Jenny Hasenfuss is Institute Administrator in the Newcastle University Institute for Social Renewal. which is a cross-disciplinary research Institute focused upon addressing the challenge “How do people, communities and society thrive in times of rapid transformational change”. 

As Institute Administrator Jenny works with academics to meet the Institute objectives and to support the Newcastle University Mission to be to be 'a world class civic university'. Key areas of work include liaison with internal and external stakeholders, communication and dissemination of research, collation of resources on engaged research and project management of key strategic Institute projects. Her career to date includes roles in University external engagement, delivery of regeneration projects and multi-agency working.