Geoff Mulgan is director of the Young Foundation.

Between 1997 and 2004 Geoff had various roles in the UK government including director of the Government's Strategy Unit and head of policy in the Prime Minister's office. Before that he was the founder and director of the think-tank Demos (described by The Economist as the most influential in the UK when he left). He has also been Chief Adviser to Gordon Brown MP; a lecturer in telecommunications; an investment executive; and a reporter on BBC TV and radio. He is a visiting professor at LSE, UCL, Melbourne University and a regular lecturer at the China Executive Leadership Academy. He has been a board member of the Work Foundation, the Health Innovation Council, Political Quarterly and the Design Council, and chair of Involve. He is a fellow of the Sunningdale Institute at the UK National School of Government and of the Australia New Zealand School of Government, and has served on many task forces and commissions, including most recently the European Union 2025 programme, the UK Government Commission on reducing health inequality and the Atomium Culture programme linking 25 of Europe's top universities and media organisations. He recently chaired a Carnegie Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society in the UK and Ireland. Geoff has advised many governments around the world, including several Prime Ministers.

His most recent book is The Art of Public Strategy: mobilising power and knowledge for the common good (Oxford University Press, 2009). Other books include Good and Bad Power: the ideals and betrayals of government (Penguin, 2006), Connexity (Vintage and Harvard Business Press, 1998) and Politics in an antipolitical age (Polity, 1994). He has also authored or co-authored dozens of pamphlets, recent examples of which include Sinking and Swimming: understanding Britain's unmet needs and The Open Book of Social Innovation.

Recent publications (other than those published directly by the Young Foundation):

• The Art of Public Strategy - Mobilising Power and Knowledge for the Public Good (OUP, 2008)
• Good and Bad Power: the ideals and betrayals of government (Penguin, 2006) - described as ‘terrific’ by Alan Ryan in Prospect; ‘dazzling’ by Peter Preston in the Observer; and ‘a classic’ by Peter Hennessy in the Tablet.
• Connexity (Harvard Business Press and Jonathon Cape, 1998)
• Saturday Night or Sunday Morning (Comedia, 1987)
• Communication and Control: Networks and the New Economies of Communication (Blackwells, 1991)
• Politics in an Antipolitical Age (Polity, 1994)
• Life After Politics (Harper Collins, 1997)

Geoff is profiled in two recent books – The New Alchemists by Charles Handy (Hutchinson, 1999) and Visionaries by Jay Walljasper (Utne Books, USA, 2001).

Contact

Dawn Joseph: dawn.joseph@youngfoundation.org or 020 8821 2842