Our role

The International Network brings together expertise from the ESRC's Council and committees to provide support for international activities and strategy.

Our work

The International Network:

• Has oversight of the ESRC's International Strategy and contribute to its development. 
• Provides advice and guidance to the ESRC office in international activities and policy. 
• Identifies opportunities for the policy committees to work together and link international activities. 
• Identifies and advises on best practice in international activities. 
• Champions international work on the policy committees. 
• Reports against progress in delivering the Council's strategy implementation plan.

Membership 

• Prof Stuart Croft, University of Warwick (Chair) )
• Prof Louise Ackers (Training and Skills Committee), University of Liverpool
• Dr Lloyd Anderson, British Council
• Prof Kate Brown (Peer Review College), University of East Anglia
• Prof Simon Collinson, John H Dunning Centre for International Business at Henley Business School, Reading University
• Dr Sarah Cook (Impact Network), UN Research Institute for Social Development
• Prof Peter Elias (ex-officio Methods and Infrastructure Committee), University of Warwick
• Prof Jane Falkingham, University of Southampton
• Prof Tara Fenwick (Evaluation Committee), University of Stirling
• Prof Jaideep Prabhu (Peer Review College), University of Cambridge
• Prof Hazel Smith (Research Committee), Cranfield University
• Prof Robert Wright (Methods and Infrastructure Committee), Strathclyde University

We are committed to embedding international activity across our committees and panels. As such, some members have multiple memberships. Where this is the case, their other memberships are shown in brackets.