'I am delighted to join the Digital Futures Institute as the new Director of Research. I look forward to developing a cross-college research strategy that amplifies and connects the breadth of digital research across King's. By fostering strong interactions between the health, human, social and technology domains, we can create new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation and impact, helping to address some of society's most pressing challenges.
Dr Marco Davare, Reader in Neurophysiology, Director of Research, Digital Futures Institute
14 July 2026
Dr Marco Davare joins Digital Futures Institute as Director of Research
Dr Marco Davare will lead the Institute’s research strategy and develop opportunities for research collaborations.
The Digital Futures Institute has appointed Dr Marco Davare as the new Director of Research.
In this role, Dr Davare succeeds Professor Steven Connor, who has led the research strand since the Institute was established in 2023.
The Director of Research is key to delivering the mission of the Digital Futures Institute to connect, convene and collaborate with researchers across the nine faculties of King’s to create and amplify work where people meet technology.
In his new role, Dr Marco Davare will lead the Institute’s Fellowship scheme in relation to research, as well as the Institute’s wider research strategy; support the work of the Research Centres; and represent the Institute internally and externally to develop opportunities for research collaborations.
Dr Marco Davare is a Reader in Neurophysiology at King’s College London. His current research interests sit at the interface between movement neurophysiology and cognitive neuroscience.
He has a BSc in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation from Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain, Belgium), an MSc in Biomedical Sciences and obtained a PhD in Neurosciences in 2008 (UCLouvain). Dr Davare then joined the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, as a Wellcome-funded post-doctoral fellow. In 2012, he was awarded a prestigious BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship and built his first lab combining non-invasive brain stimulation and virtual reality environments for studying brain mechanisms underpinning sensorimotor control of skilled hand movements. He then moved to KU Leuven (Belgium) as Associate Professor, funded by an FWO Odysseus programme. In 2019, he co-founded a Digital Health and Smart Technologies research centre, sourcing UKRI World Class Laboratories funds at Brunel University of London. Dr Davare joined King’s in 2022.
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Reader in Neurophysiology