Experts & Academics: United Nations Association- UK

UNA-UK is setting up a directory of doctoral research on the United Nations. The aim is to facilitate communication between researchers and to encourage the sharing of ideas. Those who register their research project will be invited to appropriate UN-related events held under UNA-UK auspices. Click here to find out more.

In 2006, UNA-UK launched its 'virtual' expert Advisory Panel, comprised of the UK's leading experts on issues of relevance to the UN. The panel's membership continues to develop. Its current membership is as follows:

Dame Margaret Anstee	Former UN Under-Secretary-General and head of UNAVEM II (1992-93)
Dominic Bascombe	Journalist, The Voice
Greg Barrow	Senior Public Affairs Officer, UN World Food Programme
Mats Berdal	Professor of Security and Development, King's College London
Sir Franklin Berman	Former Legal Adviser, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Rachel Brett	Head, Human Rights and Refugee Programme, Quaker UN Office in Geneva
Christine Chinkin	Professor of International Law, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics
Michael Clarke	Director, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
Juliet Colman	Former President, UNIFEM-UK
Tony Colman	Former Chair, UN APPG and former MP for Putney
Ian Davis	Executive Director, British-American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Will Day	Special Adviser, UN Development Programme
Sir Marrack Goulding	Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations
Stefanie Grant	Lawyer specialising in migration and refugee issues; former head of research and development at OHCHR; and former director of research at Amnesty International
Sir Jeremy Greenstock	Director, Ditchley Foundation and British Permanent Representative to the UN (1998-2003)
John Groom	Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Kent at Canterbury
Kate Hampton	Policy Manager, Climate Change Capital
Paul Hunt	Professor of Law, University of Essex and UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health
Mark Imber	Senior Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of St Andrews
Sir Richard Jolly	Former Chair of UNA-UK, Special Adviser to UNDP and Deputy Director of UNICEF
Lord Judd	Peer (Labour) and former Minister of State, UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Chandrashekhar Krishnan	Executive Director, Transparency International UK
Sir Elihu Lauterpacht	Founder of the Research Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
Martin Macpherson	Director, International Law and Organisations Programme, Amnesty International
Sally Morphet	Visiting Professor, University of Kent at Canterbury
Justin Morris	Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Hull
Michael O’Flaherty	Co-Director, Human Rights Laws Centre, University of Nottingham
Stephen Pattison	Former FCO Head of International Security
Dan Plesch	Research Fellow, Centre for International Studies, SOAS
Sir Kieran Prendergast	Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
Michael Pugh	Professor of International Relations, University of Bradford
Sir Michael Quinlan	Consulting Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies and former UK Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
Oliver Ramsbotham	Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Bradford
Lord Richard	Peer (Labour) and British Permanent Representative to the UN (1974-79)
Sir Nigel Rodley	Chair, Human Rights Centre, University of Essex and UK member of UN Human Rights Committee
Paul Rogers	Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
Frances Stewart	Director, Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, University of Oxford
Sir Crispin Tickell	Director, Policy Foresight Programme, Said Business School, University of Oxford and British Permanent Representative to the UN (1987-90)
David Travers	Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University
Sir Brian Urquhart	Former UN Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs
Geraldine van Bueren	Professor of International Human Rights Law, Queen Mary College and Visiting Fellow, Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Sir John Weston	British Permanent Representative to NATO (1992-95) and the UN (1995-98)
Nick Wheeler	Professor of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Baroness Whitaker	Peer (Labour)
Nigel White	Professor of International Law, University of Sheffield
Elizabeth Wilmshurst	Senior Fellow, Chatham House
Sir Michael Wood	Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge
Ngaire Woods	Director, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford
Tom Woodhouse	Adam Curle Professor of Conflict Resolution, University of Bradford
Sir Robert Worcester	Founder of MORI and Honorary Professor of Politics, University of Kent at Canterbury