Dave is a knowledge mobilisation specialist. He has a PhD in climate science and 10 years professional experience in environmental policy, policy-relevant climate mitigation research and leading on knowledge mobilisation activities for multi-year, multi-£million, multi-disciplinary and impact-focused research programmes.

Dave’s leadership at SPRE centres around how to support capacities for more ethical, equitable and effective systems and practices. He is particularly interested in how to applying insights from intersectionality, participatory action research and complexity-aware impact monitoring, evaluation and learning.

Dave also leads on knowledge mobilisation for a 7-year £3.7m research unit on the long-term economics of health and social care supply.

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