FERL is distinctive because it brings together principals and associates who have developed foundational concepts and analysis in a series of books, articles and research reports. We have different research capabilities and long experience of working together with hands on researcher involvement in any major project we take on. Our work is always multi-dimensional and grounded in a set of values which are renewed as the same team works on and new and different topics.
Principals:
Luca Calafati
Leads on place-based research with a background in urban studies and special interests in ecology and community activism.
Colin Haslam
Leads on company reports and accounts and on the implications of accounting regulations and frameworks
Karel Williams
Leads on research design, report drafting and managing relations with our client partners
Associates:
Julie Froud
Specialises in shaping our data driven stories in relation to various academic literatures, official and unofficial reports.
Sukhdev Johal
Brings an encyclopaedic knowledge of official statistics and now a capacity to extract stories from big data.