course director

Dr Ben Walker

Ben Received his PhD in Philosophy from the UEA in 2012, where he is an honorary research fellow. He is the lead tutor and founder of the Crito Project.

Crito tutor

Jack Manzi

Jack is a final-year PhD student of philosophy at the University of East Anglia, working on maieutic methods of inquiry in the philosophical works of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Plato. He joined the tutor team in 2019.

Chair of Board of Trustees

Dr Tom Greaves

Tom completed his PhD in 2007 at Warwick University and moved to the UEA in 2008. His research and teaching focus on philosophical traditions and methods that address the breadth and diversity of our lived experience of the natural world, including aesthetic, ethical, political and historical perspectives. He has served on the Board of Trustees since 2018.

trustee

Prof Liam Dolan FRS

Liam was elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) in 2009. After eleven years at the University of Oxford he joined the Gregor Mendel Institute as a Senior Group Leader in 2020. Liam is academic advisor for the Crito Project. He served as Chair of the Board of Trustees 2018-2021.

trustee

Georgie Oatley

Georgie studied filmmaking at Norwich University of the Arts, graduating in 2014 and works in digital marketing and communications. Georgie has served on the Board of Trustees since 2018.

trustee

Mollie Holden-Oates

A graduate of the UEA, Mollie worked for a number of years as a teacher in secondary schools before becoming a reform manager in the public sector. Mollie joined the Board in 2021.

Lead crito researcher

Dr Rob Lock

Rob is an HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist, currently based in Grenoble and Oxford. He is involved in research with the charity Combat Stress, looking at Post-traumatic Growth in veterans. Rob and Ben are co-authoring two research papers on the Crito Project's methods and efficacy.