Demos Staff overview
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.
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.
Christian Barnett
Christian is Executive director of strategic planning for Global Client partners at BrandBuzz, New York.
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.
Rachel Briggs
Rachel is Research and Policy Director, Security and Integration at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. Between 2003 - 2008 she worked as Head of International Strategy and Head of the Identity Programme at Demos.
Ravi Shankar Jayaram
Research Intern
Ravi joined Demos in January 2011 as a research intern on the Progressive Conservatism Project.
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.
Rob Whitehead
Deputy Director, Centre for London
Rob was Deputy Director (Research) at Centre for London.
Rohan Talbot
Research Intern
Rohan joined Demos in September 2010, and is working as a research intern on the Violence and Extremism project.
Roisin Watson
Research Intern
Roisin joined Demos in January 2011 as a research intern on the Public interest programme.
Roland Chanin-Morris
Research Intern
Roland joined Demos in September 2011 as an intern at the Centre for London.
Ronley Kirwan
Media and Communications Intern
Ronley joined Demos in October 2010 as a Media and Communications Intern.
Rory Cronin
Alumni
Rory worked for the Centre for London communications team, and interned for the Demos media and communications team.
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.
Robert Cooper
Advisory Board Member
Robert Cooper is an adviser for High Representative Catherine Ashton with the European External Action Service.
Sir David Omand
Demos Advisory Council
Sir David Omand is visiting Professor in the War Studies Department, King’s College, and former Permanent Secretary of the Home Office.
Stuart White
Demos Advisory Council
Stuart White is a Fellow in Politics and Director of the Public Policy Unit, University of Oxford
Vince Cable
Demos Advisory Council
Vince Cable is the Lib Dem MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
