Governance
Director and Deputy Directors
UBEL DTP is led by the Director, Professor Julie Dockrell (UCL) and supported by two Deputy Directors, Professor Richard Freeman (UCL) and Professor Julia Morgan (Greenwich).
Management Group
The UBEL Management group is chaired by Professor Julie Dockrell and includes:
- Deputy Directors – Professor Richard Freeman and Professor Julia Morgan
- Training and Development Lead – Dr Yenn Lee (SOAS)
- Placement Lead – Professor Eva Krumhuber (UCL)
- DTP Manager – Alison Freeman
- DTP Co-ordinator – Clare Elliott
The management group is responsible for managing provision for DTP students, strategic priorities, partnership collaboration and general oversight of DTP activities and grant management. The group meets on a monthly basis.
DTP Board
The UBEL DTP Board is made up of senior academics from each of our partnered institutions, as well as the UBEL DTP Director, Deputy Director, UBEL DTP Manager and UBEL DTP Co-ordinator.
Dr Sarah Lee (Birkbeck)
Professor Rachel Harrison (SOAS)
Professor Simon Cohn (LSHTM)
Professor Matt Bellgard (UEL)
Professor Paul Longley (UCL – Lead for Co-funded and Collaborative)
Professor John Morton (Greenwich)
Stakeholder Group
The operation of the DTP is informed and supported by a Stakeholder Group, representing the diverse external and internal interests with which the DTP needs to engage. These include private, public and third sector research users, representatives from other RCUK DTPs/CDTs and social science investments, and internal support structures, such as careers and equalities, to inform thinking about ways of promoting academic and non-academic collaboration, widening participation and facilitating onward development of graduating students. The Stakeholder group meets twice per year.
Partner Institutions
UBEL is a collaborative partnership – click here for more information about UBEL partner institutions.
Pathway Leads and teams
The UBEL DTP has 30 different disciplinary pathways in six groupings across six London institutions. Every UBEL student will belong to a pathway. Each pathway has an academic lead and belongs to a collaborative group of pathways. The pathway teams provide disciplinary expertise throughout the studentship cycle and encourage cross-institutional interdisciplinarity.
UBEL DTP professional services team
The UBEL DTP professional services team provides guidance to prospective and current students in relation to ESRC guidelines and internal DTP processes. The UBEL DTP team is in regular contact with partner colleagues as well as the Director and Deputy Directors.
Alison Freeman (alison.freeman@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Manager
Clare Elliott (clare.elliott@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Co-ordinator
Gita Tailor (ubel-dtp@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Administrator
Freya Moores (ubel-dtp@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Administrator
Alita Maharaj (ubel-dtp@ucl.ac.uk) – DTP Placements Administrator
Student Representatives
UBEL student representatives are nominated on an annual basis to provide peer support to current students. The UBEL student representatives meet with the UBEL Management Group on a termly basis.
Student representatives for 2026:
Martin Gozzi – martin.gozzi.23@ucl.ac.uk
Sofia Monreal Lugo – lourdes.lugo.23@ucl.ac.uk
Maria Gargiulo – maria.gargiulo@lshtm.ac.uk
Micaela Fernández Erlauer – M.J.FernndezErlauer@greenwich.ac.uk
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