Biography

Vicki is Deputy Director of Impact and Engagement at the ERC, where she is responsible for maximising the value of ERC research to stakeholders. She has worked for over 15 years at the interface between social science research and policy, and before joining the ERC she was Assistant Director for research at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). Whilst at the UKCES Vicki led several flagship research projects and directed the UKCES’s strategic research partnerships programme. Vicki has over 20 years of experience of researching business, employment and skills issues and experience of using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. She started her career as a Research Associate at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, where she also completed her PhD. Vicki has been an active member of several research advisory boards, including for the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, the Productivity Insights Network and the Social Research Association (SRA).