This project gathers ideas from across the cultural world on how to support the development of creative capabilities.

This report pilots a set of tools to measure the difference that structured activities make to a young person's capabilities.

Demos is issuing a call to evidence for it's work on The Character Inquiry.

A growing body of evidence shows that character is the most important factor in determining life chances.  The Character Inquiry brings together research leaders and experts to explore how developing character skills can be encouraged in public and private life.

Demos is exploring how lifestyles in Britain have changed in the past few decades and what it is that make our modern lives unique.

Anatomy of Youth is a new research project which will look at society and policy making from the perspective of young people in Britain aged 16-25.

This project aims to quantify and measure the actual economic and social value of Britain's 5,500 charity shops within communities.

This research will seek to explore the extent to which the Scouting movement helps impart employability skills such as team work, confidence, interpersonal skills and leadership

This project examines how a parent's problematic relationship with alcohol can impact on parenting and children’s perceptions of alcohol.

This project explores the role of faith groups in 21^st century British society – in particular, their role in progressive politics.

This project will investigate young people's attitudes towards the EU across Europe.

This project will explore how the European Union can prevent 'backsliding' on democratic commitments among member states.

Building on The New Face of Digital Populism, Demos is publishing a series of country-specific reports on the growth of populism in Europe.

This projects asks the extent to which young people can discriminate between the wealth of information found online.

The project looks at how the English Defence League work and who its supporters are.

This project from the Violence and Extremism team looks at the growth of populism across Europe.

This project will investigate youth 'binge drinking', focusing in particular on the impact of parenting and peer influences on drinking behaviour.

Demos is looking at how government can approach new harmful chemical substances, or 'legal highs', in an effective way.

This collection explores the lasting impact of thinking and action by Octavia Hill, founder of the National Trust.

The Demos collection series brings together thought leaders and experts to write on the big questions facing society.

This project will investigate the Conservative Party's relationship to issues of race and identity.

This project will focus on 'practical patriotism', investigating the things that make people feel proud and give them a sense of belonging.

Centre for London is a politically independent think tank focused on the big challenges facing London.

The Progressive Conservatism Project is undertaking new research into how Britain can reform unemployment benefits in order to spread the cost more fairly between individuals, employers and the state.

This research aims to identify precisely what values people associate with dying in a home environment and establish why so many more people say they want to die at home.

This project will analyse the generational shift in attitudes towards the welfare state and its far-reaching implications.

Demos is exploring the possibility of personalised end of life care that reflects personal values and also involves maximum choice and control for care users and their families.

Through this project, Demos hopes to paint a detailed and evidence-based picture of the lives of families who are struggling with the cumulative effect of multiple disadvantage in Scotland today.

This research is exploring the potential of prepaid card technology to achieve a personalised, integrated, empowering state.

This project looks at the role social housing providers can play in helping people back to independent living following a period in hospital.

The London Olympics are on track to regenerate a vast swathe of East London, turning a poisonsed industrial site into the biggest new park since Hyde Park, but how will Londoners really benefit and have the goals been met?

Smart city technologies promise to make cities more efficient, liveable and productive. There are real implementation challenges on introducing new technologies at scale in an established city. What are the costs and benefits for London?

Despite being one of the most prosperous cities in the world, London has among the UK’s highest rates of worklessness: one in three working age Londoners is out-of-work. What will be the impact of welfare reforms on London and how London can get the best from this new system? How can models of localism and devolution boost employment in the capital?

This project focusses on access to higher education in London's schools and boroughs and looks at high skills as a key economic driver. 

The Thames is one of London's greatest assets but also presents one of its more pressing challenges. How can improvements to the quality of the architecture and public spaces, and more use of the banks and the river itself be financed, managed and delivered?

The plans for East London Tech City have generated a good deal of excitement. But the way ahead is far from clear. This project looks at how these plans can be best achieved, by comparing East London to other international tech based regenerations and by talking directly to entreprenuers.