Sharath Jeevan
Sharath is Founder & CEO of STIR Education, which partners with governments to ignite and sustain teacher intrinsic motivation.
James Townsend
James has previously held roles with Teach First as Associate Director of New Projects and he was also Director, Youth Philanthropy Initiative at the Institute for Philanthropy, providing secondary school students with a hands-on experience of community giving.
Reinier Terwindt
Rein Terwindt heads STIR’s evidence-based policy and strategic thinking work from New York.
Keren Frayman
Keren currently works as a free-lance researcher with University College London (UCL), and is the Coordinator of a Research and Innovative Staff Pedagogy Program at Meitarim High School in Israel.
Dr. Corrie Stone-Johnson
Her research in educational change and leadership examines the social and cultural aspects of change, highlighting the ways in which people interact to foster or impede reform in a context of accountability.
Eugene Dapper
Eugene Dapper is the Lead Researcher and Project Manager for the WISE-funded Securing the 21st Century Teacher Workforce Project.
Dr. Karen Edge
Dr. Edge recently led the ESRC-funded Global City Leaders Project working with 60+ Generation X (under-40-year old) school leaders in London, New York and Toronto to understand how the new generation of leaders are experiencing their careers, leadership and future aspirations.
Mr. Tom Beresford
Tom leads a portfolio of projects at Innovation Unit, lending his expertise in education innovation and the scale and spread of innovations. His work ranges from new school designs and education technology to whole system transformation, in the UK, Australia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ms Sarah Ward
Sarah is a skilled researcher working across Innovation Unit’s education portfolio with a keen interest in how innovation can be implemented to create sustainable impact for all people.
Ms Louise Thomas
Louise is a Senior Innovation Consultant at Innovation Unit. Specialist in young people and education, as well as an experienced innovation coach, manager and project designer, she supports work relating to education and young people at Innovation Unit.