Dr Juan Pablo Winter is Y-PERN Policy Fellow for Hull, East Yorkshire & the Humber, and facilitates academic policy and community engagement in the region.
Juan is responsible for…
Engaging community groups with academics and policymakers to drive sustainable transformations in the region. In so doing, Juan recognises and respects the ethics and responsibility of facilitating community engagement and building trust and long-term relationships with various stakeholders.
Juan’s most looking forward to…
Developing and facilitating academic policy and community engagement in Hull, East Yorkshire & the Humber and reflecting on how these relationships/initiatives can have broader, deeper, and lasting change. Ultimately, Juan looks forward to promoting a research culture that is more collaborative, needs-led and responsible.
Key areas of focus for Juan are…
Community projects addressing flood, water, and coastal erosion issues in Hull and East Riding. He is also working collaboratively with policymakers and people with lived experience in the Poverty Truth Commission, evaluating underlying issues that create poverty, and exploring creative ways of addressing them. Additionally, he is partnering with Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) stakeholders to assess their requirements concerning the integration of systems and services.
As part of his role, he has been actively involved in the IDEAS Fund. This project builds on relational engagement between researchers and communities. It aims to shift power and change university processes, narratives, and ethics towards a more inclusive and community-led approach to research.
Juan is also a representative of several Knowledge Exchange teams across the University of Hull, including the Knowledge Exchange Concordat Steering Group, the Public Engagement Task & Finish Group, and, most recently, the University Devolution Team that has been set up to engage with the devolution deal process in Hull and East Riding.
Juan joins us with a background in…
Political science, international development, and participatory action research. For the last 15 years, Juan has developed a career in public policy, community engagement and social change in Chile, South Africa, and the UK. Before joining Y-PERN, his last post was as a PDRA on an NHIR-funded research project on Adult Social Care in the UK. His role was to enhance collaboration and facilitate communities of practice between academics, practitioners, and people with lived experience.
