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Senior Researcher at The Entrepreneurs Network, and Sir Isaac Newton Adjunct Fellow in science, innovation and technology at the Council on Geostrategy.

I led the Council on Geostrategy’s work exploring how the United Kingdom can build a more competitive and resilient science and technology base. I previously worked at RAND Europe, the UK Parliament, and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF. My research has covered areas such as AI, energy and infrastructure, quantum computing, R&D, 5G, space, the life sciences, civil service reform and Foreign Direct Investment. I am part of the 2026 cohort of the Foundation for Science and Technology’s Future Leaders programme.

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Articles, Papers, Reports, Book Chapters:

• The Economics and Policy of Space Debris and Orbital Management, in the Oxford Handbook of the New Space Economy (Oxford University Press, 2025). Book chapter, co-authored with R. J. Briggs.
• The National Powerbase, in Britain’s World: the Strategy of Security in Twelve Geopolitical Maps (Council on Geostrategy, 2025). Atlas annotation, co-authored with Jack Richardson.
• Fixing the Foundations: Making Britain a More Attractive Destination for Foreign Direct Investment (Council on Geostrategy, 2025). Report, with a foreword by Lord Harrington, author of the 2023 Harrington Review of Foreign Direct Investment.
• Space Governance and Social Network Analysis: A Brief Exploration (RAND Corporation, 2025). Report, co-authored with Lyndal Thompson, Douglas C. Ligor, C. Ben Gibson, Bruce McClintock, Marigold Black, Jan Osburg, Wenjing Huang, James Black and Gianni McClaine.
• Road to Nowhere: Britain’s Infrastructure Problem (Council on Geostrategy, 2025). Primer.
• Science, Not ‘Sir Humphrey’: Fixing Whitehall’s ‘Tepid Bath’ (Council on Geostrategy, 2025). Primer.
• Clean Power 2030: Too Fast, Too Furious? (Council on Geostrategy, 2025). Primer.
• British Science and Technology in 2024 (Council on Geostrategy, 2024). Report, with a foreword by Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister.
• Machine Learning and Gene Editing at the Helm of a Societal Evolution (RAND Health Quarterly, 2024). Journal article, co-authored with Sana Zakaria, Timothy Marler, Mark Cabling, Suzanne Genc, Artur Honich and Sam Stockwell.
• How Can Britain Become More Prosperous? (Council on Geostrategy, 2024). Primer.
• Britain’s Future is in Technology and Innovation (Council on Geostrategy, 2024). Primer.
• Is Britain Losing its Scientific Edge? (Council on Geostrategy, 2023). Primer.
• Strategic Advantage in a Competitive Age (RAND Corporation, 2023). Report, Silicon Valley case study co-authored with Jennifer Cheung.
• SWOT Analysis of the UK Space Science Research Base (UK Space Agency, 2022). Report, co-authored with Lucia Retter, Will Lecky, Paola Fusaro, Alyssa Frayling, Eloise Trimingham, Mattias Eken and Jakob Barnwell.
• Study on the Factors Influencing the Uptake of EU-funded Security Research Outcomes (European Commission, 2022). Report, co-authored with Julia Muravska, Susan Guthrie, Rebecca Lucas, Carolina Feijao, Joe Francombe, Clara de Lataillade and Harper Fine.
• Using Quantum Computers and Simulators in the Life Sciences: Current Trends and Future Prospects (RAND Europe, 2022). Report, co-authored with Salil Gunashekar, Isabel Flanagan, Camilla d’Angelo, Immaculate Dadiso Motsi-Omoijiade, Carolina Feijao and Simon Porter.
• Labelling Initiatives, Codes of Conduct and Other Self-Regulatory Mechanisms for Artificial Intelligence Applications (RAND Europe, 2022). Report, co-authored with Camilla d’Angelo, Isabel Flanagan, Immaculate Dadiso Motsi-Omoijiade and Salil Gunashekar. See also: summary report on virtual roundtable.
• Labour Market and Skills Demand: Horizon Scanning and Scenarios (Department for Education, 2022). Report, co-authored with Fay Dunkerley, Michaela Bruckmayer, Lillian Flemons, Joanna Hofman, Sally Wright and Terence Hogarth.
• A Rapid Evidence Assessment Exploring Whether Antimicrobial Resistance Complicates Non-infectious Health Conditions and Healthcare Services, 2010–20 (JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 2021). Journal article, co-authored with Lucy Hocking, Gemma-Claire Ali, Camilla d’Angelo, Advait Deshpande, Cagla Stevenson and Susan Guthrie. See also: How is Modern Medicine Being Affected by Drug-Resistant Infections? (Wellcome, 2021).
• 5G Supply Market Trends (Publications Office of the European Union, 2021). Report, co-authored with Advait Deshpande and Salil Gunashekar.
• Addressing societal challenges in Norway: Key trends, future scenarios, missions and structural measures (Research Council of Norway, 2021). Reports, co-authored with Salil Gunashekar, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Fay Dunkerley, Camilla d’Angelo, Carolina Feijao, Gemma-Claire Ali, Mikkel Skjoldager, Andrea Skjold Frøshaug and Torben Bundgaard Vad. See also: detailed methodology report; summary of cross-cutting missions; structural measures; report on health and welfare; report on oceans; report on technology and digitalisation; report on cohesion and globalisation; and report on green transition.
• The Use of Public Engagement for Technological Innovation (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 2021). Research paper co-authored with Camilla d’Angelo, Advait Deshpande, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Joe Francombe, Cagla Stevenson and Salil Gunashekar.
• Developments Concerning B2B Platforms and Emerging Cloud Services (Observatory on the Online Platform Economy, 2021). Report, co-authored with Advait Deshpande, Cagla Stevenson and Salil Gunashekar.
• Work and Health Research Funding Review (2015—2020) (RAND Europe, 2021). Report, co-authored with Joanna Hofman, Susan Guthrie, Annemari de Silva, Lillian Flemons, Lucy Gilder, William D. Phillips and Natalie Picken. See also: Understanding the Work and Health Research Landscape (RAND Europe, 2021).

