Belinda is a diversity and inclusion leader specialising in research-informed transformational change. She was named among the top 50 diversity and inclusion leaders in the UK in 2023/24. She is the founder of the Halsden Centre (2024) and the Eleanor Glanville Institute (2016) and was the strategic lead for equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at the University of Lincoln (UK) for over 12 years (2012-24).

Belinda specialises in the development and evaluation of EDI strategies and interventions and their impact across the sector and has developed a range of sector-leading initiatives for the support and sustained career development of female academics in STEM disciplines.  Her sector-leading approach to contemporary EDI brings the scientific method into the EDI space and is founded on the need to ask questions, to challenge, to seek solutions, to look for evidence of change, and to measure impact.

She is highly experienced in delivering accessible EDI research that draws on the lived experience of stakeholders. Her research-informed approach to EDI transforms policy and EDI practice across businesses, organisations and government, leading to greater productivity, creativity, and positive social impact. Belinda is an established research leader, PhD programme director, facilitator of large multi-centre and multi-disciplinary collaborative research projects, and an experienced team builder. She is the Director of the EPSRC ASPIRE programme, which aims to deliver a web-based platform for building effective EDI strategies towards inclusive environments and measuring the success (impact) of inclusion initiatives in terms of changing attitudes and behaviours.