Professor Anne Anderson FRSE
Chair, Uk National Commission For Unesco
Professor Anderson, MA, Ph.D., FRSE, OBE was Vice Principal at the University of Glasgow and led the College of Social Sciences until 2019. She is a psychologist whose research explored how people communicate and collaborate and how IT systems do and do not replicate the advantages of face-to-face interactions.
Anne was a member of The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council (EPSRC) between 2008 – 2015 which is responsible for £800 million annual investments in research. She was awarded an OBE in 2002 for her
services to social science.
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2014. She has served as convenor of sectional committee D2 (Public Sector Leadership), was elected to Council in 2021. In 2023 she was elected Vice President for Research. She is also Chair of the UK National Commission for UNESCO.
Involved in
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Advice Papers
The RSE puts forward recommendations for REF 2028 calling for equitable recognition in research assessment.
