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Amanda Jane Blatch-Jones

Visiting Senior Fellow 

A.J.Blatch-Jones@soton.ac.uk

Visiting Senior Fellow, RoRI and Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Health and Care Research Coordinating Centre (Centre for Business Intelligence – Insight & Evaluation)

Amanda Blatch-Jones is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), based at the University of Southampton.

With over 15 years of experience in Research on Research, she is passionate about open research practices, transparency, and enhancing research funding practices. She had led multiple projects exploring how funders can enhance their practices to ensure research is appropriately reported, proportionately monitored, and demonstrates both the value of investment and real-world impact.

She works collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders, serves on several research advisory and steering groups, and contributes as an editor and peer reviewer for several academic journals.