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.
Gillian Thomas
Gillian Thomas is a fully trained qualitative specialist with over seven years experience in one-to-one interviewing, focus group facilitation and ethnographic fieldwork. She is experienced in a wide range of innovative research methods including in-home ethnographic studies and large public engagement events.
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.
Hannah Lownsbrough
Hannah Lownsbrough became a Demos associate in the summer of 2007. Her expertise is in the field of community organisations, community-led approaches to regeneration and race issues.
Helen Burrows
Associate
Helen Burrows is a Demos Associate, who lead the Risky Business project on the creative industries.
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.
Howard Reed
Associate
Howard Reed is Director of the economic research consultancy Landman Economics and a Demos Associate providing advice on economic research. He has recently worked on Reinventing Venture Capital.
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.
Gordon Hopkinson
Research Intern
Gordon joined Demos in June 2011 as a research intern with the Progressive Conservatism Project.
Hannah Walsh
Research Intern
Hannah joined Demos as a research intern in September 2010 and is working on the Advising Ambition project.
Hannah Condon
Research Intern
Hannah joined Demos in May 2012 as a part-time research intern. She is working with Matt Grist on the Family and Society programme.
Hannah Joll
Communications and Media Intern
Hannah joined Demos in June 2012 as a Communications and Media intern.
Hannah Ghaus
Communications and Media Intern
Hannah joined Demos in June 2012 as a Communications and Media Intern.
Hasina Khatun
Alumni
Hasina joined Demos in February 2012 as a research intern. She is working with Louise Bazalgette on the Ageing Sociably 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.
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.
