...however, I am not leaving Wales (I still live in Newport!), and I very much look forward to staying closely connected across Wales, the South West, Westminster, UK, and beyond!
That said, this move is also a bit bittersweet. I’ve spent my entire post-PhD academic career in the Welsh higher education system, most recently at Swansea University, and Wales has shaped both my professional values and my wider work across the research-policy-practice interface.
…I’m really excited about working with colleagues across the University of Bristol on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of digital technology/AI, society, education and public policy, and to continue connecting academic work with real-world government and policy challenges.
2026 job news: alongside my role as Chief Scientific Adviser for DCMS, I'll be joining the University of Bristol in the New Year as Professor of Digital Society and Policy, based in the School of Education and working closely with the Bristol Digital Futures Institute...
Delighted to announce that I have been appointed Chief Scientific Adviser at UK Government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport — very much looking forward to working with colleagues and stakeholders across the wider DCMS portfolio:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/professor-tom-crick-joins-dcms-as-chief-scientific-adviser
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