Demos Staff overview
Jonathan Todd
Associate
Jonathan is a Demos Associate, currently working on the economics of cities.
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.
Max Wind-Cowie
Head of the Integration and National Identity programme
Max Wind-Cowie is Head of the Integration and National Identity programme.
Ralph Scott
Head of Editorial
Ralph is Head of Editorial and manages the communications team at Demos.
Rutger Birnie
Junior Associate
Rutger joined Demos in February 2013 as a Research Intern and now works as a Junior Associate with the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media.
Sophie Duder
Head of External Affairs
Sophie is Demos' Head of External Affairs and runs our partnership and events programmes.
Sonia Sodha
Associate
Sonia Sodha is a Demos Associate and Head of Strategy and Policy at the Social Research Unit at Dartington.
Sophia Parker
Sophia has a specific interest in service design - looking at ways in which public services such as education and health can be designed from the user outwards.
Stephen Evans
Centre for London
Stephen is an economist and expert on skills currently working at the Centre for London at Demos
Theo Veenkamp
Theo Veenkamp is Dutch. He has had a long and successful career working across a number of organisations, primarily in the public sector.
Tom Bentley
Tom Bentley will be Executive Director for policy and cabinet for the Premier of Victoria, Australia from September 2006. He was Director of Demos from 1999-2006.
Tony MacKay
Tony is Executive Director of the Incorporated Association of Registered Teachers of Victoria (IARTV) and Director of the Centre for Strategic Educational Thinking (CSET), Melbourne.
Tony Manwaring
Tony Manwaring led disability charity Scope as CEO through four years of profound change and also has an academic perspective on leadership.
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.
Ellen McLagan
Research Intern
Ellen joined Demos in October 2010 as a research intern on the Violence and Extremism project.
Ellie Brawn
Research Intern
Ellie joined Demos in June 2011 as a research intern working with Claudia Wood on health and social care for disabled people.
Emily Millane
Research Intern
Emily joined Demos in September 2010 as a Research Intern and is working on the Progressive Conservatism Project.
Emma Sinclair
Events Intern
Emma joined Demos in August 2011 as an Events Intern, working with Sarah Kennedy and Sophie Duder in preparation for the 2011 party conferences.
Evrim Camuz
Research Intern
Evrim joined Demos in January 2013 as a Research Intern with the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media.
Freya Wigzell
Research Intern
Freya joined Demos in September 2012 as a Research Intern for the Centre for London.
Gaja Maestri
Research Intern
Gaja joined Demos at the end of April 2012 as a research intern on the Family and Society programme.
Gerard Corvin
Media and Communications Intern
Gerard joined Demos in January 2011 as a Media and Communications Intern.
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.
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.