KEN2022: Karen Salt's provocation speech
Channel: Knowledge Equity Network
Date: 2023-03-28

KEN2022: Karen Salt's provocation speech focusing on reducing inequalities through opening access to Higher Education.


Karen Salt
Deputy Director for R&D Culture and Environment, UKRI

Karen Salt is Deputy Director for R&D Culture and Environment, UKRI. She has over 27 years of experience working in and with communities, organisations, charities and governmental bodies. An
expert on systems and transformative change, she has managed large research teams and collaborated on a number of research projects, including those involving community members as active researchers and those exploring the governance of technology deployed for the public good.

As UKRI’s Deputy Director for R&D Culture and Environment, her policy area brings together teams working on ethics, research integrity, research and innovation culture, equality, diversity and inclusion and open research.

She is the senior-level policy lead within UKRI on Trusted Research, leading an integrated programme of work to safeguard the security and integrity of international collaborations and partnerships.

A sought after thought leader and speaker, Salt works closely with senior leadership across Government, academia, civil society and industry and contributes to international initiatives focused on embedding inclusive policy making.