Paul Miller is a Demos associate working with us on innovation, organisational change and democratic renewal.
He is co-author of a number of Demos reports:
Paul has worked with a wide range of partners from business, the public sector and the not-for-profit sectors. He’s an experienced public speaker and has written feature articles for a wide range of national and international publications including the FT Magazine, the Guardian and Green Futures magazine as well as being interviewed about his work for TV and radio around the world.
Paul was senior researcher at Demos between 2002-5 and before joining Demos, worked as policy advisor at sustainable development charity Forum for the Future where his publications included Open Policy: threats and opportunities in a wired world (2002). He also worked as a campaigner for the Jubilee 2000 Coalition.
Paul has a degree in Physics from the University of Nottingham and an MProf in Leadership for Sustainable Development from Middlesex University through Forum for the Future's Scholarship Programme.
e-mail: paul [at] paulmiller [dot] org
weblog: www.paulmiller.org
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