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.
Jo Salter
Researcher
Jo is a Researcher at Demos, working on the Public Services and Welfare Programme.
Jonathan Todd
Associate
Jonathan is a Demos Associate, currently working on the economics of cities.
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.
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.
Catherine Fieschi
Catherine Fieschi is the director of Counterpoint, a research and advisory group that focuses on the cultural dynamics of risk.
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
Hannah Green
Hannah Green ran the Families and Care programme at Demos before going to Japan to carry out comparative research on care and families.
James Gregory
Researcher
James is lead researcher on Centre for London's social housing and worklessness project.
Matt Grist
Associate
Matt is a Demos Associate. He was previously a Senior Researcher on the Family and Society Programme. His expert areas include education, skills policy, youth policy and behaviour change. He is currently seconded to the Cabinet office.
David Hargreaves
David has a long career in education, and is currently a fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
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.
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.
Rutger Birnie
Research Intern
Rutger joined Demos in February 2013 as a Research Intern with the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media.
Leah Brumer
Research Intern
Leah joined Demos in February 2013 as a Research Intern with the Citizens Programme.
Jonathan Senior
Communications and Media Intern
Jonathan joined Demos in January 2013 as the Communications Intern.
Katia Knight
Events and Partnerships Intern
Katia joined Demos in November 2012 as an Events and Partnerships intern.
Yiannis Korkovelos
Research Intern
Yiannis Korkovelos joined Demos in June 2012 as a Research Intern.
Janani Krishnaswamy
Research Intern
Janani joined Demos in October 2012 as a part-time Research Intern working for the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media.
Michelle Lavipour
Events and Partnerships Intern
Michelle joined Demos in October 2010 as an Events and Partnerships intern.
Dan Leighton
Alumni
Daniel Leighton was the Head of the Public Interest Programme at Demos. He currently works for Lord Glasman.
Alan Lockey
Research Intern
Alan joined Demos in May 2010, full-time, working on the Open Left Project.
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.
Samuel Jones
Associate
Samuel is an Associate of Demos. His interests include the arts, museums and galleries, and creativity.
Julia Margo
Alumni
Julia was Deputy Director at Demos. Her expertise is in social mobility, wellbeing and capabilities, education policy and anti-social behaviour.
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.
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 Thaler
Demos Advisory Council
Richard Thaler is Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, University of Chicago.
Stuart White
Demos Advisory Council
Stuart White is a Fellow in Politics and Director of the Public Policy Unit, University of Oxford
David Willetts
Demos Advisory Council
David Willets is the MP for Havant and Minister of State for Universities and Science.
Jonathan Wolff
Demos Advisory Council
Jonathan Wolff is a Professor of Philosophy at University College London.