Dr Jamie Lachman
Global Parenting Initiative Lead Principal Investigator
Dr Jamie M. Lachman is the Lead Principal Investigator of the Global Parenting Initiative, and leads the Evaluate theme. He is a Senior Research and Teaching Fellow in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford Department.
He has over 20 years of experience developing, testing, and scaling up family and parenting programmes to reduce violence against children and improve child wellbeing in low- and middle-income countries. A co-founder of Parenting for Lifelong Health, the digital and in-person programmes and resources that Jamie has co-developed have reached over 210 million beneficiaries in 198 countries and territories.
He is also a storyteller, banjo-player, songwriter, facilitator, and clown. Dedicated to promoting our human capacity for peace and laughter, Jamie strives to live each day fully with compassion and amazement.
