Al Mathers

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT AL MATHERS

Having worked across the academic, charitable and practice sectors for over 20 years, I help organisations define their strategic approach to change, build their research and evaluation capabilities, and embed inclusive and participatory approaches. I have held national leadership roles in the charitable sector for over 10 years, including Director of Research at The Young Foundation, Director of Research and Learning at The RSA and Head of Research at Good Things Foundation. Before moving to the charity sector I worked in academia, where my work focused on research partnerships with underrepresented groups redesigning participatory approaches to landscape architecture and urban design. As an expert in participatory research and digital inclusion, I hold a number of advisory board positions including steering group membership of the ESRC’s Public Voices in AI programme, INCLUDE+, Developing a minimum digital living standard for households with children, DigiAge: Equity for the Older: Beyond Digital Access, expert grant panel membership of the Nuffield Foundation Oliver Bird Fund and am a panel member for the Co-Production Futures Inquiry funded by Research England. I am committed to cross sector impact, and growing learning and collaboration cultures between policymakers, academia, businesses and charities for people, places and the planet.