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.
Hilary Cottam
Hilary is a social entrepreneur whose recent projects include a radical re-think of the prison system, a new approach to designing schools for the 21st century and new services for preventative health care.
Charlie Edwards
Associate
Charlie is Director of National Security and Resilience Studies at the Royal United Services Institute.
Stephen Evans
Centre for London
Stephen is an economist and expert on skills currently working at the Centre for London at Demos
Alex Evans
Alex Evans is a senior non-resident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation
Faizal Farook
Faizal joined Demos in August 2006. His research interests are public services, healthcare, citizen participation and management theory.
Marcus Fergusson
Visiting Fellow
Marcus joined Demos as a Visiting Fellow in October 2009. His work includes advising on communications and audio/visual strategy and research into media-related issues.
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.
Sebastien Feve
Junior Associate
Sebastien was a Junior Associate at Demos, working on the Violence and Extremism programme and the Citizens programme.
Samuel Firth
Research Intern
Samuel joined Demos in December 2012 as a Research Intern with the Progressive Conservatism project.
Matthew Fraser
Research Intern
Matthew joined Demos in October 2010 and is working on the Family and Society programme.
Samantha Freitag
Research Intern
Samantha joined Demos in June 2011 as a research intern working with William Bradley on the Commission on Assisted Dying.
Carolina Gasparoli
Intern
Carolina joined Demos in February 2012 as a communications intern for the Centre for London.
Hannah Ghaus
Communications and Media Intern
Hannah joined Demos in June 2012 as a Communications and Media 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.
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.
Danny Alexander
Demos Advisory Council
Danny Alexander is the Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey and Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Richard Best
Demos Advisory Council
Baron Best is a member of the House of Lords, and former Director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Vince Cable
Demos Advisory Council
Vince Cable is the Lib Dem MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Robert Cooper
Advisory Board Member
Robert Cooper is an adviser for High Representative Catherine Ashton with the European External Action Service.
Diane Coyle
Demos Advisory Council
Director of Enlightenment Economics, BBC Trustee and visiting professor at the University of Manchester
Lynsey Hanley
Demos Advisory Council
Lynsey Hanley is a writer and honorary research fellow at Lancaster University.
