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Jamie Bartlett

Head of the Violence and Extremism Programme

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Telephone
020 7367 4200
Email
jamie.bartlett@demos.co.uk

Jamie is Head of the Violence and Extremism Programme. His primary research interests lie in terrorism, radicalisation and extremism, conspiracy theories and integration policy.

Jamie's primary research interests are:

  • Terrorism
  • Radicalisation and extremism
  • Conspiracy theories 
  • Integration policy 

Jamie heads the Violence and Extremism Programme which looks at a range of anti-social behaviour (gang culture, knife crime, violent extremism) and researches the norms, attitudes, and incentives by which they operate. The programme outputs are all based on generating new primary research in this area, often by interviewing and spending time with people in these groups.   

Jamie has recently completed a major ESRC/Public Safety Canada funded project on the relationship between non-violent and violent extremism entitled The Edge of Violence based on two years of in-depth field research across Europe and Canada which compared Islamist terrorists and peaceful Islamist radicals. He is currently leading a major comparative research project of far-right groups across 12 European countries. He is also working on projects relating conspiracy theories, the role of faith in Britain today, and critical thinking skills on the Internet.  He advises a number of international government agencies and related groups in relation to terrorism and extremism, and is a frequent commentator in national and international media outlets.

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. Jamie holds Masters Degrees from the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford.  Jamie is an expert in research methods, and speaks fluent French and good classical Arabic.

 

 

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Agile Government: A Provocation Paper
Authors
Jamie Bartlett
Publication Date
2007-09-18

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Making It Personal
Authors
Charles Leadbeater, Jamie Bartlett, Niamh Gallagher
Publication Date
2008-01-18
Publication Type
Pamphlet

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Towards Agile Government
Authors
Jamie Bartlett
Publication Date
2008-10-13
Publication Type
Report

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.

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A Constitution for Social Care
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Silvia Guglielmi, Silvia Guglielmi
Publication Date
2009-02-04
Publication Type
Pamphlet

A Constitution for Social Care sets out a fair settlement between social care users and society.

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Constitution for Social Care
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Silvia Guglielmi
Publication Date
2009-02-04
Publication Type
Report

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Getting More for Less
Authors
Jamie Bartlett
Publication Date
2009-07-28
Publication Type
Pamphlet

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.

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Leading from the Front
Authors
Jonty Olliff-Cooper, Max Wind-Cowie, Jamie Bartlett
Publication Date
2009-09-22
Publication Type
Pamphlet

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.

 

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At Your Service
Authors
Jamie Bartlett
Publication Date
2009-10-28
Publication Type
Report

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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The Edge of Violence
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell
Publication Date
2010-04-16
Publication Type
Report

This report compares violent and non-violent radicals looking at their behaviour, the appeal of the al-Qaeda narrative and the role of governments and communities in responding.

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From Suspects to Citizens
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell
Publication Date
2010-07-20
Publication Type
Report

This report makes recommendations for the forthcoming review of the Government's 'Preventing Violent Extremism' programme.

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The Power of Unreason
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Carl Miller
Publication Date
2010-08-27
Publication Type
Pamphlet

The Power of Unreason, the first in a series of reports by Demos on emerging themes in extremism and terrorism, examines the role played by conspiracy theories in extremist groups.

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The Edge of Violence
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell
Publication Date
2010-12-08
Publication Type
Pamphlet

This pamphlet is a summary of two years of research examining the difference between violent and non-violent radicals in Europe and Canada.

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Engaging Mosques
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Jen Lexmond
Publication Date
2010-06-15
Publication Type
Pamphlet

This pamphlet is a toolkit comprised of a collection of ideas to increase youth participation in Britain’s mosques and Muslim communities.

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Under the Influence - Interim Report
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Matt Grist
Publication Date
2011-04-04
Publication Type
Pamphlet

This pamphlet investigates the causes of, and possible responses to, binge-drinking among young adults aged 18-25 in the UK.

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Under the Influence
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Matt Grist
Publication Date
2011-09-16
Publication Type
Pamphlet

This report investigates the connection between parenting style and harmful drinking behaviour

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Truth, lies and the internet
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Carl Miller
Publication Date
2011-09-29
Publication Type
Report

This report examines the ability of young people in Britain to critically evaluate information they consume online.

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Inside the EDL
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Mark Littler
Publication Date
2011-10-28
Publication Type
Report

Innovative research delves to the heart of the English Defence League.

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The New Face of Digital Populism
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell, Mark Littler
Publication Date
2011-11-07
Publication Type
Pamphlet

This report analyses the responses of 10,000 online supporters of European populist political parties and movements, looking at the reasons why people are motivated to join.

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Populism in Europe: Hungary
Authors
Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell, Jack Benfield
Publication Date
2012-01-30
Publication Type
Report

The first in a series of reports looking at populist movements in Europe, this study examines the views and motivations of online supporters of the Jobbik movement.

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A Model Role
Authors
Jamie Bartlett
Publication Date
2012-02-02
Publication Type
Pamphlet

This report is an evaluation of the Mosaic mentoring programme.

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On the edge of violence?

Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell, Aaron Peters

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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Wicked Jihad

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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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Diverting Young People from Extremism

Hannah Lownsbrough, Rachel Briggs, Jamie Bartlett

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Participative Public Services

Charles Leadbeater, Niamh Gallagher, Jamie Bartlett, Jen Lexmond

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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Bringing it Home Local Listening Sessions

Hannah Lownsbrough, Rachel Briggs, Peter Harrington, Jamie Bartlett

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Understanding Social Care Markets

Jamie Bartlett, Anna Wilkinson

The government is committed to rolling out personal budgets across all of social care in the next three years. The scale of the transformation is enormous will turn care provision on its head. Demos is carrying out research to find out how this can work and how it will succeed.

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Getting more for less: Efficiency in the Public Sector

Jamie Bartlett

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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A Constitution for Social Care

Jamie Bartlett, Silvia Guglielmi, Silvia Guglielmi

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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Aspirations

Jamie Bartlett

This project looks at ideas for raising aspirations amongst young Muslims in the UK.

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A Common Language

Duncan O'Leary, Jamie Bartlett, Matt Grist, Alexandra Paget, Sarah Kennedy, Emma Vandore

This project, running in parallel to wider Demos work on adult learning, will begin with first principles – why ESOL matters – and work through to a logical conclusion of how best it can be delivered in practice, within a coherent policy framework.

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Neighbourhood Watch 2.0

Jonathan Birdwell, Jamie Bartlett

Demos is looking at how communities can bring neighbourhood watch into the twenty-first century.

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Under the Influence

Jamie Bartlett, Matt Grist

This project will investigate youth 'binge drinking', focusing in particular on the impact of parenting and peer influences on drinking behaviour.

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Populism in Europe

Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell

This project from the Violence and Extremism team looks at the growth of populism across Europe.

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Inside the EDL

Jamie Bartlett

The project looks at how the English Defence League work and who its supporters are.

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Truth, lies and the internet

Jamie Bartlett, Carl Miller

This projects asks the extent to which young people can discriminate between the wealth of information found online.

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Populism in Europe

Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell

Building on The New Face of Digital Populism, Demos is publishing a series of country-specific reports on the growth of populism in Europe.

 

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