Early career researchers & public policy professionals

Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE is the Chair of the Management Board for the Bennett Institute. She is the chair of the National Audit Office and Chair of the Governing Council...

Born in 1951, Chris was educated in Edinburgh and then Pembroke College, Cambridge, achieving a double first in English (and later a PhD on Wordsworth and Coleridge) and was also...

Professor Kenny is the Inaugural  Director of the Bennett Institute for Public Policy. Biography Before he arrived in Cambridge, Michael held positions at: Queen’s University, Belfast; the University of Sheffield,...

Professor Coyle co-directs the Institute with Professor Kenny. She is heading research under the progress and productivity themes. Biography Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at...

Dennis C. Grube is Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and research lead in political decision-making at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy. Biography Dennis’...

Abby Meadows works at Turn2Us, a UK based charity fighting poverty, as their Co-production and Participation officer. She also guest lecturers in humanitarian response and the contemporary European refugee crisis...

Alexander Shermansong is on the faculty of NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. As the founder of Civic Consulting USA, he helps mayors and companies with urban innovation.

Amy is a PhD student supervised by Martin White. Amy is interested in health inequalities: socioeconomic factors relating to diet quality and obesity prevalence, and social gradients in health outcomes.Amy...

Andrew is a freelance policy researcher and writer who was formerly deputy CEO and policy director at the New Economics Foundation. His previous roles have included a stint as Associate...

Anna Artyushina is a research fellow in data governance at York University, Canada.

Ben Goodair is a Doctoral Researcher in the Department for Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford. Ben’s research focuses on evaluating the devolution of healthcare in England...

As Managing Director of Metro Dynamics, Ben advises places on inclusive growth, governance and devolution. He has worked with cities, businesses and charities, as well as ministers, officials, mayors and...