Parliamentary Debates + Select Committees:

• Planning and Infrastructure Bill (House of Lords, 2025). Lord Hunt of Kings Heath tabled an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill based on my research and recommendations.
• Industrial Strategy (House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee, 2024).
• Climate Change: Impact on Developing Nations (House of Lords, 2024). Baroness Northover quoted my ‘Big Ask’ response on whether the new International Development White Paper is fit for today.

Media + Commentary:

• New concierge service no panacea for UK FDI (fDi Intelligence, November 2025)
• Why the UK can’t finish big money projects on time – or on budget (The i Paper, July 2025)
• The Global Partner of Choice for R&D: Finding the UK’s place in a changing world (Wellcome, July 2025)
• I’m an infrastructure expert – these are the 3 projects the Government should say yes to (Daily Express, July 2025)
• Long story short: New report find UK’s motorway system is far behind peer European nations in terms of length (Highways News, July 2025)
• 10-Year Infrastructure Plan (Radio, LBC News, June 2025)
• From Infrastructure Strategy to action: UK’s green economy calls for swift delivery of policy pledges (edie, June 2025)
• Britain’s nuclear revival is welcome – but long overdue (LBC, June 2025)
• Whitehall needs a better understanding of science. Here’s how to make that happen (Civil Service World, May 2025)
• The future of British Steel (Radio, Times Radio, April 2025)
• Miliband says the UK can lead on energy security – today’s summit is his time to deliver (LBC, April 2025)
• Should Britain rethink its commitment to free trade? (Council on Geostrategy, February 2025)
• Baltic countries are disconnecting from Russia, but does that mark the end of Moscow’s meddling? (LBC, February 2025). Co-authored with William Freer.
• The road to growth: Why the Oxford-Cambridge corridor needs an expressway (Council on Geostrategy, February 2025)
• Other than the US, which three countries will define 2025? (Council on Geostrategy, January 2025)
• How can the UK leverage the CPTPP for economic and strategic effect? (Council on Geostrategy, December 2024)
• Europe’s ‘green’ agenda could be a godsend to Russia (Newsweek, December 2024)
• Starmer’s ‘Plan for Change’ hits the right notes on energy and infrastructure—As long as he sticks to it (LBC, December 2024)
• How can Britain make its foreign policy more impactful? (Council on Geostrategy, November 2024)
• What does the budget mean for Britain’s strategic direction? (Council on Geostrategy, November 2024)
• Zonal power pricing plan sparks industry ire (Financial Times, October 2024)
• The future of British electricity (Council on Geostrategy, October 2024)
• The UK needs to woo back investors- The International Investment Summit is a chance to show what we do best (LBC, October 2024)
• Labour’s first 100 days: A strategic success? (Council on Geostrategy, October 2024)
• What can government do to make big business put security above profit? (Council on Geostrategy, August 2024)
• Should the UK increase its R&D budget? (randd, June 2024)
• UK R&D spend ‘should match countries that invest the most’ (Times Higher Education, June 2024)
• Is the UK innovating enough? Experts debate industrial policy (SCI, March 2024)
