Delivery team Facilitators Board of trustees Champions

  • Professor Alison Gopnik

    Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, USA

    Professor Alison Gopnik delivered the inaugural Institute of Imagination lecture: watch the lecture on YouTube

  • Dame Mary Marsh

    Founding Chief Executive of the Clore Social Leadership Programme, 2008 – 2015, Former Chief Executive of the NSPCC, Non-Executive Director of HSBC Bank plc

  • Michael Morpurgo OBE

    Author, playwright and former Children’s Laureate

  • Sir Ken Robinson (2015 - 2020)

    Author, speaker and international adviser on education and creativity, Sir Ken had been Patron of the Institute since early 2014. His encouragement and ideas were a constant source of inspiration for us, and he was so generous with his time and energy. Together with many in the cultural and education sectors, we will be working to take forward the values and principles which Sir Ken championed so effectively, but in particular that which defines us as humans – our power to imagine.

    Here, Sir Ken Robinson shares his thoughts on the power of imagination and launch of our Imagination Lab: watch the video on YouTube

  • Mark Wallinger

    Artist and Turner Prize winner

    “How are we developing our imaginations in this increasingly mediated, screen-based sedentary world, where play is a button to press? Our aim is to restore a sense of wonder at life’s possibilities; enabling people to discover things about themselves that they wouldn’t find in any other way.”

  • Professor Mick Waters

    Professor of Education, President of the Curriculum Foundation