Janet Snow (International Coordinator WASD) UK

Janet Snow worked at the University of Sussex for 28 years, giving administrative support to research groups and students, mostly research students across the school. At Sussex, she worked exclusive for the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), in various roles including supporting several research units, administration for the research degree programme, and full administration for the Business and Management single honours undergraduate programme. With the formation of School of Business, Management and Economics (BMEc) in 2009, her role was initially to support the researchers across the school; she also supported the research degree students in all areas of their studies. With the growth of the school, she then transferred her role to solely the research students, but also included administration of the Visiting Fellow programme, Training and Guided Study (TAGS programme, and Health and Safety administration across the school. Mrs Snow has proofread and prepared several books for camera ready copy, over 50 research degree theses, and numerous MSc dissertations. She has also organised many national and international conferences. These included the SPRU 25th Anniversary conference, and NickFest – in recognition of Professor Nick von Tunzelmann’s contribution to science and technology policy.

She became more involved with WASD when she left the University in 2016 and is now International Co-Ordinator for WASD conferences and International Editor for all WASD publications. Janet has a passion for sustainability and is concerned that first world countries are still exploiting third world countries to attain their own sustainability, what she has come to call the ‘over there’ mentality – the ecological destruction is ‘over there’, cannot be seen so does not seem to matter. She is a strong believer in women’s rights and equality. She was asked ‘What would you tell your younger self?’; the response, never let yourself be told that you cannot do something; you might not be able to, but you will never know if you do not try.