Dr Jenny Knell is an EU research manager at University College Dublin, where she specialises in the development and implementation of large-scale collaborative research projects. She has a wide range of experience working across the Horizon Europe programme, notably in Pillar 2 and ERC.
Jenny currently manages an ERC Advanced Grant in the field of digital humanities and previously managed the Horizon 2020 project PERITIA – Policy, Expertise and Trust in Action which investigated the level and conditions of public trust in expert advice on policy matters.
Her professional background spans higher education institutions in the US, UK and Ireland. Jenny previously has held research support roles in the UCD EU Research Office and the UCD Institute for Discovery, an incubator providing expertise and support for emerging and early stage interdisciplinary research. She holds a PhD in Film and Cultural Studies.