The GRC Exchange team

The GRC and GRC Exchange is managed by a partnership between the International Development Department (IDD) of the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex.

The core team are:
Director: Richard Batley, Director of IDD
Manager: Mirabel Foster (IDD)
Research Fellows: Elinor Wakefield, Zoe Scott (IDD) and Joanna Crichton (IDS)
Senior Information Officer: Laura Hutchings (IDS)
Information Officer: Natalee Mousley (IDD)
Policy Studies Administrator: Sally Rowbottom (IDD)
Research Assistant: Leah Murphy (IDS)

Expert support

The GRC Exchange is supported by a Content Advisory Group of experts drawn from DFID, IDD and IDS. Their role is to assure that content of the website reflects the latest academic and practitioner thinking.

Information management

The GRC Exchange is supported by information management services from IDS which has developed the internet, database, library and knowledge systems for the GRC Exchange:

DEVLINE: Debbie Beer, Andrew Buxton, Duncan Edwards, Nason Bimbe
BLDS: Michael Bloom, Rebecca McCombe and Janet Cooper
Knowledge Partnerships: Laura Hutchings, Carl Jackson, Geoff Barnard

Web design for the GRC Exchange was provided by KeyMedia

Institutional profiles

International Development Department (IDD)
http://www.bham.ac.uk/idd

IDD is the School of Public Policy's International Development Department at the University of Birmingham. Established in 1964, IDD has particular specialisms in central and local governance, public management and finance, service delivery and poverty.

Institute of Development Studies
http://www.ids.ac.uk

IDS is the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex. It is a leading centre for research, teaching and communication on development and an independent not-for-profit company. It has a large Governance team with particular specialisms in political process, democracy, participation, accountability, rights, anti-corruption, gender and conflict.