CIDRAL organisation

CIDRAL is overseen by the School’s Associate Director of Research: CIDRAL.

The current CIDRAL Director is Dr Jo Laycock.

Previous directors of CIDRAL were

• Professor James Scorer (2022-2025)
• Professor Frank Mort (2005-2008)
• Professor Janet Wolff (2008-2010)
• Professor Jackie Stacey (2010-2015)
• Professor Francesca Billiani (2015-2018)
• Professor David Alderson (2018-2022)

The CIDRAL Committee, which meets twice a year, is comprised of the

• CIDRAL Director: Dr Jo Laycock
• The School’s Director of Research: Professor Stuart Jones
• Two representatives from the Heads of the School’s Research Centres

A representative from

• Creative Manchester
• Early Career researchers in the School
• The School’s Research Associates
• The School’s postgraduate researchers
• The School’s Research Office.