PANDEMIC RECOVERY

Daisy Fancourt describes her groundbreaking research showing a significant association between engagement with the arts and positive health outcomes. In the context of the current pandemic, she makes a powerful case for the centrality of arts and culture for the recovery of individuals and societies.

Daisy Fancourt

Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology
University College London, UK
Culture and Education

Dr Daisy Fancourt is Associate Professor of Psychobiology & Epidemiology and a Wellcome Research Fellow at University College London. Her work focuses on the effects of social, cultural, and community engagement on health and has been recognised with multi-million pound research funding and over a dozen national and international research awards. Dr Fancourt is a consultant to the World Health Organisation on arts and health, recently publishing a report of a synthesis of 3,500 studies on arts and health that was named the Global Aesthetic Achievement of 2019. She has also been named a BBC New Generation Thinker and a World Economic Forum Global Shaper.

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Joining as a Trustee is Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies and Assistant Principal for Religion and Society at the University of Edinburgh. She is known internationally as a public intellectual and is a regular commentator in the media.

Dan Mulhall will be joining the board as a Trustee. Dan is a retired Irish diplomat, academic and published author. He is the current Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and is a consultant with the global law firm DLA Piper.

Also joining as a Trustee is Professor Gayle McPherson, Professor of Events and Cultural Policy and Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport and Events at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She is also a member of the European Cultural Parliament.

Joining us as a Trustee is Stephen Gethins, Professor of International Affairs at the University of St Andrews. Prior to that, Stephen was MP for North East Fife, the SNP International affairs spokesperson and was twice selected to sit on the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

Joining in the role of Chair is Shonaig Macpherson CBE, an experienced Chair and non-executive director used to working at the most senior levels of government, private, public and third sectors.

If you're interested in attending Edinburgh International Culture Summit 2022 as media, interviews with contributors and ministers, or photo opportunities, please contact Susie Gray at susie@thecornershoppr.com or 07834 073795.

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