Lynn Davies, Co-Director

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Lynn is a trained systematic reviewer with proficiency in the analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data, and has extensive experience in research, writing, and editing for diverse audiences across a wide range of academic disciplines including literature, history, politics, pharmaceuticals, and the social sciences. She holds an M.Sc. with Distinction in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation from the University of Oxford, and a First-Class M.A. (Hons) degree in English Literature and History from the University of Edinburgh. 

Lynn grew up as an expatriate in Trinidad and Egypt, and returned to her native Scotland to pursue undergraduate studies. Alongside her undergraduate education, Lynn spent two years as a regional and chief copy-editor for Edinburgh University’s Leviathan Journal, providing standardised copy-editing to over 50 political science submissions in total. She also gained training and experience in befriending, mentoring, and peer education for a variety of vulnerable populations including unemployed BME persons, at-risk adolescents, and individuals living with HIV and Hepatitis C. Having been inspired by these experiences to develop a deeper understanding of 'best practice' approaches to the amelioration of social problems, she joined Oxford University’s Department of Social Policy and Intervention as a master's student, where she specialised in evidence-based health communication, population-level behaviour change, and child and family welfare. She was also an active member of the Graduate Common Room Committee at Green Templeton College, and received a Nautilus Award in recognition of the pastoral support and events planning she provided to students with partners and children.

Following completion of her postgraduate degree, Lynn was involved in the screening, analysis, and write-up of systematic reviews across a range of disease areas for clients in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. She has since contributed to a systematic review on psychometric tools for the measurement of child maltreatment based at her old department at Oxford, and is currently conducting a novel systematic review in the field of evidence-based health communication in partnership with academics at the University of Birmingham and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In collaboration with RAND Europe, she is also providing support in the editing and drafting of online content and policy memos for the EU Commission's European Platform for Investing in Children.

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