In December 2011 Richard Wakeford became the new SDRN Advisory Committee Chair, taking over from Professor Roland Clift who had been chair in the previous phase of the Network. The SDRN Mailing of 18th January 2012 included a letter from Richard to the Network members which included some details of his background as well as a request for suggestions for priorities for SDRN’s work.

The other members of the Advisory Committee are:

Members:

• Clive Bates
  Director General, Welsh Government, on secondment to DECC


• Jan Bebbington
  Director, St Andrews Sustainability Institute, University of St Andrews


• Jane Davidson
  Director, INSPIRE: Institute for Sustainable Practice, Innovation and Resource Effectiveness, University of Wales Trinity St David


• Gemma Harper
  Chief Social Researcher, Defra


• Ulrike Hotopp
  Director Analysis and Chief Economist, Defra


• Professor Tim Jackson
  Director, RESOLVE and the Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group, University of Surrey


• Gary Kass
  Deputy Chief Scientist, Natural England


• Krupa Kothari
  Economic Advisor, Green Economy and Environmental Regulation Team, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills


• Professor Maria Lee
  Centre for Law and the Environment, Centre for Ethics and Law and Centre for Law and Governance in Europe, Faculty of Laws, University College London


• Steve Quartermain
  Chief Planner in the Department for Communities and Local Government


• Halina Ward
  Director, Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development


• Professor Andrew Watkinson
  Director, Living with Environmental Change (LWEC)


• Dimitri Zenghelis
  Senior Economic Advisor, Cisco; Senior Visiting Fellow at Grantham Research Institute LSE and Associate Fellow, Chatham House

Members of the Advisory Committee serve in a personal capacity and institutional affiliations are given for information.