Speakers’ Biographies
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Speakers’ biographies are included for your information.
Speakers’ biographies (alphabetical order by surname)
Professor Bobby Duffy is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute. He Chairs the Campaign for Social Science and the CLOSER Advisory Board, is a member of the Executive of the Academy of Social Sciences, a trustee of British Future and a Senior Fellow of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto. He was previously Global Director of the Ipsos Social Research Institute, has been seconded to the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, and was a fellow at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at LSE.
His first book, The Perils of Perception – Why we’re wrong about nearly everything, was published by Atlantic books in 12 countries, drawing on a set of global studies on how people misperceive key social realities. His latest book, Generations – Does when you’re born shape who you are?, came out in 2021 and challenges myths and stereotypes around generational trends, seeking a greater understanding around generational challenges and intergenerational connection.
Dr Gosia Turner has nearly 20 years’ experience in UK higher education. Gosia is a specialist in student surveys and social statistics. She began her career at the Higher Education Academy, contributing to the early development of the NSS, PRES and PTES, before completing a PhD in Social Statistics at the University of Southampton. She later worked as a Senior Statistical Analyst at the University of Oxford and is now Head of Surveys at Jisc, where she leads the Graduate Outcomes survey.
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