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.
Carl Miller
Research Director at CASM
Carl is co-founder and Research Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media (CASM) at Demos.
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.
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.
Jo Salter
Researcher
Jo is a Researcher at Demos, working on the Public Services and Welfare Programme.
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.
Jane Ashford-Thom
Research Intern
Jane joined Demos in January 2012 as a research intern. She is working with Jonathan Birdwell on the Citizens project.
Jeeta Patel
Research Intern
Jeeta joined Demos in July 2011, working with Matt Grist on higher education reform and youth policy.
Jeff Howard
Research Intern
Jeff joined Demos in August 2011 as a Research Intern. He is working with Jamie Bartlett on the Violence and Extremism Programme.
Jennifer Brindisi
Centre for London Intern
Jennifer joined Demos in January 2011 and works as an intern for the Centre for London.
Jennifer Gold
Research Intern
Jennifer joined Demos in January 2011 as a research intern on the Public Interest programme.
Jenny Atkins
Communications and Media Intern
Jenny joined Demos in July 2012 as a communications intern with the Centre for London
Jenny Ousbey
Alumni
Jenny was a Junior Associate, working on the Public Services and Welfare programme.
Jess Tyrrell
ALumni
Jess is an expert in communications and campaigns working at the Centre for London.
Jessica Barrett
Events and Partnerships Intern
Jess joined Demos in May 2012 as an Events and Partnerships 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.