Professor Alison Blunt
Deputy Vice-Principal for Impact (Culture, Civic and Community)
Email: a.m.blunt@qmul.ac.uk
Profile
Alison Blunt is Deputy Vice Principal for Impact (Culture, Civic & Community) and Professor of Geography at Queen Mary University of London.
Alison co-chairs Queen Mary's Civic Advisory Board (with Aelswith Frayne, Head of Skills and Employability at London Borough of Tower Hamlets) and launched QM's East London Research Network.
Alison works closely with QM's civic partners, including as co-lead on the NIHR Tower Hamlets Health Determinants Research Collaboration and Research England funded National Civic Impact Accelerator, led by Sheffield Hallam University; and as vice chair of the Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust, co-sponsored by QM and the Drapers' Livery Company.
Alison's research and teaching connect closely with her civic leadership role, including as founding co-director of the Centre for Studies of Home, a partnership between QM and Museum of the Home, and her work with Tower Hamlets Council on the Green Grid and gender inclusive design.