Research &
Policy

Senior research & policy adviser with deep expertise in work, welfare & technology

Senior strategic research and policy consultancy and advice, high quality research and deep subject matter expertise from experienced independent consultant Anna Dent

• Work, unemployment, low pay, in-work poverty and good work

• Future(s) of work and the impact of technology on our working lives

• The digital welfare state and digital public services

• Digital inclusion and digital poverty

• Ethical approaches to AI, digitisation and automation

Anna is an independent public policy adviser, researcher and writer based in Bristol. Her work focuses on issues around work, welfare and technology.

An experienced senior leader, commentator, strategic adviser and trusted partner, she is fellow at Connected by Data, and an associate at Careful Trouble, Rocket Science and 50 Degrees.

Her writing and research has appeared in a range of publications including The Guardian, Computer Weekly, Daily Mirror, Big Issue and Huck Magazine.

She hold a Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Bristol, which she completed as a mature student, researching and writing about labour markets, precarity and universal basic income.