Meet the team
EDICa is comprised of a multidisciplinary, diverse team of researchers and research support staff.
Click on the individual’s photo for a pop-up profile of each team member.
EDICa’s Management Team
Prof Kate Sang
EDICa Principal Investigator & Workstream 1 Lead
Professor, Heriot-Watt University
Prof Jemina Napier
EDICa Deputy Principal Investigator & EDI Lead
Professor, Heriot-Watt University
Prof Robert MacIntosh
EDICa Workstream 2 Lead
Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research & Innovation, University of the
West of Scotland
Prof James Richards
EDICa Workstream 3 Lead
Professor, Heriot-Watt University
Dr Catherine Souch
EDICa Engagement Lead
Head of Research and Higher Education
Royal Geographical Society
Dr Clayton Magill
EDICa Neurodiversity Champion
Associate Professor,
Heriot-Watt University
Lizzie Hodkinson
EDICa Manager
Heriot-Watt University
Fenella Watson
Senior Project Support Officer & Comms Officer
Heriot-Watt University
Freddy Makuwa
Finance Manager
Heriot-Watt University
Beth Wedgwood
EDICa Intern 16 Oct – 15 Nov ’23
Research Assistant since Nov ’23
Heriot-Watt University
Rebecca Kennedy
EDICa Intern 13 November 2023 to 12 January 2024 part time
Heriot-Watt University
Co-Investigators in alphabetical order
Dr Nima Ali
Asst Prof in Human Resource Management, Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University
Prof Jason Arday
Prof of Sociology of Education, Cambridge University
Associate Professor Mata Ayoub
School Dir of Learning & Teaching for the School of Creative & Cultural Studies, Kingston University London
Prof Diane Gyi
Professor of Applied Ergonomics and Design, Loughborough University
Dr Marion Hersh
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering, University of Glasgow
Prof Raffaella Ocone
Prof of Chemical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University
Prof Nilay Shah
Prof of Process Systems Engineering, Head of Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
Dr Will Stronge
Director of Research & Policy at Autonomy, a data-driven and consultancy not-for-profit
Researchers (in alphabetical order)
Chiara Cocco
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Heriot-Watt University
Dr Jos Collins
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Heriot-Watt University
Dr Dong Lin
Postdoctoral Research Associate – from Sep ’24
Heriot-Watt University
Dr Cat Morgan
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Jan ’23-Aug ’24
Heriot-Watt University
Dr Siddhartha Saxena
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Heriot-Watt University
Dr Stefanie Schneider
Postdoctoral Research Associate (.5)
University of the West of Scotland
Also Lecturer in International Business at Northumbria University
