Rika is Research Culture Manager at the University of Warwick and co-lead of the Research Professional Futures project, where she leads the Culture workstream. Her work focuses on improving research environments. At Warwick, she contributes to the University’s research culture strategy and initiatives, overseeing more than 120 grassroots projects through the Enhancing Research Culture fund. She also leads Warwick’s Interdisciplinary Research Spotlights programme team, supporting interdisciplinary capacity building across strategic themes.
Rika’s background is in biomedical research (PhD in Microbiology, Imperial College London), and she brings over a decade of experience in research project management and research development. She believes thriving research environments depend on diverse roles and contributions. She founded and leads the Research Culture Enablers Network (RCEN), an initiative of the National Centre for Research Culture that develops cross-institutional solutions to research culture challenges.

Rika works nationally and internationally to advance research culture and research professional careers, including as co-chair of the first International Research Culture Conference, PRISM Network committee member, co-investigator on a NERC-funded project widening access to research careers, advisory member on two Wellcome-funded projects, and co-lead of the Outreach workstream for the Precarity in Research Network.

Associate Director (Research Policy, Performance & Systems), Research & Impact Services

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I am a legal researcher and lecturer working at the intersection of international development law, human rights, and comparative family law, with a strong focus on the regulation of artificial intelligence.

• LLM in International Development Law and Human Rights from the University of Warwick, where his dissertation examined AI regulation from a legal and policy perspective, and a

• First-Class BA in International Relations and Applied Languages from Oxford Brookes University

My research interests include Islamic legal traditions and child protection, particularly the interaction between non-Western family-law institutions, such as kafala, and European legal and policy frameworks, as well as AI governance in contexts involving migration, access to justice, and rights protection.

He has experience working with civil society organisations, legal clinics, and public-sector institutions, and currently combines legal research with university-level teaching.

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toasting marshmallows since 2026

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Agent-based Modeller. Public Policy Enthusiast. I work at the intersection of these domains.