Dorotea Deshishku (MSc)

Project Manager

Biography

Background

Dorotea Deshishku is a Project Manager at the Roslin Institute, currently leading the BBSRC-funded EDImetrics research project examining mechanisms for evidencing and reporting research culture in eight bioscience institutes across the UK. Her work involves comprehensive stakeholder engagement, mixed-methods research design and collaborative solution development with over 105 participants from Institute Directors to early-career researchers.

Before joining the University of Edinburgh, Dorotea served as a Policy Advisor leading state youth policy reform initiatives including writing new legislation and developing strategic development programmes valued at €7.7M. She holds an MSc in Development Studies with distinction from the University of Glasgow, where she received the Adam Smith Scholar Award of Excellence, and a BSc in Business from Minerva University in San Francisco, USA.

Dorotea is a PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner and Change Management Practitioner. She is involved in university governance, serving on the University Research Cultures Forum, Easter Bush Campus EDI Committee, Campus Culture and Engagement Committee and CMVM Research Cultures Collaboration. 

Dorotea has also been leading a poverty alleviation project in Kosovo since 2013 on a volunteer basis.   

Qualifications

University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School (Development Studies, MSc, with distinction)

Minerva University (Business, BSc)

Riga Graduate School of Law (EU Law and Economics, 6-week programme)

PRINCE2 Project Management Practitioner

APMG Change Management Practitioner

Advanced Dialogue Facilitator

Recipient of the Adam Smith Scholar Award of Excellence

Responsibilities & affiliations

University of Edinburgh Research Cultures Forum

Easter Bush Campus EDI Committee

Easter Bush Campus Culture and Engagement Committee

CMVM Research Cultures Collaboration

Conference details

Connecting Research Cultures Conference 2025 (Norwich, England) 

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