Dr Naomi Billingsley 

Naomi is The Courtauld’s Research Manager, with oversight of all research management functions, including:

• Cradle to grave grant development and management;
• Working closely with the Dean for Research on research policy, strategy and governance (including preparations for REF);
• Supporting the Impact and Evaluation Manager in oversight of research impact activity.

Naomi works across the Institute: with research staff in History of Art and Conservation, with the Gallery, the Library and professional staff across operational areas. She is keen to champion and support all colleagues’ contributions to the Institute’s research environment.

Naomi engages actively in specialist and national networks and initiatives to inform broader research policy and best practice developments. She is particularly interested in voicing the perspective of a small, specialist institution in these spaces, and exploring ways to support research-producing non-academic staff.

Prior to joining The Courtauld in September 2023, Naomi worked in the Research Development team at the British Library for 3.5 years, including 10 months as Interim Head of Research Development. In this role, Naomi oversaw key advancements in research governance, and development of the Library’s successful bid in AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships Round Four programme.

Before her career in research management, Naomi completed a PhD on William Blake’s images of Christ, was a researcher in residence in the Diocese of Chichester, and held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the John Rylands Research Institute at the University of Manchester.

As Research Manager at The Courtauld, Naomi brings together her professional expertise and earlier academic interests in visual culture, and enjoys still getting to see St Pancras Station from Vernon Square.