Alexandra Freeman, Baroness Freeman of Steventon explained

Honorific Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Baroness Freeman of Steventon
Office:Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Term Start:5 June 2024
Life peerage
Birth Name:Alexandra Lee Jessica Freeman
Birth Place:Maryland, United States
Nationality:British
Party:None (crossbencher)
Alma Mater:University of Oxford

Alexandra Lee Jessica Freeman, Baroness Freeman of Steventon (born March 1974) is a British science communicator, life peer, and former television producer. She has been a crossbench member of the House of Lords since 2024.

Biography

Freeman was born in March 1974 in Maryland, United States.[1] She studied biological sciences at the University of Oxford, before remaining at the university to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in zoology.[2] [3] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Butterflies as signal receivers" and was completed in 1998.[4] As a postgraduate, she was a member of Linacre College, Oxford and the Department of Zoology.

From 2000 to 2016, Freeman worked for the BBC. As a producer or director, she was involved in Walking with Beasts, Life in the Undergrowth, Bang Goes the Theory, Climate Change by Numbers and Trust Me, I'm a Doctor.[5]

In 2016, Freeman joined the University of Cambridge as executive director of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Faculty of Mathematics.[6]

Freeman was recommended for appointment as a non-party-political life peer by the House of Lords Appointments Commission in May 2024.[7] She was created Baroness Freeman of Steventon, of Abingdon in the County of Oxfordshire, on 5 June 2024, and was introduced to the House of Lords on 29 July as a crossbencher.[8] [9]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexandra Lee Jessica FREEMAN personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK . find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk . 10 May 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: ORCID: Alexandra Freeman . orcid.org . 10 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Session 1: Researchers and engagement: Alex Freeman . Sense about Science . 10 May 2024 . 21 February 2023.
  4. Freeman . Alexandra . 1998 . Butterflies as signal receivers . DPhil . University of Oxford . 10 May 2024.
  5. Web site: Alexandra Freeman . Harding-Zentrum für Risikokompetenz . 10 May 2024.
  6. Web site: People: Executive Director Dr Alexandra Freeman . Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication . University of Cambridge . 10 May 2024 . en.
  7. Web site: PRESS RELEASE: Two new non-party-political peers – House of Lords Appointments Commission . lordsappointments.independent.gov.uk . House of Lords Appointments Commission . 10 May 2024 . pdf . 7 May 2024.
  8. Parliament of the United Kingdom . House of Lords . Introduction: Baroness Freeman of Steventon . 29 July 2024 . 839 . 791 .
  9. Web site: Baroness Freeman of Steventon: Parliamentary career . UK Parliament . 7 June 2024.

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