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I am currently living and working at home in North Wiltshire.

In my role as Director of Research for [Research England](https://re.ukri.org/), I am focussing on:

* how to allocate additional funding streams (for specialist institutions, announced in [Budget 2020](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2020-documents/budget-2020), and capital funding, [announced](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-fires-up-rd-across-the-country-to-cement-the-uk-as-science-superpower) on 1 July 2020)
* working on Research England's contributions to the [Spending Review](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-launches-comprehensive-spending-review)
* our upcoming call (joint with the [Office for Students]()) on [reducing inequalities in postgraduate research study](http://re.ukri.org/news-opinions-events/news/notice-of-a-joint-research-england-and-office-for-students-funding-competition-to-reduce-inequalities-in-postgraduate-research-study/)
* the future work plan and projects of the [Forum for Responsible Research Metrics](https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/research-policy/open-science/Pages/forum-for-responsible-research-metrics.aspx)
* planning comments for an [online panel discussion](http://www.ukadr.org/SeptemberSessions2020.html) on the 'Our changing research practice' organised by the [UK Alliance for Disaster Research](http://www.ukadr.org/home.html)

I am thinking about, researching, or drafting articles on:

* alternatives to peer review for the allocation of research funding (mentioned in a [previous post](https://stevenhill.org.uk/a-post-pandemic-research-agenda/))
* the implications of applying the ideas of systems thinking to the research system (also mentioned in a [the same post](https://stevenhill.org.uk/a-post-pandemic-research-agenda/))
* updating the ideas in my post on ['Four trends shaping the future of research evaluation'](https://stevenhill.org.uk/four-trends-shaping-the-future-of-research-evaluation/) in the light of the pandemic

I am currently reading:

* Social Physics: How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter by <NAME> ([Amazon UK link](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Social-Physics-Networks-Make-Smarter/dp/0143126334/))
* <NAME>'s 24-Hour Bookstore by <NAME>([Amazon UK link](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Penumbras-24-hour-Bookstore-Robin-Sloan/dp/1782391215/))

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I am currently living and working at home in North Wiltshire.

In my role as Director of Research for [Research England](https://re.ukri.org/), I am focussing on:

* how to allocate additional funding streams (for specialist institutions, announced in [Budget 2020](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-2020-documents/budget-2020), and capital funding, [announced](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-fires-up-rd-across-the-country-to-cement-the-uk-as-science-superpower) on 1 July 2020)
* working on Research England's contributions to the [Spending Review](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-launches-comprehensive-spending-review)
* our upcoming call (joint with the [Office for Students]()) on [reducing inequalities in postgraduate research study](http://re.ukri.org/news-opinions-events/news/notice-of-a-joint-research-england-and-office-for-students-funding-competition-to-reduce-inequalities-in-postgraduate-research-study/)
* the future work plan and projects of the [Forum for Responsible Research Metrics](https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/research-policy/open-science/Pages/forum-for-responsible-research-metrics.aspx)
* planning comments for an [online panel discussion](http://www.ukadr.org/SeptemberSessions2020.html) on the 'Our changing research practice' organised by the [UK Alliance for Disaster Research](http://www.ukadr.org/home.html)

I am thinking about, researching, or drafting articles on:

* alternatives to peer review for the allocation of research funding (mentioned in a [previous post](https://stevenhill.org.uk/a-post-pandemic-research-agenda/))
* the implications of applying the ideas of systems thinking to the research system (also mentioned in a [the same post](https://stevenhill.org.uk/a-post-pandemic-research-agenda/))
* updating the ideas in my post on ['Four trends shaping the future of research evaluation'](https://stevenhill.org.uk/four-trends-shaping-the-future-of-research-evaluation/) in the light of the pandemic

I am currently reading:

* Social Physics: How Social Networks Can Make Us Smarter by <NAME> ([Amazon UK link](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Social-Physics-Networks-Make-Smarter/dp/0143126334/))
* <NAME>'s 24-Hour Bookstore by <NAME> ([Amazon UK link](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Penumbras-24-hour-Bookstore-Robin-Sloan/dp/1782391215/))

Updated 28 August 2020. Inspired by [this](https://nownownow.com/about).
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