Charlotte Scott is Director of Knowledge at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and Professor emeritus of Shakespeare Studies at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

She has published extensively on Shakespeare, including three monographs for Oxford University Press, and numerous articles and book chapters.

She has a ferocious commitment to social justice with a particular emphasis on women in the criminal justice system, neurodiversity, those who have experienced gender based violence and educational poverty.

She works across the sector, through education, arts, heritage, policy and advisory roles. Her most recent edited collection Nature/Natural (Arden, 2024) examines many of these issues in relation to both culture and theory.