The BSR is a registered charity in England and Wales, and members of the Council are its trustees. Charity law imposes a number of specific duties on all charity trustees. In essence these are:

• A duty of compliance with the charity’s objects, its governing documents and all relevant legislation and regulation.

• A duty of care, to ensure that the charity is well run and efficient and that professional advice is sought in order to manage risk.

• A duty of prudence in respect of managing the charity’s assets.

The terms of reference for the Council can be viewed here .

Under the Bye-Laws of the BSR, the Council of the BSR is entitled to appoint such faculties and/or advisory committees as it believes to be desirable to assist in the discharge of its tasks.

These include:
- Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of the Fine Arts

The current members of the Council are shown below.

Mr Mark Getty (Chair)
Mr Bob Allies
Mr Colin Blackmore
Professor Edward Chambers
Mr Alan Gibbins (Honorary Treasurer)
Ms Charlotte Higgins
Mr Ian Hodgson (Deputy Chair)
Mr Christopher Prentice
Ms Heather Stewart
Professor Daniel Sturgis
Mr Rohan Surana
Professor Roey Sweet (Chair)
Ms Suzanna Taverne
Professor Beth Williamson

The Council has established the Faculty of the Fine Arts (‘FFA’) to assist it in its commitment to the study of architecture and contemporary art practices.

The duties of the Faculty are to:

1. select the recipients of BSR awards within the remit of the FFA;

2. provide a forum for advice to, and a possible consulting source for, both the Council in the formulation of policy and the Director of the BSR in carrying it out;

3. provide a representative academic and artistic forum to help validate and promote the work of the BSR;

4. consider the Director’s proposals for BSR Research Fellows;

5. undertake such other advisory functions as may be specified by the Council from time to time; and

6. provide critical appraisal of the awards in terms of their present and future status.

The terms of reference of the Faculty can be found here .

The current members of the Faculty are shown below.

Professor Daniel Sturgis Chair C
Mr Nathan Clements-Gillespie
Professor Mick Finch
Ms Cornelia Grassi
Ms Oona Grimes
Ms Carmen Juliá
Mr Priyesh Mistry
Ms Clare Morris
Mr Claudio Pestana
Ms Habda Rashid
Professor Andrew Stahl (Abbey Council representative)
Dr Zoé Whitley

C = member of Council

The duties of the Faculty are to:

1. select the recipients of BSR awards within the remit of the FAHL;

2. provide a forum for advice to, and a possible consulting source for, both the Council in the formulation of policy and the Director of the BSR in carrying it out;

3. provide an academic forum to help validate and promote the work of the BSR;

4. advise the Council and the Director on publication policy, the publications programme and the validation of the academic publications of the BSR;

5. recommend to Council for consideration the FAHL’s nominations for the posts of the Editor of the PBSR, the Chair of Publications and the Chair of Archaeology;

6. consider the Director’s proposals for BSR Research Fellows; and

7. undertake such other advisory functions as may be specified by the Council from time to time.

The terms of reference of the Faculty can be found here.

The current members of the Faculty are shown below.

Professor Roey Sweet (Chair) C
Professor Barbara Borg (Chair of Publications)
Professor Guy Bradley
Professor Alison Cooley (Co-Editor of PBSR)
Professor Flora Dennis
Professor Derek Duncan
Professor Caroline Goodson
Professor Ian Haynes (Chair of Archaeology)
Dr Marco Iuliano
Dr Simon Malloch
Prof. Florian Mussgnug
Ms Lara Pucci
Dr Valeria Vitale

C = member of Council

The BSR’s Faculty of Architecture (effective from 1 September 2022) was established as a third faculty to sit alongside the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters and the Faculty of the Fine Arts.

The duties of the Faculty of Architecture are to:

1. select the recipients of BSR architecture awards;

2. provide a forum for advice and a possible source of consultancies both to the Council in the formulation of policy and to the Director of the BSR in carrying it out;

3. provide a representative academic/practice forum to help validate and defend the work of the BSR;

4. consider the Director’s proposals for BSR Research Fellows;

5. undertake such other advisory functions as may be specified by the Council from time to time;

6. provide critical appraisal of the architectural awards in terms of their present and future status.

Membership of the Faculty will normally be for a period of five years, and will be selected by open invitation. The current members are listed below.

The terms of reference of the Faculty can be found here .

Mr Bob Allies (Chair) C
Mr Tim Bell
Dr Guido Beltramini
Ms Denise Bennetts
Dr Marco Iuliano (FAHL representative)
Dr MaryAnne Stevens

C = member of Council

The BSR’s governing body is its Council. It is assisted in its duties by the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters, the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of the Fine Arts.

There are no current opportunities available.

These policies relate to the Governance of the British School at Rome (the “BSR”), as specified by its Council. They may be amended by the Council of the BSR from time to time as it deems appropriate, for example in order to incorporate statutory and regulatory changes or in line with best practice.

You will find all relevant policy documents to the right.

Code of Conduct
BSR Whistleblowing Policy
BSR Safeguarding Policy
BSR Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy
BSR Dignity at Work Policy
BSR Anti-Bribery Policy
BSR Financial Statements

The Strategic Plan for the British School at Rome sets out our strategic objectives and is part of our governance process.

The artist Bridget Riley with the Bridget Riley Fellows: Catriona Gallagher 2023, Barbara Walker 2022+2020, Lara Smithson 2022, Milly Peck 2021, Phoebe Boswell 2019, Oona Grimes 2018, Sinta Tantra 2017. Photo by Antonio Masiello/Getty Images, 2023