Jamie is a Senior Researcher at Demos and head of the Radicalisation and Subversion Programme. His primary research interests lie in terrorism, radical and extremist movements, Islamism and violent extremism, organised crime, and gang related activity.
Jamie's primary research interests are:
· Terrorism
· Radicalisation and extremism
· Understanding the role of group dynamics and peer pressure
· Social cohesion and social and welfare policy
Jamie heads the Radicalisation and Subversion programme which will be looking at a range of anti-social behaviour (gang culture, knife crime, violent extremism) and researching their micro-cultures - the norms, attitudes, and incentives - by which they operate, and which is key to working out how to stop people getting involved. It will be based on original and innovative ethnographic research, new polling data and psychological scenario testing. From this we will both deepen our understanding of this phenomena and develop innovative and practical approaches.
Jamie has recently completed a major ESRC/Public Safety Canada funded project on the relationship between non-violent and violent extremism entitled On the Edge of Violence? based on two years of in-depth field research across Europe and Canada which compares terrorists and non-terrorists. He is also currently working on projects related to mosque governance, mentoring programmes, and North African migration in France. He has worked with governm ents internationally on a range of social and welfare policy issues.
Prior to working for Demos, Jamie was a research associate at the international humanitarian agency Islamic Relief and conducted field research in Pakistan and Bangladesh, an advisor for Cambridge University professor Dr. Noreena Hertz, and a researcher/communications officer for UNESCO in Paris.
Jamie holds an M.Sc from the London School of Economics with distinction in International Development Management, an M.St from Oxford University with distinction in research methodology, and a first-class BA in Modern History from the University of Southampton. Jamie speaks fluent French and good classical Arabic.
Public service reform is one of the major preoccupations of the three main parties in the run up to the next general election. In fact they all seem to be heading in a similar direction: greater citizen involvement in design and delivery; more local decision making, better freedom for front line-staff, combined with greater efficiency.
A Constitution for Social Care sets out a fair settlement between social care users and society.
This pamphlet warns against 'salami slicing' style budget cuts, and recommends that amidst a recession, local government and public service providers can save money and deliver better services by focusing on prevention, personalisation, and collaboration.
As part of Demos' Progressive Coservatism project, Leading from the Front argues that public sector reform must empower frontline staff to create empowered citizens and improved public service provision.
This pamphlet looks at how personal budgets will impact the social and health care market, what prospective budget holders know and think about personal budgets, how they would spend it and what difficulties they envisage.
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This project looks at the relationship between violent and non-violent radicalisation by mapping the flow of ideas, people and money through violent and non-violent radical groups.
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Counter terrorism policy is increasingly about preventing violent extremism before it arises but we are still a long way from understanding what that appeal is. This think-piece explores some explanations which are often overlooked.
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The Participative Public Services project will explore how to make participative, person-centred approaches to social care the norm over the next three to five years.
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This research is takes a fresh look at government efficiency through types of reform that transform public services: personalisation, prevention, and collaboration.
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Demos has partnered with two leading charities, the Multiple Sclerosis Society and Leonard Cheshire Disability, to create A Constitution for Social Care. As the government plans an overhaul of social care in 2009, we wished to investigate a series of outstanding issues and fundamental flaws in the current system.
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