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Dan Leighton

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Telephone: +44 (0)207 367 6318
Email: dan.leighton@demos.co.uk

Daniel Leighton was the Head of the Public Interest Programme at Demos. He currently works for Lord Glasman.

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Daniel joined Demos in June 2009. Prior to that he was a researcher for the Young Foundation, and carried out research for the Power Inquiry’s investigation into the causes and remedies for popular disengagement with formal politics. He also worked for a political communications consultancy and was an associate partner with policy research consultancy Research Republic.

Daniel is co-editor, with Stuart White, of Building a Citizen Society in 2008, a collection of pieces on applying Civic Republican thought to policy issues. He is also Contributing Editor for the Social Democratic Journal, where he has edited themed issues on consumerism, citizenship and the new commons. He is particularly interested in exploring the application of republican political philosophy to public policy, democratic reform and the workplace.

Daniel holds a degree in politics from the University of Leeds.

Service Nation

Authors: Sonia Sodha, Dan Leighton
Publication Date: 2009-12-06
Publication Type: Pamphlet

Civic service comes from the idea that individuals have a duty to their fellow citizens. In this report Sonia Sodha and Dan Leighton set out a clear set of policy proposals for introducing civic service in the UK. It argues for bottom-up civic service that starts at an early age and continues throughout citizen's lives.

The Power Gap

Authors: Dan Leighton
Publication Date: 2009-12-17
Publication Type: Report

A new way to measure power in twenty-first century Britain.

Measuring Social Value

Authors: Dan Leighton, Claudia Wood
Publication Date: 2010-07-02
Publication Type: Pamphlet

Demos publishes 'Measuring Social Value', a new report examining how third sector organisations demonstrate their value.

Open Economics

Authors: Dan Leighton, Max Wind-Cowie
Publication Date: 2011-02-10
Publication Type: Pamphlet

Open Economics is the first step to rebalancing the power of economic expertise in public life. It considers reforms that work towards consensus and public engagement in economic debate.

Back to the Future

Authors: Dan Leighton
Publication Date: 2011-01-31
Publication Type: Pamphlet

This pamphlet reports on the Young People's Convention on the Deficit that Demos hosted before the spending review, and finds that young people urgently need a transfer of political capital.

Reinventing the Workplace

Authors: Dan Leighton, Tom Gregory
Publication Date: 2011-07-19
Publication Type: Pamphlet

This pamphlet discusses the benefits of flexible working for both employers and employees.

Economic Literacy

Dan Leighton, Jen Lexmond

The health of the economy has a profound effect on our lives. Too often, however, the economy is experienced as something that happens to us, rather than something we are part of. Few speak the language of the ‘dismal science’, and this impacts negatively on our democratic public life. Demos’ Economic Literacy project will probe this ‘democratic deficit’ in economic life.

Youth Civic Service

Sonia Sodha, Dan Leighton

In recent months there have been many proposals to create a youth civic service. But what should such a scheme try to achieve? What should it look like? And what are the views of young people themselves?

A People's Inquiry into Personal Information

Peter Bradwell, Dan Leighton

This project will feature a 'People's Inquiry' to explore people's attitudes to the use of their personal information. It will use the outcomes from the deliberative groups to develop practical ideas for matching public expectations and personal information policy.