Statutory Professors are the most senior level of academic appointment at Oxford, providing academic leadership within their departments, in the wider University and beyond.
The 2021/22 cohort included a range of specialisms from artificial intelligence and astrophysics to archaeology and international relations. Five of the new Statutory Professors already worked at Oxford and are joined by academics from institutions elsewhere in the UK, Europe and the US.
Their appointment follows an Inclusive Recruitment project which aims to achieve greater diversity in academic recruitment and meet external requirements for the assessment of research quality.
Professor Anne Trefethen, Pro-Vice Chancellor (People & Digital), said:
We are delighted to welcome our new Statutory Professors who have joined us from around the world, as well as to celebrate the talents of the colleagues who have been promoted to Statutory Professor level from within Oxford.
Our new Statutory Professors come from a wide range of institutions and backgrounds, and we look forward to seeing how they will enhance our world-leading research programmes and inspire and nurture their colleagues and students here in Oxford.
The full list of Statutory Professors is:
Humanities
Professor Kate Crosby, Numata Professorship of Buddhist Studies
Professor Karen Leeder, Schwarz-Taylor Professorship of the German Language and Literature
Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences
Professor Emmanuel Breuillard, Professorship of Pure Mathematics
Professor Michael Bronstein, DeepMind Professorship of Artificial Intelligence
Professor Max Gubinelli, Wallis Professorship of Mathematics
Professor Saiful Islam | Professorship of Materials Modelling
Professor Stephen Smartt | Philip Wetton Professorship of Astrophysics
Professor Nobuko Yoshida | Christopher Strachey Professorship of Computing
Medical Sciences
Professor Ivan Ahel, EP Abraham Professorship of Chemical Pathology
Professor Zheng-Ming Chen, Richard Peto Professorship of Epidemiology
Professor Ben Goldacre, Bennett Professorship of Evidence-Based Medicine
Professor Michael Dustin, Kennedy Trust Professor of Molecular Immunology
Professor David Hodson | Robert Turner Professorship of Diabetic Medicine
Social Sciences
Professor Daniel Armanios, BT Professorship of Major Programme Management
Professor Shadreck Chirikure, Edward Hall Professorship of Archaeological Science
Professor Paola Conconi, BP Professorship of Economics
Professor Neta Crawford, Montague Burton Professorship of International Relations
Professor Juliane Reinecke | Professorship of Management Studies
Professor Iyiola Solanke | Jacques Delors Professorship of European Community Law
To find out more about the Inclusive Recruitment project, watch a recording of one the showcase events that took place last year.
