Experts

Alita Nandi is a Senior Research Fellow at ISER, University of Essex and Associate Director of Understanding Society. She conducts empirical research to investigate ethnic and gender differences in subjective and economic wellbeing and to understand the formation of identity, the correlates of harassment & discrimination and their role in determining life outcomes.

Zara is an expert on how diversity and inclusion can shape more dynamic and productive teams and a more engaging and empowering workplace. She is an entrepreneur who believes business can generate social impact as well as revenues and profits. She is a Research Fellow at University of West of England, a member of the Future Council on Equity and Social Justice at the World Economic Forum and and leads the membership of Gapsquare in the Equal Pay International Coalition (ILO).

Angela Nartey is a policy officer at the University and College Union (UCU). Angela is leading on work to develop proposals for improving fairness, accessibility and transparency in undergraduate application and admission processes. Recent publications include: Higher education admissions: the time for change (2020) and Post-qualification application: a student-centred model (2019). Prior to joining UCU, Angela has worked in policy roles in the further education, voluntary and health sectors.

Max Nathan is Professor of Economic Geography at CASA, University College London, an associate in the CEP Urban Programme and a Research Fellow at IZA. He is an economic geographer with a background in public policy. His work looks at urban economic development, especially innovation systems and clusters; immigration and diversity; and public policy for cities. He is a co-founder of the Centre for Cities and the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth.

Elias Naumann is a post-doctoral researcher at GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Mannheim, Germany and fellow at the Mannheim Center for European Social Research. In 2019-20, he was a JFK Memorial Fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence in 2016. His research interests are related to political sociology, comparative

James Nazroo is Deputy Director (and previously founding Director) of the Centre of Dynamics of Ethnicity and co-Director (and previously founding Director) of the Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing. His research focuses on social and health inequalities in later life, and on ethnic/racial inequalities in health examining how this relates to different dimensions of inequality that are shaped by processes of racism.