Katya Amott is Vice President Education at the Edinburgh University Students’ Association for the 2025/2026 Academic Year. Her main priorities are ensuring that students’ academic experience is not only protected, but improved. This includes tackling the awarding gap, advocating for better transparency in university communication with students, and supporting interdisciplinary learning. Katya recently graduated with a MA Hons in Russian Studies.

Jana is a 4th year Politics student, and as Woman Liberation Officer this year she's focused on creating ore leadership opportunities for women and improving mental health and wellbeing support, particularly for survivors of gender-based violence. She's also keen to work on intersectional issues.

Dr Zubin Mistry is a Lecturer in Early Medieval European History. He is a historian of early medieval Europe between 500 and 1000 whose work focuses in particular on reproduction.

His research uses topics like abortion and infertility to think about religious beliefs, legal regimes, political culture and medical practice.

Zubin was the interim Associate Director for Semester 1 of 2025/26, whilst Wannes Dupont was on research leave.

Dr Kaveri Qureshi is one of the Co-Directors of GENDER.ED and a Senior Lecturer at the Global Health Policy Unit, which lies within Social Policy at the School of Social and Political Science.