomew, Head of National FGM Centre
Professor James Beckford, PhD, FBA (Vice-Chair); Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick; Nominee of the British Sociological Association, Sociology of Religion Study Group
Professor Abby Day, PhD; 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
Canon Dr Giles Fraser; Parish Priest at St Mary's Newington, Southwark and columnist for The Guardian
Professor Ron Geaves; Honorary Visiting Professor at Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, Cardiff University
Professor Conor Gearty, PhD; Professor of Human Rights Law, London School of Economics and Political Science
Professor Mark Hill QC
Professor Mary Kaldor; Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics
His Honour Judge Philip Katz QC
Pavol Kosnáč; Director of DEKK Institute, Principal Investigator of World Value Survey in Slovakia and Ministry of Justice Expert Witness on Religious Extremism
Hugh Marriage OBE; former Home Office Senior Civil Servant who has been associated with Inform since its inception
Jim McManus; Director of Public Health, Hertfordshire County Council
Ziya Meral MSc; researcher and expert on Middle East and religious freedom
Sarah O'Grady; Governance Adviser, Mediator, Solicitor
David G. Robertson, PhD; Lecturer in Religious Studies, The Open University
Jasjit Singh, PhD; Associate Professor, University of Leeds
Damian Thompson PhD; associate editor of The Spectator and editor-in-chief of the Catholic Herald
Professor David Voas; Professor of Social Science and Head of the Department of Social Science at the UCL Institute of Education
Revd Canon Dr James Walters, Founding Director of the LSE Faith Centre and Religion and LSE Global Society Research Unit
Professor Linda Woodhead; Professor of Sociology of Religion at Lancaster University and Director of the Religion and Society Research Programme
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.
Professor Eileen Barker, PhD, OBE, FBA; Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science.
George D. Chryssides, DPhil, (Vice-Chair); Honorary Research Fellow in Contemporary Religion, University of Birmingham.
Professor Graham Harvey, PhD; Professor of Religious Studies, Open University.
Professor Kim Knott, PhD (Chair); Professor Emerita of Religious and Secular Studies, Lancaster University.
The Right Reverend William Kenney, CP; Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, Nominee of the D1 Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster.
The Reverend Andrew Maguire, MA, BD (Treasurer); Nominee of the Free Churches' Group, Superintendent Minister of the West Norfolk Methodist Circuit.
Marat Shterin, PhD; Reader in Sociology of Religion, Department of Religious Studies, King's College London.
The Reverend Alan Walker, MA, MTh, LLM; Parish Priest.
