Demos Staff overview
Michael Wilmott
Michael is co-founder of the Future Foundation and has 30 years experience as a researcher, analyst and forecaster.
Michelle Harrison
Michelle is a director of Henley Centre where she heads up the public sector consultancy practice.
Nick Bent
Nick is a co-founder of the UK’s first specialist Thought Leadership consultancy, TLG Communications, where he is Public Affairs Director. He is a former Special Adviser at the Department for Culture Media and Sport, and was previously Director of the think tank Policy Network. He lives in Old Trafford, Manchester and Kilburn, London.
Patrick Noack
Patrick has a background in social development and biology and over 10 years of experience in research, with extensive experience in scenario building, strategic thinking, facilitation, social responsibility, neglected diseases and social development.
Paul Miller
Paul Miller is a Demos associate working with us on innovation, organisational change and democratic renewal.
Paul Skidmore
Paul Skidmore is currently a McConnell Fellow in the MPA programme at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. From 2002-2005 he was a senior researcher at Demos specialising in governance and civic renewal. He blogs at www.divideddemocracy.com
Paul Hildreth
Centre for London
Paul is an expert in development and local regeneration working at The Centre for London at Demos.
Phil Macnaghten
Phil Macnaghten, Senior Lecturer, teaches in the Sociology Department, at Lancaster University. From June 1st 2006 he will be Professor of Geography and Founding Director of IHRR, the Institute for Hazard and Risk Research, at Durham University.
Phil Spires
Phil Spires is founder of Spiral a London based social and consumer insight agency. He specialises in qualitative & ethnographic research plus strategy development.
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.
Rosie McKearney
Party Conference Events Assistant
Rosie helps Demos organise Party Conference events.
Sam Kiss
Research Intern
Sam joined Demos as a full time research intern in April 2010,
working on the Character Inquiry.
Samantha Freitag
Research Intern
Samantha joined Demos in June 2011 as a research intern working with William Bradley on the Commission on Assisted Dying.
Samuel Firth
Research Intern
Samuel joined Demos in December 2012 as a Research Intern with the Progressive Conservatism project.
Sarah Gillinson
Sarah joined Demos as a researcher in March 2004 and worked on public service reform, concentrating on learning and disability policy.
Sarah Sternberg
Research Intern
Sarah joined Demos in November 2010 and is working on the Through the Looking Glass project.
Sarah Brown
Media and Communications Intern
Sarah joined Demos in February 2011 as a Media and Communications Intern.
Sarah Pilchick
Alumni
Sarah joined Demos in October 2011 as a research intern. She is working with Jamie Bartlett on the Violence and Extremism programme.
Sarah Christie
Research Intern
Sarah joined Demos in May 2012 as a research intern on the violence and extremism 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.
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.