• Port Talbot blast furnace closure: What are the implications? (Council on Geostrategy, February 2024)
• Britain’s steel industry is at a crossroads (Council on Geostrategy, February 2024)
• What is the biggest challenge facing the UK in 2024? (Council on Geostrategy, January 2024)
• The UK’s International Development White Paper: Fit for today? (Council on Geostrategy, November 2023)
• How should AI be regulated? (Council on Geostrategy, November 2023)
• 先端AI安全評価で協力、日米欧や企業　「サミット」閉幕 [Japan, US, Europe and companies cooperate on advanced AI safety assessments at summit] (The Nikkei, November 2023)
• AI and national security: What are the challenges? (Council on Geostrategy, October 2023)
• How will space impact the future of geopolitics? (Council on Geostrategy, October 2023)
• AI and international development: Explainability is key (Council on Geostrategy, October 2023)
• Why a new Chinese smartphone has sparked panic in Washington (The Telegraph, September 2023)
• What is the biggest challenge facing AUKUS? (Council on Geostrategy, September 2023)
• Why did nobody see it coming? How scenarios can help us prepare for the future in an uncertain world (RAND Corporation, January 2022). Co-authored with Megan Hughes.

Conferences + Workshops:

• AI Chips and the AI Supply Chain (Oxford Semiconductor Conference)
• Building a GCAP Generation: setting the foundations of the trilateral defence cooperation (London Defence Conference)
• Maritime Britain in the 21st Century (Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre and the Council on Geostrategy)
• Innovation Uptake of EU-Funded Security Research Projects (Community for European Research and Innovation for Security, European Commission)
• Potential Applications for Immersive Virtual Environments (US Office of Naval Research Global)

Evaluations:

• Evaluation of the Strength in Places Fund: Wave 1 Process Evaluation (UKRI, 2025). Report, co-authored with Dominic Yiangou, Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon and Susan Guthrie.
• Evaluation of the Strength in Places Fund: Wave 2 Process Evaluation (UKRI, 2025). Report, co-authored with Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon and Susan Guthrie.
• The Nuffield Early Language Intervention Scale-Up: Evaluation Report Year 1 (Education Endowment Foundation, 2023). Report, co-authored with Emma Disley, Madeline Nightingale, Giovanni Amodeo, Asha Haider, Andreas Culora, Sashka Dimova and Lucy Gilder.
• Evaluation of the UK Nuclear Innovation Programme (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 2023). With Billy Bryan, Marie-Laure Hicks, Sana Zakaria, Dominic Yiangou and Chryssa Politi.
• Evaluation of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund: Baseline Report (UKRI and Innovate UK, 2022), Report, co-authored with Susan Guthrie, Joe Francombe, Dominic Yiangou, Camilla d’Angelo, Hamish Evans.
• Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF): Stage 1a Evaluation (Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, 2022). Report, co-authored with Susan Guthrie, Tom Ling, Catriona Manville, Ben Baruch, Hamish Evans, Carolina Feijao, Joe Francombe and Cagla Stevenson.
• Evaluation Framework for the Strength in Places Fund (UKRI, 2021). Report, co-authored with Sarah Karlsberg, Susan Guthrie, Andrew Leicester, Advait Deshpande and Will Carpenter.

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