Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think tank. We are champions of people, ideas and upgrading democracy.
Trust in institutions is falling, public debate is polarised, and too many people feel democracy no longer delivers for them. That’s why our mission is to upgrade democracy in the UK and build a system powered by trusting relationships, information and technology, fit for our times.
Our mission is ambitious, bold and hopeful, but our methods are practical. We conduct research and innovate with citizens, experts and politicians to devise fresh policies and democratic practice, drawing on strong, established networks.
Our work focuses on four key areas that span the interface between state and citizen: Everyday Democracy, Public Service Reform, the Citizen Economy, and Resilient Information Ecosystems – with technology and AI shaping each.
We’ve spent three decades cementing our place as a trusted expert, political convener and generator of ideas. Movements, ideologies and governments have come and gone. Yet in this moment of global democratic emergency, Demos’s work could not be more urgent or relevant.
Demos was founded in 1993 and is led by Polly Curtis.
