Dr Sarah Hartley

Sarah Hartley is a Professor of Technology Governance at the University of Exeter Business School, Director fo the newly established Centre for Resoponsible Innovation and a Co-Director of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Environmental Intelligence. She is an interdisciplinary social scientist specialising in the governance of emerging biotechnologies and AI with a focus on stakeholder engagement and knowledge co-production, and a world-leading expert on gene drive technology governance.

She is involved in these current projects (details of previous projects can be seen on the Research Interests tab):

Co-Investigator, Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) (2025-2028) Cultivating responsible innovation for plant synthetic genomics through experimental governance. £1.8 million. PI Dr Rob Smith (Edinburgh)

Co-Investigator, British Academy. (2025). Visiting Fellowship for Dr Samba Diarra. Stakeholder engagement with gene drive mosquitoes for malaria control in Mali. £31k. PI Dr Samba Diarra (University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako-Mali)

Co-Investigator Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. (2025-2030). 3D Nanoscale Metamaterials Hub for a Sustainable Future. £12.5 million. PI Professor Alastair Hibbins (Exeter)

Co-Investigator, UK Research and Innovation. (2024). (Management) Social Science in Engineering Biology. Consulting contract. £17k. PI Dr Eleanor Hadley Kershaw (Exeter)

Co-Investigator, Economic and Social Research Council (2022-2027). Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science (ACCESS), £6 million. PI Patrick Devine-Wright (Exeter)

Co-Investigator, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (2021-2026) The DIGIT Lab, £12.6 million. PI Professor Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen (Exeter)

Co-PI, University of British Columbia Okanagan - University of Exeter Catalyst Grant (2024-2025). AI Literacy. £16,000. Co-PI Professor Wendy Wong (UBCO)