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Head of Science and Technology at The Entrepreneurs Network, and Sir Isaac Newton Adjunct Fellow in Science, Innovation and Technology at the Council on Geostrategy.

I currently lead The Entrepreneurs Network’s science and technology work. I previously led the Council on Geostrategy’s work exploring how the United Kingdom can build a more competitive and resilient science and technology base. Before that, I 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.
• Ideas to Impact: Experiences of female academic entrepreneurs in Britain’s spinout ecosystem, (The Entrepreneurs Network, 2026). Report.
• 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:

• Built to Scale (The Entrepreneurs Network, April 2026)
• Process over purpose (The Entrepreneurs Network, March 2026)
• Total Recall (The Entrepreneurs Network, March 2026)
• Cool Runnings (The Entrepreneurs Network, February 2026)
• Re-Energising British Businesses (The Entrepreneurs Network, January 2026)
• What skills does it take to thrive in a modern economy? (The Entrepreneurs Network, December 2025)
• What can we tell future historians about life in Britain in 2025? (The Entrepreneurs Network, December 2025)
• What do you do when 995 people apply for a job? (The Entrepreneurs Network, December 2025)
• 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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