The WSI Academic Advisory board was set up to bring together expertise across the University to establish interdisciplinary approaches to pressing sociotechnical research challenges that, in turn, support industry, government and the third sector.
| Professor Leslie Carr (Chair) Head of WAIS Group, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences |
| Professor George Attard Pro-Vice Chancellor (Interdisciplinary Research), Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences |
| Dr Christian Bokhove Associate Professor in Mathematics Education, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Dr Vadim Grinevich Director of the Faculty Graduate School, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Professor Dame Wendy Hall WSI Executive Director |
| Dr Thomas Irvine Associate Professor in Music, Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Professor Will Jennings Professor of Political Science & Public Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Professor Pauline Leonard Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Professor Anneke Lucassen Professor of Clinical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine |
| Dr Tiejun Ma Associate Professor in Risk Decision Analytics, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Professor David Martin Professor of Geography, Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences |
| Dr William McNeill Lecturer in Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Professor Sunil Manghani Professor of Theory, Practice & Critique, Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Dr Ajit Nayak Associate Professor of Strategy, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Professor Timothy J Norman Head of AIC Group, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences |
| Mr David Anthony Rew Consultant General Surgeon, University Hospital of Southampton |
| Dr Matthew Ryan Lecturer in Governance & Public Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Professor Joanna Sofaer Professor of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| Professor Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon Professor in Information Technology Law and Data Governance, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Dr Ben Waterson Lecturer in Transportation, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences |
| Dr Mark Weal Director of the CDT in Web Science Innovation, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences |