Aled Maclean-Jones
Aled is chief executive of Ashore and a former special adviser to the UK Prime Minister and to HM Treasury. He writes on culture and technology, and has published in outlets including Works in Progress, UnHerd, and the New Statesman.
Ayishat Akanbi
Ayishat is a London-based stylist, writer, and cultural commentator. She has worked across fashion, art, and public discussion, and is known for writing and speaking on identity, ideology, freedom, and culture.
Bryan Cheang
Bryan is co-director and fellow of the LSE Hayek Program at STICERD, and a teaching fellow at LSE. He is also affiliated with King’s College London and the Adam Smith Institute.
Daisy Christodoulou
Daisy is director of education at No More Marking and the author of Seven Myths about Education and I Can’t Stop Thinking About VAR. She previously taught English and served as head of assessment at Ark Schools.
David Goodhart
David is a journalist, commentator, and author, and the founder and former editor of Prospect magazine. He was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times, director of Demos, and head of the Demography, Immigration and Integration Unit at Policy Exchange.
Ed West
Ed is a writer and journalist, and the author of books including The Diversity Illusion, Tory Boy, and Small Men on the Wrong Side of History. He writes the Wrong Side of History Substack and has previously worked at UnHerd, The Catholic Herald, The Daily Telegraph, and The Spectator.
Henry Oliver
Henry is a writer, literary critic, and research fellow at the Mercatus Center. He is the author of Second Act and writes the literary Substack The Common Reader, which has been featured in outlets including the New York Times, GQ, and The Atlantic.
Ian Leslie
Ian is an author and essayist who writes on psychology, technology, culture, and human behaviour. He is the author of Conflicted: how arguments are tearing us apart and John & Paul: a Love Story in Songs, and writes the The Ruffian Substack.
Juliet Samuel
Juliet is a columnist at The Times, where she writes on politics, economics, foreign policy, and technology. She previously wrote for The Daily Telegraph and has also covered finance and business for The Wall Street Journal and The Times.
Russ Roberts
Russ is president of Shalem College in Jerusalem and is a John and Jean De Nault Research Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. He is the host of the long-running EconTalk podcast and the author of several books on economics and public life.
Tom Forth
Tom is head of data at Open Innovations and co-founder and CTO of The Data City. He works on data, software, and industrial strategy.
Rian Whitton
Rian is an analyst at Bismarck Analysis specialising in automation, energy, and industrial policy. He writes the Doctor Syn newsletter and has also written on robotics, technology, and industry for outlets including UnHerd and American Affairs.
Sarah Hunter
Sarah is a technology and policy adviser with a background in climate tech and public policy. She is a non-executive director at ARIA, a trustee of Nesta, and previously spent more than a decade leading global public policy at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory.
Tyler Cowen
Tyler is the Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and chairman and faculty director of the Mercatus Center. He co-authors Marginal Revolution, co-founded Marginal Revolution University, and hosts the Conversations with Tyler podcast.