Institute of Ideas Personnel
director Claire Fox
Claire Fox is the director of the Institute of Ideas (IoI), which she established to create a public space where ideas can be contested without constraint. Claire initiated the IoI while co-publisher of the controversial and ground-breaking current affairs journal LM magazine (formerly Living Marxism). The IoI has since worked with a variety of prestigious institutions in Britain and abroad. More...
science and society director Tony Gilland
Tony Gilland is the Science and Society Director at the Institute of Ideas. Tony directs the IoI’s programme on scientific and medical controversies, particularly in relation to genetics, medical science and public health. He has programmed many symposiums, and edited several books on the subject. More...
arts and society director Tiffany Jenkins
Tiffany Jenkins is director of the arts and society programme at the Institute of Ideas. She hosts conferences, salons, broadcasts and writes about cultural matters. Tiffany is currently researching the crisis of cultural authority in museum institutions, and the cultural work of dead bodies, in the school of social sciences, at the University of Kent at Canterbury. She is interested in the legitimacy of museum insitutions, cultural policy, the body as a site of identity, and the symbolic meanings of dead bodies. More...
research and editorial director Dolan Cummings
Dolan Cummings is research and editorial director at the IoI. He edits the IoI's reviews website, Culture Wars and is a co-organiser of the yearly Battle of Ideas festival, next taking place in London on 1-2 November 2008. More...
series editor, Debating Matters Ellie Lee
Ellie Lee is a lecturer in social policy at Kent University, and before that worked at Southampton University as a lecturer and research fellow. More...
head of membership and events Geoff Kidder
Geoff Kidder is the membership secretary of the Institute of Ideas. The associate membership scheme was set up in May 2002, and we now have associates throughout the UK and around the world. More...
communications director Shirley Dent
Shirley Dent is Communications Director for the Institute of Ideas, the Battle of Ideas and development editor of Culture Wars, the reviews website of the Institute of Ideas. More...
Debating Matters press officer Helen Birtwistle
Helen Birtwistle is press officer for the Institute of Ideas & Pfizer's Debating Matters Competition, an innovative and engaging new style of debating competition for sixth form students in the UK. More...
Debating Matters national administrator Justine Brian
Justine Brian is the administrator for the Institute of Ideas & Pfizer's Debating Matters Competition, an innovative and engaging new style of debating competition for sixth form students in the UK. More...
Alex Hochuli
Alex Hochuli is Institute of Ideas web editor and works in a range of other areas at the IoI, as well as with the Debating Matters Competition. More...
webmaster Angus Kennedy
Angus Kennedy is the webmaster for the Battle of Ideas (http://www.battleofideas.org.uk) and Culture Wars (http://www.culturewars.org.uk) websites. Angus is a Battle of Ideas committee member, has written for spiked, and reviewed for Culture Wars. More...
technical consultant Simon Belt
Simon Belt started his IT career working in the rather restrictive environment of the civil service, before moving into the more flexible and innovative international outsourcing world. In 1999 Simon established his own IT Consultancy - Simply Better IT. His passion is delivering end-to-end IT solutions for small businesses to help transform their use of technology and business processes. More...