I am an independent public policy adviser, researcher and writer based in Bristol. My work focuses on issues around work, welfare and technology, with particular interests in the digital welfare state, ethical issues around technology, employment and unemployment, good work and the future of work, welfare reform and basic income.

I’m also an experienced senior leader, skilled in designing and overseeing research and policy programmes, setting strategic goals and direction, and understanding the policy landscape.

My writing and research has appeared in a range of publications including The Guardian, Computer Weekly, Daily Mirror, Big Issue and Huck Magazine. I’ve worked in-house for many organisations as well as my freelance clients.

I am a fellow at Connected by Data, member of the New Protagonist Network, resident at the Pervasive Media Studio, and an associate at Careful Trouble, Rocket Science and 50 Degrees. I am a member of the Social Research Association, and I sit as a volunteer board member for the Bristol City Funds initiative.

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

In my spare time I grow things in the garden, learn to dance, fuss my cat, go to plays and concerts, watch both high quality and trashy TV, and snowboard.