Demos Staff overview
Jonathan Birdwell
Head of the Citizens Programme
Jonathan is Head of the Citizens Programme at Demos. His research expertise lies in counter-terrorism, public behaviour and drugs policy. He is also interested in theories of democracy and civic regeneration.
Josephine Brady
Events Officer and Operations Manager
Josephine is the Events Officer and Operations Manager at Demos.
Max Wind-Cowie
Head of the Progressive Conservatism Project
Max Wind-Cowie runs the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos, which identifies conservative values and policies that have progressive ends.
Sophie Duder
Head of External Affairs
Sophie is Demos' Head of External Affairs and runs our partnership and events programmes.
Alessandra Buonfino
Alessandra's primary interests are in the areas of belonging, migration and emotions.
Alex Evans
Alex Evans is a senior non-resident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation
Anthony Painter
Associate
Anthony is a Demos Associate working on the Open Left Coalitions Project - a look at demographic and attitudinal changes and their impact on the UK politics.
Carl Miller
Research Director at CASM
Carl is co-founder and Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM) at Demos.
Catherine Fieschi
Catherine Fieschi is the director of Counterpoint, a research and advisory group that focuses on the cultural dynamics of risk.
Charlie Edwards
Associate
Charlie is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute.
Chris Yapp
Chris has been in the IT Industry since 1980 at Honeywell, ICL and most recently Hewlett Packard.
Nick Claydon
Trustee
Nick is a partner at corporate communication agency, Brunswick, with over fifteen years experience advising clients on financial, corporate and critical media issues.
Penny Egan
Trustee
Penny Egan is Executive Director of the US-UK Fulbright Commission and former Director of the RSA.
Abigail Malortie
Research Intern
Abigail joined Demos in October 2012 as a part-time Research Intern with the Centre for London.
Adam Bowie
Alumni
Adam was Head of Partnerships and Events at Demos and External Affairs Manager at Centre for London.
Ailsa McLagan
Events and Partnerships Intern
Ailsa joined Demos in December 2012 as an Events and Partnership intern.
Alan Lockey
Research Intern
Alan joined Demos in May 2010, full-time, working on the Open Left Project.
Albert Chan
Events and Partnerships Intern
Albert joined Demos in April 2012 as an Events and Partnerships intern.
Alex Wessely
Research Intern
Alex Wessely is a research intern working with Matt Grist on the family and society programme.
Alex Canfor-Dumas
Research Intern
Alex joined Demos in July 2010 as a research intern, working on the Character Inquiry.
Jamie Bartlett
Head of the Violence and Extremism Programme
Jamie is the Head of the Violence and Extremism Programme and the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media. His primary research interests are: terrorism, extremism and social media analysis, including the use of social media by political movements and law enforcement agencies.
Julia Margo
Alumni
Julia was Deputy Director at Demos. Her expertise is in social mobility, wellbeing and capabilities, education policy and anti-social behaviour.
Max Wind-Cowie
Head of the Progressive Conservatism Project
Max Wind-Cowie runs the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos, which identifies conservative values and policies that have progressive ends.
Richard Reeves
Director
Richard is a former Director of Demos. His interests include trends in British politics; the economics and politics of wellbeing; liberal political philosophy; and the future of the workplace.
Samuel Jones
Associate
Samuel is an Associate of Demos. His interests include the arts, museums and galleries, and creativity.
Danny Alexander
Demos Advisory Council
Danny Alexander is the Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey and Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
David Marquand
Demos Advisory Council
David Marquand is the chair of the Demos Advisory Council, Visiting Fellow, department of politics, University of Oxford and Honorary Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield.
David Willetts
Demos Advisory Council
David Willets is the MP for Havant and Minister of State for Universities and Science.
Diane Coyle
Demos Advisory Council
Director of Enlightenment Economics, BBC Trustee and visiting professor at the University of Manchester
Ed Mayo
Demos Advisory Council
Ed Mayo is Chief Executive of Consumer Focus and Secretary General of Co-operatives UK.
George Osborne
Demos Advisory Council
George Osborne is the Conservative MP for Tatton and Chancellor of the Exchequer.