NatCen Names Director for Policy Research Centre

London-based not-for-profit organisation NatCen has appointed Nancy Kelley as Director of its Policy Research Centre. She will lead a team of more than 50 researchers with expertise across a variety of policy areas including health, crime and justice, and education.

Kelley (pictured) joins with a background that includes policy and research roles at charities such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Barnado's, and the Refugee Council. Most recently, she served as Delivery Manager at the Department for Work and Pensions. She will take up her new post on 1st June, and replaces Jane O'Brien, who now works as a freelance consultant.

NatCen CEO Guy Goodwin comments: 'The Policy Research Centre delivers high-quality qualitative and mixed-methods research, as well as analyses and evaluations; we are delighted to have attracted someone with Nancy's policy and research expertise to lead this important part of NatCen's work'.

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