Claire Craig Explained

Claire Craig
Birth Name:Claire Harvey Craig
Birth Date:8 February 1962
Birth Place:Scunthorpe
Workplaces:University of Oxford
University of Texas at Austin
McKinsey & Company
Education:Redland High School for Girls
University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Thesis Title:Numerical modelling of mantle convection and the geoid
Thesis Url:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.372867
Thesis Year:1985
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Claire Harvey Craig (born 1961) is a British geophysicist, civil servant and science communicator.[1] Since 2019, she has been Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford.

Education

Craig was educated at Redland High School for Girls and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences in 1982. In 1985, she was awarded a Ph.D. also from the University of Cambridge for research on numerical modelling of mantle convection and the geoid.[2] [3]

Career and research

Criag was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Texas at Austin from 1986 to 1987 and an associate at McKinsey & Company form 1997 to 1999. She served as director of Government Office for Science and later Chief Science Policy Officer at the Royal Society.[4] She serves as a member of the AI Council.[5]

In 2018 it was announced that she had been pre-elected to serve as the Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford from 2 August 2019; she is the first woman to hold the post.[6] In January 2024 it was announced that she would stand down as Provost during the next academic year.[7]

Awards and honours

Craig was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2006 Birthday Honours in recognition of her role in the development of Foresight, the government of the United Kingdom's scientific-based strategic futures program. In 2021 she received a Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Bath.[8]

Personal life

Craig married Christopher Diacopoulos in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Craig, Claire . How Does Government Listen to Scientists? . Springer International Publishing . 2019 . 978-3-319-96085-2 . 10.1007/978-3-319-96086-9 .
  2. PhD. University of Cambridge. Numerical modelling of mantle convection and the geoid. Claire Harvey. Craig. 1985. . cam.ac.uk. 59687204.
  3. Yvonne Craig Inskip . Yvonne Craig Inskip (NC 1955) – A family of women activists . Cambridge . Newnham College, Cambridge . 2015. 16 . 6 . 2 August 2019. Changing Lives .
  4. Web site: Claire Craig. 2018-10-19. royalsociety.org. Anon. 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20170908205538/https://royalsociety.org/people/claire-craig-9083/. 2017-09-08.
  5. Web site: The AI Council, an independent expert committee, provides advice to Government and high-level leadership of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem. gov.uk.
  6. Web site: The Queen’s College announces pre-election of its next Provost. 2018-10-19. The Queen's College.
  7. Web site: Announcement from the Provost . Queen's College, Oxford . 27 January 2024.
  8. Web site: O'Neill . Eamonn . Dr Claire H Craig: oration . . 18 June 2024.