Demos Staff overview
Ally Paget
Junior Associate
Ally joined Demos as a Junior Associate in July 2012, working on the public services and welfare programme.
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.
Claudia Wood
Deputy Director
Claudia is Deputy Director of Demos. Her primary research interests are health and social care, public service markets and personalisation, ageing, disability and benefits reform.
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.
Jo Salter
Researcher
Jo is a Researcher at Demos, working on the Public Services and Welfare Programme.
James Park
Associate
James Park is a writer and organisational consultant, and founder-director of Antidote (1997–2012), a charity formed as a campaign for emotional literacy.
James Harkin
James Harkin is Director of Talks at London's ICA, a columnist for The Guardian and a writer for the Financial Times magazine.
James Wilsdon
Associate
James Wilsdon is Professor of Science and Democracy at SPRU (Science & Technology Policy Research), University of Sussex. From 2001 to 2008, he worked at Demos, first as Head of Strategy, then Head of Science and Innovation.
James Gregory
Researcher
James is lead researcher on Centre for London's social housing and worklessness project.
John Grant
John Grant was a co-founder of groundbreaking ad agency St Luke’s and is a recognised business author and consultant who has worked with leadership teams of major corporations such as IKEA, Freshfields, BT, Andersen on issues ranging from strategy to speech writing
John Holden
John Holden is a visiting Professor at City University. He was previously Demos' Head of Culture until Sept 2008.
John Lloyd
Currently a contributing editor to the Financial Times, John has been Labour editor, Industrial editor, East European Editor and Moscow Bureau chief at the newspaper.
Justin Kerr-Stevens
Justin has been a senior advisor to the UK and Australian Governments. A strategic communications specialist he is currently leading on engagement communications for the Department of Health.
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.
Georgia Cooke
Research Intern
Georgia joined Demos as a Research Intern in April 2013 working in the Public Services and Welfare department.
Noelle Rumball
Research Intern
Noelle joined Demos in May 2013 as a Research Intern with the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media.
Raman Degun
Research Intern
Raman joined Demos as a Research Intern in May 2013 for the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media.
Sarah Williamson
Research Intern
Sarah joined Demos in May 2013 and is a research intern for the Centre of Analysis of Social Media.
Victoria Princewill
Communications Intern
Victoria joined Demos in May 2013 as a Communications Intern.
Kat Hanna
Centre for London Intern
Kat joined the Centre for London in February 2012 as research intern.
Katia Knight
Events and Partnerships Intern
Katia joined Demos in November 2012 as an Events and Partnerships intern.
Katie Dash
Research Intern
Katie joined Demos in August 2010 and worked on the Political Economy programme
Kyle Johnston
Research Intern
Kyle joined Demos in January 2011 as a research intern on the Violence and Extremism programme.
Leah Brumer
Research Intern
Leah joined Demos in February 2013 as a Research Intern with the Citizens Programme.
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 Integration and National Identity programme
Max Wind-Cowie is Head of the Integration and National Identity programme.
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.
Jenni Russell
Demos Advisory Council
Jenni Russell is a columnist for the Sunday Times and the Guardian.
Jonathan Wolff
Demos Advisory Council
Jonathan Wolff is a Professor of Philosophy at University College London.
Julian le Grand
Demos Advisory Council
Julian le Grand is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Chairman of Health England.
Lynsey Hanley
Demos Advisory Council
Lynsey Hanley is a writer and honorary research fellow at Lancaster University.
Richard Best
Demos Advisory Council
Baron Best is a member of the House of Lords, and former Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Richard Sennett
Demos Advisory Council
Richard Sennett is a Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics.
Richard Thaler
Demos Advisory Council
Richard Thaler is Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, University of Chicago.