Lloyd’s Tercentenary Research Foundation

While at school, Katy designed a wearable device for earthquake relief as part of the New York Academy of Sciences Junior Academy programme. This strengthened her fascination with the interactions between the human and physical world and drove her to study geography at the University of Cambridge. Global warming is not just a physical manifestation; it is rooted in social systems with widespread implications for society. An internship founded her specific interest in climatic interplay with business. She was shocked at the limited action of companies to adjust to the realities of climate change; rather than resisting change, there are benefits for the private sector in adjusting to a low-carbon economy by facilitating climate mitigation practices. This motivated her decision to study Climate and Society at Columbia. Katy is looking forward to the experience of living and working in New York and continuing to develop her views of environmental management under leading academics while allowing her to study alongside other passionate students. She believes her Fulbright experience will be the foundation of a career in contributing to climate management and having a positive impact on society and the future of our planet.

Born in Vietnam and raised in London, Tam is an economist and a policy advisor who will be studying International and Development Economics at Yale. Since her time as an Economics undergraduate at the LSE, her career has evolved significantly. She has developed strategic workforce plans for blue chip clients, overseen employment initiatives in Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labour, worked alongside world experts to estimate the size of the Turkish informal economy, and worked on numerous strategic projects at the heart of HM Treasury. She feels grateful to be able to utilise her skills and knowledge through this journey to influence key decision makers and solve some of society’s most pressing issues. Tam’s experience has helped her to realise her passion for putting people at the heart of all economic and policy decisions. She is immensely excited to take this to the next level. At Yale, she plans to focus on the impact of shocks, such as trade and technology shocks on the labour market, and explore the economic opportunities and challenges for policy makers. She is eager to learn from the experts in the field, to strengthen her quantitative skills to support evidence-based policy making, whilst tapping into Fulbright’s rich and diverse network and fully immerse herself in America’s vibrant culture.

Mathematical models of infectious diseases have rarely been more prominent in our lives. Alex’s research uses such models to understand the evolution between disease-causing parasites and their animal or plant hosts. As a Fulbright-Lloyds Scholar he will work with Prof Boots' lab at UC Berkeley to bring together these mathematical models with their expert biological knowledge and data. Alex is proud to be departmental director for equality, diversity and inclusion in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield. He is passionate about promoting under-represented groups in mathematics, and he hopes to learn from colleagues at UC Berkeley about how to further promote ED&I, especially in light of heightened gender disparities during the Covid-19 lockdown and the Black Lives Matter movement. He will be travelling to the US with his partner and three young children. This is an unbelievable chance for his family to experience living in another country, and they are looking forward to exploring everything California has to offer.

Neil is a father of two wonderful boys, professor of political psychology at Liverpool Hope University and a recent visiting fellow to the Changing Character of War Programme at Pembroke College, Oxford. Originally from Northern Ireland, he was awarded his BSc and PhD from the University of Ulster. Neil’s research has focused on studying the mainly unconscious psychological forces behind political violence and his current work examines how psycho-social processes relate to politically motivated violence, primarily looking at Northern Ireland. As a Fulbright scholar Neil will collaborate with researchers at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) at the University of Maryland to explore how insights on disengagement and de-radicalisation from violent extremism gleaned from research in Northern Ireland can be employed to develop or strengthen models of desistance and reintegration, while generating policy recommendations and disengagement interventions. His Fulbright will also provide him with an opportunity to enjoy the different flavours of American culture whilst developing friendships and long-lasting transatlantic collaborations.