We're leading academics in the fields of web science, data science and artificial intelligence research.
Deputy directors
Associate directors
Visiting professors and fellows
Tom Barnett, Visiting Fellow, entrepreneur and pioneer in the field of web technology
Dr Vinton G Cerf, Visiting Professor, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google
Liam Maxwell, Visiting Professor, Director of Government Transformation at Amazon Web Services
Dr Kieron O'Hara, Emeritus Fellow, philosopher, computer scientist and political writer
JP Rangaswami, Visiting Professor, Chair of the Web Science Trust board of trustees
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Visiting Professor, Principal of Jesus College, University of Oxford
Dr Jeni Tennison, Visiting Professor, Director of Connected by Data
Dr Phil Tetlow, Visiting Professor, Chief Architect at IBM Software Group
Bill Thompson, Visiting Professor, Principal Research Engineer, BBC
Management
Susan Davies, Co-ordination Manager
Courtney Lee, Collaboration Manager
Louise Payne, Research and Enterprise Marketing and Communications Manager
Alistair Sackley, Specialist Policy Officer
Claire Wilkins, Project Manager