Demos Staff overview
Anthony Painter
Associate
Anthony is a Demos Associate working on the Open Left Coalitions Project - a look at demographic and attitudinal changes and their impact on the UK politics.
Beatrice Karol Burks
Press and Communications Officer
Bea is the Press and Communications Officer at Demos. She can be contacted out of hours on 07929 474938
Celia Hannon
Head of the Family and Society Programme
Celia is Head of the Family and Society Programme at Demos. She has published extensively on youth and family policy, housing, digital capabilities and children in care.
Her additional research interests include gender, childhood, new media and public space.
Charles Leadbeater
Associate
Charles Leadbeater is a Demos Associate working on the How Britain Dies project.
Charlie Edwards
Head of the Security Programme - on secondment
Charlie is Head of the Security Programme at Demos. He is currently on secondment to the home office.
Charlie Tims
Associate
Charlie Tims is a Demos Associate working on the Learning to Make (and) Do project.
Claire Coulier
Events Manager
Claire is Events Manager at Demos and works on developing and managing Demos' programme of events.
Claudia Wood
Senior Researcher
Claudia is a Senior Researcher on the Family and Society Programme and Senior Consultant on Health and Social Care for the Public Finance Programme.
Dan Leighton
Head of the Public Interest Programme
Daniel Leighton is the Head of the Public Interest Programme, which covers all aspects of contemporary citizenship and public engagement. He is particularly interested in exploring the application of republican political philosophy to public policy, democratic reform and the workplace.
Dom Longford
Associate Economist
Dom is an Associate Economist at Demos, working on Building Character and the Home Front project.
Alessandra Buonfino
Alessandra's primary interests are in the areas of belonging, migration and emotions.
Alex Evans
Alex Evans is a senior non-resident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation
Catherine Fieschi
Catherine Fieschi is the Director of Counterpoint, the British Council's think-tank and a visiting scholar at St Antony's College, Oxford. She is interested in how citizens, institutions and organisations create new forms of social and political resilience in the face of change.
Chris Yapp
Chris has been in the IT Industry since 1980 at Honeywell, ICL and most recently Hewlett Packard.
Christian Barnett
Christian is Executive director of strategic planning for Global Client partners at BrandBuzz, New York.
Danny Chesterman
Danny is a consultant specialising in leadership development and whole system change in public service.
David Hargreaves
David has a long career in education, and is currently a fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
David Steven
David Steven is a policy analyst, strategic consultant and researcher. He is Managing Director of River Path Associates, where he specialises in international responses to global risks and has worked for clients such as the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum.
Ed Smith
Trustee
Ed is the Chairman of the World Wildlife Fund in the UK and former Global Assurance COO at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
George Furguson
Trustee
George is Chairman of Bristol-based Acanthus Ferguson Mann Architects, Past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (2003-2005) and a founder and Director of the Academy of Urbanism.
Neil Sherlock
Trustee
Neil Sherlock is the partner in charge of public and regulatory affairs at KPMG.
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.
Calum Benson
Communications Intern
Calum joined Demos in June 2010 as an Events & Communications Intern.
Ian Patel
Research Intern
Ian joined Demos as a full-time research intern in May 2010, working on the Character Inquiry.
Joe Coward
Research Intern
Joe joined Demos in July 2010 as a research intern, working on the Open Left project.
Katie Dash
Research Intern
Katie joined Demos in August 2010 and is working on the Political Economy programme
Michael Keller
Research Intern
Michael joined Demos in July 2010 as a research intern working on the Citizenship Programme.
Sohail Jannesari
Research Intern
Sohail joined Demos in August 2010. He is a research intern on the Measuring Capabilities project.
Alan Lockey
Research Intern
Alan joined Demos in May 2010, full-time, working on the Open Left Project.
Alex Canfor-Dumas
Research Intern
Alex joined Demos in July 2010 as a research intern, working on the Character Inquiry.
Celia Hannon
Head of the Family and Society Programme
Celia is Head of the Family and Society Programme at Demos. She has published extensively on youth and family policy, housing, digital capabilities and children in care.
Her additional research interests include gender, childhood, new media and public space.
Charlie Edwards
Head of the Security Programme - on secondment
Charlie is Head of the Security Programme at Demos. He is currently on secondment to the home office.
Jamie Bartlett
Head of the Violence and Extremism Programme
Jamie is Head of the Violence and Extremism Programme. His primary research interests lie in terrorism, radical and extremist movements, Islamism and violent extremism, organised crime and gang related activity.
Julia Margo
Acting Director
Julia is Acting Director at Demos. Her expertise is in social mobility, wellbeing and capabilities, education policy and anti-social behaviour.
Max Wind-Cowie
Head of the Progressive Conservatism Project
Max Wind-Cowie is Head of the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos. His specialist areas include wealth and assets, the 'Big Society' and inequality.
Richard Darlington
Head of the Open Left project
Richard Darlington is Head of the Open Left project whilst Graeme Cooke is on sabbatical.
Samuel Jones
Demos/DCMS Policy Fellow
Samuel is currently on secondment at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. His interests include the arts, museums and galleries, and creativity.
Sonia Sodha
Head of the Public Finance Programme
Sonia Sodha is Head of the Public Finance Programme, with expertise in fiscal policy, public spending and public service and education reform.
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.