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Alison Cox is Domestic
Bursar and Fellow of St
John’s College,
Cambridge. An engineer
with 25 years’ experience
in the construction
industry she has
extensive knowledge of
project delivery and the
drivers of successful
outcomes for heritage,
refurbishment and new
build schemes. As
Managing Director
for Sir Robert McAlpine
she oversaw works at St
Marylebone Church, St
Paul’s Cathedral,
Elizabeth Tower and the
Museum of London. She
also worked on the
Bloomberg office build
which restored the
Roman Temple of
Mithras to its ancient
location and created an
accompanying new
museum space. She is a
Fellow of the Institution
of Civil Engineers and of
the Chartered Institute of
Building.
Stephen joined Wright &
Wright in 2005 and
became a partner in 2011.
He was partner in charge
of the remodelling of the
British Academy and
masterplan for Lambeth
Palace and has worked on
a number of other key
cultural projects,
including the awardwinning Lambeth Palace
Library, Royal Academy
of Engineering Enterprise
Hub, and Library for
Magdalen College,
Oxford. Stephen has also
worked on several
schemes for education,
including St Paul’s
School, London and
Newlands Academy for
students with special
educational needs. He is a
member of Historic
England’s Advisory
Committee and serves as
a consultant to GlassHouse Community Led
Design. He also taught a
second-year design studio
in the Department of
Architecture at the
University of Cambridge
for five years, where he
originally studied
architecture.
Contributor biographies
Flora Samuel is the
Professor of Architecture
and Head of the
Department of
Architecture at the
University of Cambridge.
Her work focuses on
inclusion in planning, a
vision set out in her most
recent book Housing
for Hope and Wellbeing.
She was instrumental in
setting up the Cambridge
Room, a place for
communities, local
authorities, industry and
practice to talk about the
future of their places. She
leads the Public Map
Platform, a Green
Transition Ecosystems
project funded by the
Arts and Humanities
Research Council, which
is coming to Cambridge in
its second phase.
Tom Chatfield is a British
author and tech
philosopher whose work
focuses on critical
thinking, AI and ethics.
His latest book is Wise
Animals (Picador), an
exploration of the coevolution of humanity
and technology. A highly
experienced Chair,
Non-Executive Director,
speaker and British
Library Advisory Council
member, his recent work
includes designing and
presenting the
Economist‘s courses on
Critical Thinking and
Understanding AI
business, and co-creating
an AI critical thinking
‘cognitive co-pilot’. Tom’s
ten non-fiction books
exploring digital culture
have appeared in over
thirty languages. His
bestselling critical
thinking textbooks and
online courses are used
by a number of
companies, institutions
and universities
worldwide.
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