Outcome of the Senate elections

The candidates listed below were each elected to serve on Senate for a three-year term commencing 1 August 2025.

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (Non-Professorial)

  • Dr Samer Abdelnour, Business School
  • Dr Andy Aydin-Aitchison, School of Law
  • Dr Dario Banegas, Moray House School of Education and Sport
  • Dr Jacob Bard-Rosenberg*, Edinburgh College of Art
  • Dr Emily Brownell, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
  • Dr Sue Chapman-Kelly*, Moray House School of Education and Sport
  • Dr Sam Coombes, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
  • Dr Karen Gregory, School of Social and Political Science
  • Dr Killian O' Dochartaigh*, Edinburgh College of Art
  • Dr Ugur Ozdemir, School of Social and Political Science
  • Dr Liam Ross, Edinburgh College of Art
  • Dr Courtney Stafford-Walter*, Moray House School of Education and Sport

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (Professorial):

  • Professor Thomas Ahnert, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
  • Professor Naomi Appleton, School of Divinity
  • Professor Richard Baxstrom, School of Social and Political Science
  • Professor Mirko Canevaro, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
  • Professor Matthew Chrisman, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
  • Professor David Farrier, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
  • Professor Lucy Grig, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
  • Professor Lauren Hall-Lew, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
  • Professor Ailsa Henderson, School of Social and Political Science
  • Professor Ewa Luger, Edinburgh College of Art
  • Professor Velda McCune, Institute for Academic Development
  • Professor Afshin Mehrpouya, Business School
  • Professor Mihaela Mihai, School of Social and Political Science
  • Professor James Mittra, School of Social and Political Science
  • Professor Carol Richardson, Edinburgh College of Art
  • Professor Wilfried Swenden, School of Social and Political Science
  • Professor Suzanne Trill, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (Non-professorial):

  • Dr Omar Alfituri*, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
  • Dr Kasia Banas, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Dr Nicola Boydell*, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Dr Giulia De Togni*, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Dr Donald Dunbar*, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
  • Dr Crispin Jordan, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Dr Jill MacKay, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
  • Dr Cristina Martinez Gonzalez*, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Dr Steven Morley, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Ms Cynthia Naydani*, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
  • Dr Olga Oikonomidou, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Dr Sari Pennings, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Dr Kirsteen Shields, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
  • Dr Ingrid Young, Edinburgh Medical School

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (Professorial):

  • Professor Catherine Abbott, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Professor Mizeck Chagunda, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
  • Professor Andrew Gardiner, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
  • Professor Jeni Harden, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Professor Malcolm MacLeod, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Professor Harish Nair, Edinburgh Medical School
  • Professor Jose Vazquez-Boland, Edinburgh Medical School

College of Science and Engineering - Academic staff (Non-professorial):

  • Dr Aidan Brown*, School of Physics and Astronomy
  • Dr Jianyi Cheng*, School of Informatics
  • Dr Elliot Crowley, School of Engineering
  • Dr Charlotte Desvages*, School of Mathematics
  • Dr James Garforth*, School of Informatics
  • Dr Benjamin Goddard, School of Mathematics
  • Dr Richard Gratwick, School of Mathematics
  • Dr Samer Halabi*, School of Biological Sciences
  • Dr Hamish Kallin, School of GeoSciences
  • Dr Encarni Medina-Lopez, School of Engineering
  • Dr Cip Pruteanu*, School of Physics and Astronomy
  • Dr Dave Rush, School of Engineering
  • Dr Stewart Smith, School of Engineering
  • Dr Ben Wynne*, School of Physics and Astronomy 

College of Science and Engineering - Academic staff (Professorial):

  • Professor Richard Ball, School of Physics and Astronomy
  • Professor Philip Camp, School of Chemistry
  • Professor David Clarke, School of Chemistry
  • Professor Ross Galloway, School of Physics and Astronomy
  • Professor Einan Gardi, School of Physics and Astronomy
  • Professor Gareth Harrison, School of Engineering
  • Professor Chris Heunen, School of Informatics
  • Professor David Ingram, School of Engineering
  • Professor Dave Laurenson, School of Engineering
  • Professor Pankaj Pankaj, School of Engineering
  • Professor Ajitha Rajan, School of Informatics
  • Professor Andrew Rambaut, School of Biological Sciences
  • Professor Ken Rice, School of Physics and Astronomy
  • Professor Graham Stone, School of Biological Sciences
  • Professor Ian Underwood, School of Engineering
  • Professor Michèle Weiland, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
  • Professor Iain Woodhouse, School of GeoSciences

Early Career positions

Candidates identified with an asterisk (*) were eligible for the early career prioritised position.

 

Returning Officer 

Lisa Dawson

Academic Registrar

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Deputy Returning Officer

Fraser Rudge

Committees and Governance Manager

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