Declarations of Interest

Over the past six years (to 2026), Professor Blakemore has held the following interests and activities. Some of these roles involved remuneration, including travel expenses, honoraria and/or consultancy fees.

Professor Blakemore has received research funding from Wellcome, the MRC, MRC South Africa, the Jacobs Foundation, the Wellspring Foundation and the University of Cambridge.

She has provided expert advice to UK charities, legal organisations in the UK and USA, and the UK Government.

She is the author of two books on the brain, education and learning.

She has given talks in state and independent schools, at education conferences, and for education organisations and other public, private (including Sanofi) and third-sector organisations. 

During this period, Professor Blakemore was or is a member of the Rethinking Assessment group; the Steering Committee of the Cambridge Centre of Science Policy; the UK Government Department for Education's Education and Outcomes Panel-C Study Technical Advisory Group; the Singapore Government National Research Foundation Scientific Advisory Board; the Singapore Government Human Potential Scientific Advisory Board; the Times Education Commission; the UK Bar Council working group on the minimum age of criminal responsibility; and various grant panels and committees for Brain, the Royal Society, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the British Academy.