Demos Staff overview
Jamie Bartlett
Head of the Radicalisation and Subversion Programme
Jamie is a Senior Researcher at Demos and head of the Radicalisation and Subversion Programme. His primary research interests lie in terrorism, radical and extremist movements, Islamism and violent extremism, organised crime, and gang related activity.
Jonathan Birdwell
Researcher
Jonathan is a Researcher at Demos. His primary research interests include counter terrorism, theories of democracy and civic regeneration.
Peter Bradwell
Researcher
Peter is a researcher at Demos. He is interested in the way information and knowledge is shared as well as digital identity, online culture, copyright and intellectual property.
Graeme Cooke
Head of the Open Left project
Graeme Cooke works with James Purnell MP on the Open Left project.
Claire Coulier
Events Manager
Claire is Events Manager at Demos and works on developing and managing Demos' programme of events.
Charlie Edwards
Head of the Security Programme
Charlie is Head of the Security Programme at Demos. He is currently on secondment to the home office.
Celia Hannon
Head of the Capabilities Programme
Celia is Head of the Capabilities Programme at Demos. Her research interests include gender, childhood, new media and public space.
Peter Harrington
Head of Communications
Peter is Head of Communications at Demos, responsible for communications across press and media, publishing, events and the website. He can be contacted out of hours on 07939 664133.
Samuel Jones
Researcher
Samuel is a researcher at Demos. His interests include the arts, museums and galleries and creativity.
Simon Parker
Simon Parker is interested in public service reform and local governance. His current projects include work on restoring trust in councils and on the future of New Zealand's public services
Anwar Akhtar
Anwar will work with DEMOS on issues including the creative economy and the creative sector and the 2012 games and also issues around cultural identity and leadership within both British Muslim communities and internationally.
Christian Barnett
Christian is Executive director of strategic planning for Global Client partners at BrandBuzz, New York
Nick Bent
Nick is a co-founder of the UK’s first specialist Thought Leadership consultancy, TLG Communications, where he is Public Affairs Director. He is a former Special Adviser at the Department for Culture Media and Sport, and was previously Director of the think tank Policy Network. He lives in Old Trafford, Manchester and Kilburn, London.
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.
Kirsten Bound
Kirsten Bound was a senior researcher at Demos until 2008. Her work at Demos focused on democracy and emerging science and innovation in India and Brazil. She is author of India: the uneven innovator and Brazil: the natural knowledge economy and co-author with Paul Skidmore of the Everyday Democracy Index.
Alessandra Buonfino
Alessandra's primary interests are in the areas of belonging, migration and emotions.
Jake Chapman
Jake has been a Demos Associate since 2002 and has authored “System Failure: Why governments must learn to think differently” and "The Long Game: How regulators and companies can both win”. He contributes regularly to Demos projects and is a regular face in our office.
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.
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.
Sarah Gillinson
Sarah joined Demos as a researcher in March 2004 and worked on public service reform, concentrating on learning and disability policy.
Rachel Briggs
Rachel Briggs is part-time Director of Hostage UK, and a researcher with posts at RUSI, iCoCo and UCL. Between 2003 - 2008 she worked as Head of International Strategy and Head of the Identity Programme at Demos.
Jamie Bartlett
Head of the Radicalisation and Subversion Programme
Jamie is a Senior Researcher at Demos and head of the Radicalisation and Subversion Programme. His primary research interests lie in terrorism, radical and extremist movements, Islamism and violent extremism, organised crime, and gang related activity.
Peter Bradwell
Researcher
Peter is a researcher at Demos. He is interested in the way information and knowledge is shared as well as digital identity, online culture, copyright and intellectual property.
Charlie Edwards
Head of the Security Programme
Charlie is Head of the Security Programme at Demos. He is currently on secondment to the home office.
Celia Hannon
Head of the Capabilities Programme
Celia is Head of the Capabilities Programme at Demos. Her research interests include gender, childhood, new media and public space.
Paul Johnson
Chief Economics Adviser
Paul is Chief Economics Adviser for Demos. He has 20 years experience in the economics of public policy, particularly welfare reform, pensions, inequality, education, climate change and taxation.
Samuel Jones
Researcher
Samuel is a researcher at Demos. His interests include the arts, museums and galleries and creativity.
Julia Margo
Director of Research
Julia is Director of Research at Demos. Her research interests include social mobility, wellbeing and character, education policy and anti-social behaviour.
Richard Reeves
Director
Richard is Demos' Director. His interests include trends in British politics; the economics and politics of wellbeing; liberal political philosophy; and the future of the workplace.
Sonia Sodha
Head of the Progressive Austerity Programme
Sonia is Head of the Progressive Austerity Programme. Her interests include wellbeing, education, asset-based welfare and wealth inequality.
Danny Alexander
Demos Advisory Council
Danny Alexander is the Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey
Vince Cable
Demos Advisory Council
MP for Twickenham and the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
Robert Cooper
Advisory Board Member
Robert Cooper is Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.
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.
