Academic Editor
Dr Lars Cornelissen joined the ISRF in October 2018. As Academic Editor, Lars is responsible for assisting the Director of Research in academic matters, editing the termly Bulletin, assisting in the academic management of competitions and commissioning and producing content for the Foundation’s website. One of his key tasks is to encourage and facilitate the wide dissemination of research funded by the ISRF. To this end, he works closely with The Conversation.
Lars received his PhD from the University of Brighton in May 2018. His thesis discusses the philosophical foundations of neoliberalism, preparing the ground for a new critical approach to the history of neoliberal thought.
Recent publications include Post-War Ordoliberalism, Race and the Politics of Development (in Thomas Biebricher et al. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Ordoliberalism, Oxford University Press, 2022) and Neoliberal Imperialism (in Politics, 2023)
Director of Research
Professor Chris Newfield joins the ISRF after 31 years at the University of California, Santa Barbara, most recently as Distinguished Professor of Literature and American Studies.
His academic work has focused on critical university studies, American literature since 1990, California culture and society, quantification studies, and the status of literary knowledge.
Publications include The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), The Limits of the Numerical (with Anna Alexandrova, and Stephen John; Chicago University Press, 2022) , and Metrics That Matter (with Zachary Bleemer, Mukul Kumar, Aashish Mehta & Chris Muellerleile; Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023).
Administrator
Stuart Wilson oversees the general administration of the ISRF’s operations. He supports the Director of Research in the implementation of the Foundation’s funding strategy and activities.
He is an experienced administrator whose previous employers include University College London and King’s College London. He Has a BA in History from Goldsmiths, University of London (2007).
Away from the ISRF, Stuart is Executive Director & Editor of todolist.london.