Advisory committee
Experts in relevant fields make up Qualidata's Advisory Committee. The intention is not only to represent the perspectives of the
relevant disciplines but also those of government, policy-makers, academic, national library and archival, and media communities.
Academic disciplines represented are sociology, social policy, anthropology, social and economic history, political science,
social and human geography and social psychology.
Chair
Professor Mike Savage (Sociology)
University of Manchester
External University Representatives
Professor Stephen Ball (Education)
Institute of Education
Professor Nigel Fielding (Sociology)
University of Surrey
Dr. Christine Griffin (Psychology)
University of Bath
Professor Peter Jackson (Geography)
University of Sheffield
Professor Paul Thompson (Oral History/Sociology) (Founding Director of Qualidata)
University of Essex
Professor Clive Upton (Sociolinguistics)
University of Leeds
Dr. David Zeitlyn (Anthropology)
University of Kent
Internal University Representatives
Professor Kevin Schürer (Director, ESDS)
UK Data Archive, University of Essex
Ms. Louise Corti (Head, ESDS Qualidata)
UK Data Archive, University of Essex
Representatives of Government, Archives and Other Organisations
Mr. Richard Bartholomew
Department for Work and Pensions
Luke McKernan
The British Library Sound Archive
Dr. Robert Perks
The British Library Sound Archive
Ms. Dorothy Sheridan
Library Special Collections, University of Sussex