Professor Jennifer Rubin CBE is Chair of the King’s College London School for Government. She has led and funded large multidisciplinary, multi-country research institutes and programmes across academia, the public and non-profit sectors for over twenty years, receiving a CBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours for services to science and analysis.
In December 2025, Jennifer completed a five-year term as Home Office Director General, Science, Technology, Analysis and Research (STAR) and Home Office Chief Scientific Adviser. Before joining the Home Office, she was the Executive Chair of the Economic and Social Research Council, the UK’s largest funder of economic and social research. Prior to these roles, Jennifer built and led the justice and home affairs research programme at RAND Europe for 10 years and led the Policy Institute at King’s. She has significant experience advising Ministers, senior civil servants and heads of foundations, informing policy and operations with interdisciplinary research, and leading delegations to represent the UK in multinational fora.
Jennifer’s principal research interests have included migration, integration and intolerance; emerging technology and security; communities, crime and justice policy; and the intersections between public health and related areas such as violence, alcohol and drugs policy.
