Rohit Lekhi is Director of Research at Research Republic and an expert in market regulation, the knowledge economy and public service reform.

His recent work includes projects for the Commission on Ownership (on ownership and good work); the Work Foundation’s Knowledge Economy Programme (on intangible assets) and the City of London Corporation (on the future of Asia's financial centres). He is also an Associate at the Work Foundation, a Fellow of the RSA and an Honorary Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Manchester.

Prior to founding Research Republic in 2003, Rohit was an award-winning Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Warwick, and a Research Fellow in Sociology at the University of Manchester.