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Jess Tyrrell

Centre for London

Telephone: 020 7367 4200
Email: jess.tyrrell@demos.co.uk

Jess is an expert in communications and campaigns working at the Centre for London at Demos.

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Jess was head of external affairs at ippr from 1999-2002 where she was responsible for fundraising and events, and also set up the Digital Technologies Programme. She was briefly seconded in 2001 as a member of Tony Blair’s Campaign Team, which went on to win New Labour’s second term in office.

After ippr she worked as an Associate Director at the CSR consultancy The Smart Company before setting up Germination, a pro-social production company specialising in events, media and online campaigns. Jess has a Masters in Public Policy from Birkbeck College in London, and is currently a visiting lecturer in cause-related marketing and PR at Greenwich University.

The Centre for London

Paul Hildreth, Ben Rogers, Max Nathan, Rob Whitehead, Stephen Evans, Jess Tyrrell, Emma Vandore

Centre for London is a new politically independent think tank focused on the big challenges facing London. We aim to through our research, events and partnerships to develop long term, innovative solutions to London's problems.

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East London Tech City

Rob Whitehead, Max Nathan, Emma Vandore, Jess Tyrrell

The plans for East London Tech City have generated a good deal of excitement. But the way ahead is far from clear. This project looks at how these plans can be best achieved, by comparing East London to other international tech based regenerations and by talking directly to entreprenuers.

Smart London

Ben Rogers, Jess Tyrrell

Smart city technologies promise to make cities more efficient, liveable and productive. There are real implementation challenges on introducing new technologies at scale in an established city. What are the costs and benefits for London?

Olympics Scorecard

Jess Tyrrell, Rob Whitehead