The Team – Re-framing KEI

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	Dr Hephzibah Israel is Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies and, since 2021, Director of Impact and Knowledge Exchange for the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. She is PI of the Re-Framing KEI project and leading on the project’s engagement with the University of Edinburgh’s GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) staff to gain an integrated view of the KEI landscape within the University of Edinburgh.
	Dr Stanislava Dikova is Research Impact Manager for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. She is Co-I of the Re-Framing KEI project and leading on the project’s early data collection stage through survey and follow up interviews to help gain a better understanding of how academic and research support staff at UoE approach knowledge exchange and impact work.
	Dr Annie Sorbie is a Senior Lecturer in Health, Medical Law and Ethics at Edinburgh Law School. She is Co-I of the Re-Framing KEI project and is leading on the World Café aspect of the project. This is a method that can be used to bring a wider community of stakeholders together to engage with a focus on collaborative learning and the stimulation of new ideas around decolonisation and KEI.
	Dr Gaia Duberti is one of the Research Associates of the Re-Framing KEI project, assisting Dr Hephzibah Israel on the project’s engagement with the University’s GLAM colleagues. Gaia’s research interests include the history of colonialism and racial sciences, the ethics of human remains in museum collections, and decolonial museum practices.
	Méabh MacLaren is a Research Assistant in the College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Research Assistant Pool. She has been working on survey design and analysis for the Re-Framing KEI project.
	Georgi Obatnin is a Research Assistant at the Re-Framing KEI project, assisinting with analysis and communications. Georgi is finishing up his PhD dissertation on Middle Eastern economic history at the Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Feb 23, 2026

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