UK Anthropometrists Network (UKANthro)

The UK Anthropometrists Network (UKANthro) is a growing professional community designed to connect anthropometrists across the United Kingdom, spanning disciplines, sectors, and career stages. The network aims to strengthen the UK anthropometry landscape by encouraging collaboration, sharing opportunities, and fostering open exchange of ideas, knowledge, and best practice.

Anthropometry underpins work across a wide range of fields, including sport and exercise science, health, ergonomics, product design, nutrition, human performance, clinical practice, and emerging technologies such as 3D body imaging. UKANthro provides a shared space for professionals and researchers working in these diverse areas to connect, learn from one another, and build meaningful collaborations.

The network is led by Dr Alice Bullas (Sheffield Hallam University) and is intentionally inclusive, welcoming anyone with a professional or research interest in anthropometry, from early career practitioners to established academics and industry specialists. UKANthro is a managed community, ensuring discussions remain focused, respectful, and valuable for all members.

Get involved

There are two main ways to engage with UKANthro:

• LinkedIn Group – for professional discussion, sharing research, events, funding calls, training, and job opportunities: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/18464012/
• WhatsApp Group – for more informal, real-time communication, networking, and quick sharing of ideas and opportunities: https://chat.whatsapp.com/DaOG1ljUY6Q06k0ztP1iwb

By joining UKANthro, members become part of a connected UK-wide community working together to advance anthropometry across research, practice, and innovation.

UKANthro is not intended to compete with, replace, or duplicate the vital work of standards organisations (such as BSI, CEN, ISO, or IEEE) or accreditation bodies and professional communities (including ISAK). These organisations play an essential role in setting standards, accreditation, and governance within anthropometry, and UKANthro actively encourages engagement and involvement with them. Instead, UKANthro exists as a UK‑focused, cross‑disciplinary networking community, providing a neutral and inclusive space for anthropometrists from all sectors and backgrounds to connect—particularly those who may not otherwise come together through discipline‑specific or standards‑led forums. The network is intended to complement, not compete with, existing structures by strengthening connections across the wider UK anthropometry ecosystem.