Our research and consultancy team consists of permanent members of staff trained in social research methods and with extensive experience of conducting research in the areas of employment and skills, equality and diversity, child poverty, making partnerships work, credit, debt and financial inclusion, and vulnerable and excluded groups.
For more details on members of our team please see our biographies:
- Dr. Jo Casebourne, Director of Research
- Stuart Deaton, Associate Director of Research
- Ann Purvis, Associate Director of Research
- Paul Bivand, Head of Statistics and Analysis
- Lovedeep Vaid, Senior Labour Market Statistician
- Slawek Kozdras, Labour Market Assistant (economics)
- Lorraine Sims, Senior Researcher
- Tim Riley, Senior Researcher
- Sarah Culshaw, Senior Researcher
- Laurie Bell, Researcher
- Michela Franceschelli, Researcher
- Pippa Lane, Researcher
- Danielle Whitehurst, Research Assistant
- Ellie Roberts, Research Assistant
- Malen Davies, Research Assistant
Our Chief Executive Dave Simmonds , OBE, and Mike Stewart, Company Director work on research and consultancy projects. We also work with a number of Associates and employ paid interns who are recent graduates with training in research methods to provide them with work experience and to support our work.