Professor Christina Boswell FRSE

Vice Principal Research and Enterprise, University of Edinburgh

Christina Boswell FBA FAcSS FRSE is Professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the role of science and expert knowledge in policy-making, with major books including The Political Uses of Expert Knowledge (2009) and Manufacturing Political Trust: Targets and Indicators in Public Policy (2018). She has held a series of advisory roles for governments and international organisations including the OECD, European Commission, UNHCR and Foreign and Commonwealth Office. She was inaugural chair of the Scottish Government’s Expert Advisory Group on Migration and Population, and currently holds UK Government advisory roles in the Home Office, and the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation. Christina has extensive research leadership experience, including as Vice Principal for Research and Enterprise at the University of Edinburgh (2022-25), and as Vice President for Public Policy of the British Academy (since 2021).

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