Linda Bedenik

Linda joined the BIA in October 2021 as Policy and Public Affairs Manager. She leads on R&D policy, engineering biology and intellectual property.

She previously worked as Policy Analyst at the National Centre for Universities and Business, where she was responsible for sourcing and analysing data on knowledge exchange, R&D, innovation and higher education skills in the UK. Prior to this, after finishing her MA in Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex in 2017, Linda joined IDFC Institute, a public policy focused think tank, as a researcher working on state-level public services delivery and rural health in India.