Fellows

Belinda Brown

Belinda Brown studied Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics and then Sociology and Politics at the Central European University in Warsaw.

Elaine Bauer

Elaine, an anthropologist, was born in Jamaica and graduated from the University of Guelph, Canada.

Francis Davis' research interests focus on mutuality, social exclusion and migration. He is currently Visiting Fellow in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Francis has volunteered with voluntary organisations in the social enterprise, mental health, and homelessness sectors.

Geoff Dench

Geoff studied Archaeology & Anthropology at Cambridge and then for a PhD in Social Institutions at the LSE. He first worked at the Institute of Community Studies as research assistant in 1962.

H.A. Hellyer

Dr H.A. Hellyer is Director of the Visionary Consultants Group, a West-Muslim World relations consultancy, and a Fellow of the University of Warwick.

Jim Ogg

Jim is a social anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Young Foundation.

John Thackara

John Thackara is Director of Doors of Perception (Doors), a global design network with offices in France and Bangalore.

Kate Gavron

Kate is a Trustee and Fellow of the Young Foundation and has been associated with the Institute of Community Studies and Mutual Aid Centre (also based at Victoria Park Square) since 1992.

Kathy Pain

Kathy Pain is a Research Fellow at the Young Foundation.

Kirsteen Tait

Kirsteen Tait set up the Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees (ICAR) at Kings College London in March 2001 and was its director until she retired in 2004.

Nat Wei

Nat works at Absolute Return for Kids, a foundation established to address child poverty through education, health, and support, and is a member of their education team.

Paul Barker

Paul is a Senior Research Fellow at the Young Foundation. A writer and broadcaster he is the former Editor of the social affairs magazine New Society.

Paul Thompson

Professor Paul Thompson is a social historian and sociologist, internationally recognised as a pioneer of the use of oral history and life story interviews in social research.

Peter Hall

Professor Sir Peter Hall, Senior Research Fellow of the Young Foundation and Professor of Planning at the Bartlett School of Architecture and Planning, University College is a geographer-planner.

Sean Carey

Sean Carey PhD studied social science at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Sean has written extensively on several Hindu religious movements in the UK as well as the Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani communities in the East End of London.

Tom Steinberg

Tom is the founder and director of mySociety.

Tony Flower

Dr Tony Flower is a Senior Fellow at the Young Foundation and has been director of numerous charitable and voluntary organisations and acted as consultant to many other organisations, notably the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.