Nick researches and teaches in the areas of international relations and international security at the University of York. His particular…
Michelle Houghton
Communications Manager
Communications | Networks | Partnerships
Michelle is Communications Manager at BASIC and is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies to promote BASIC’s mission, goals and initiatives. Working across all BASIC’s programmes, Michelle communicates activities and successes across its social media platforms, website and newsletters. She is also the primary point of contact for all communications enquiries including those from the media.
Before joining BASIC, Michelle accrued over 20 years of experience creating and delivering high-profile communications and engagement campaigns across academia, government and industry. She joined us from the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge, where she led its communications and events programme for over three years. Other previous roles include working with the National Cyber Security Centre (part of GCHQ) and the Cabinet Office to deliver a transatlantic training and competition programme for university students to help develop the next generation of cyber defenders, and partnership programmes at the Royal Society of Chemistry and Reed Travel Exhibitions.
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Rachel Staley Grant
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Ian Kearns
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Anne Penketh
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Tim Street
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Lianet Vazquez
Lianet Vazquez was the Herbert Scoville Jr Peace Fellow at BASIC in 2014.
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Nina Sofie Pedersen
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John Thomson
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Chris Lindborg-Pena
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