Demos Staff overview
Jonathan Birdwell
Head of the Citizens Programme
Jonathan is Head of the Citizens Programme at Demos. His research expertise lies in counter-terrorism, public behaviour and drugs policy. He is also interested in theories of democracy and civic regeneration.
Josephine Brady
Events Officer and Operations Manager
Josephine is the Events Officer and Operations Manager at Demos.
Max Wind-Cowie
Head of the Progressive Conservatism Project
Max Wind-Cowie runs the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos, which identifies conservative values and policies that have progressive ends.
Sophie Duder
Head of External Affairs
Sophie is Demos' Head of External Affairs and runs our partnership and events programmes.
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
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.
Jonathan Senior
Communications and Media Intern
Jonathan joined Demos in January 2013 as the Communications Intern.
Leah Brumer
Research Intern
Leah joined Demos in February 2013 as a Research Intern with the Citizens Programme.
Rutger Birnie
Research Intern
Rutger joined Demos in February 2013 as a Research Intern with the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media.
Maggie Efford
Events and Partnerships Intern
Maggie joined Demos in August 2012 as an events and partnerships intern.
Maia Beresford
Research Intern
Maia joined Demos in June 2012 as a research intern on the family and society programme.
Margaux Salmon
Research Intern
Margaux joined Demos in January 2012 as a research intern for the Centre for London.
Maria Holly
Research Intern
Maria joined Demos in May 2010 as a full time research intern on the Capabilities Programme.
Marius Ostrowski
Research Intern
Marius joined Demos in July 2012 as a research intern for the Progressive Conservatism project.
Mark Rowney
Alumni
Mark joined Demos in December 2011 as a research intern. He is working with David Goodhart researching financial services.
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 Progressive Conservatism Project
Max Wind-Cowie runs the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos, which identifies conservative values and policies that have progressive ends.
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.
Robert Cooper
Advisory Board Member
Robert Cooper is an adviser for High Representative Catherine Ashton with the European External Action Service.
Sir David Omand
Demos Advisory Council
Sir David Omand is visiting Professor in the War Studies Department, King’s College, and former Permanent Secretary of the Home Office.
Stuart White
Demos Advisory Council
Stuart White is a Fellow in Politics and Director of the Public Policy Unit, University of Oxford
Vince Cable
Demos Advisory Council
Vince Cable is the Lib Dem MP for Twickenham and Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.
