Professor Sotiria Grek FRSE
Professor of Science, Knowledge and Public Policy, University of Glasgow
Sotiria Grek is Professor of Science, Knowledge and Public Policy at Urban Studies and Social Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow.
Sotiria’s work focuses on the fields of quantification and expertise in global public policy, with a specialisation in the policy arenas of education and sustainable development. She has received funding from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), as well as from the Swedish Research Council. In 2017 she was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, in order to examine “International Organisations and the Rise of a Global Metrological Field” (METRO, 2017-2022). She is also the recipient of an ERC Consolidator Grant, which focuses on ‘Art and Policy in the Global Contemporary: Examining the Role of the Arts in the Production of Public Policy’ (POLART, 2024-2029).