Who is behind Agile?

Agile is run by the Management Group and Programme Team (also known as the ‘Engine Room’). It is overseen by an internal Executive Board, chaired by Professor Patrick Grant, which is supported by an Independent Advisory Group, chaired by Professor Sir Ian Boyd.

If you would like to get in touch with anyone from the Management Group or the Engine Room, please contact: agile@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk

The Team

"We don’t have much time to get humanity onto a sustainable trajectory. We need to act more swiftly and flexibly. The Agile Initiative intends to change how research and evidence guide environmental policy, whilst also catalysing a shift in the research culture".

Professor Nathalie Seddon

Deputy director

"Academics have been trying to do more policy-relevant research for some time, with mixed success. In Agile, we are doing the deep co-production, allied with a new funding model, commitment to inclusion and institutional change, and more systemic thinking, to redefine what success looks like".

Dr Peter Barbrook-Johnson

How can I get involved in Agile?

The Agile Initiative is always looking for the next big question and the brightest minds to help answer it. We are building a community of researchers, across all career stages, ready to bring their expertise together and mobilise within Sprint teams and Agile activities.

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