Our team
Dr Pathik Pathak, Director and Impact Lead
Dr Christelle Blunden, Health and Environment Lead
Dr Pathik Pathak, Director and Impact Lead
The Founding Director of the Social Impact Lab and Associate Professor at the University of Southampton. Dr. Pathak is a World Economic Forum agenda shaper and a UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab Expert. In recognition of his work in higher education, he has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Senior Fellow of the Higher Educati
The Founding Director of the Social Impact Lab and Associate Professor at the University of Southampton. Dr. Pathak is a World Economic Forum agenda shaper and a UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab Expert. In recognition of his work in higher education, he has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He was born and raised in Newtown and believes strongly in the potential of the area and its people.
Dr Nazneen Ahmed Pathak, Creative Lead
Dr Christelle Blunden, Health and Environment Lead
Dr Pathik Pathak, Director and Impact Lead
British Bangladeshi writer, historian, and visual artist who lives in Southampton. As a historian, she researches the geography and history of migration, a subject that is also at the heart of much of her fiction, poetry, and participatory visual arts practice.
Dr Christelle Blunden, Health and Environment Lead
Dr Christelle Blunden, Health and Environment Lead
Dr Christelle Blunden, Health and Environment Lead
Local GP and coordinator of the Southampton National Park city project. She is working alongside the social impact lab on the homegrown SO14 project due to her passion for having a community wellbeing approach to health and about our connection to our wider environment. She lived in Southampton for twenty years and currently lives in Shirley with her husband, two children, and three chickens.
Dr Lisa Ballard, Behaviour Change Lead
Harvinder Rathore, Community Engagement Lead
Dr Christelle Blunden, Health and Environment Lead
Health Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. Lisa has worked in various health settings for over 15 years, which includes eight years in Solent NHS Trust’s Health Promotion Service as the health inequalities behaviour change specialist. In addition, Lisa is the director o
Health Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. Lisa has worked in various health settings for over 15 years, which includes eight years in Solent NHS Trust’s Health Promotion Service as the health inequalities behaviour change specialist. In addition, Lisa is the director of Cognitiva Consultancy, a health psychology consultancy with a focus on reducing health inequalities. In her spare time, she plays roller derby for Southampton City Rollers (a bit like rugby, but on four wheels)!
Harvinder Rathore, Community Engagement Lead
Harvinder Rathore, Community Engagement Lead
Harvinder Rathore, Community Engagement Lead
As someone who is heavily invested in wanting the best for her community, she was immediately drawn to the Homegrown SO14 group and their mission. Harvinder Rathore has a degree in sociology and currently work as an engagement and events executive for a corporate charity. She is also the secretary for the Ropewalk Garden, our green gem in
As someone who is heavily invested in wanting the best for her community, she was immediately drawn to the Homegrown SO14 group and their mission. Harvinder Rathore has a degree in sociology and currently work as an engagement and events executive for a corporate charity. She is also the secretary for the Ropewalk Garden, our green gem in the city. She is passionate about giving back to our abundant communities and amplifying the voices of those who aren’t always authentically represented in society.
Dr Valentina Cardo, Public Policy Lead
Harvinder Rathore, Community Engagement Lead
Harvinder Rathore, Community Engagement Lead
Associate Professor of Politics and Identity, the Lead for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and the co-Chair of the Centre for Democratic Futures. Valentina’s work focuses on how we understand and discuss politics, on who is included and who is excluded from traditional political institutions, and
Associate Professor of Politics and Identity, the Lead for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, and the co-Chair of the Centre for Democratic Futures. Valentina’s work focuses on how we understand and discuss politics, on who is included and who is excluded from traditional political institutions, and on who has a voice in how political and policy decisions are made.