Geoff Mulgan
Director, Young Foundation
Since late 2004 Geoff Mulgan has been director of the Young Foundation. Between 1997 and 2004 Geoff had various roles in the UK government including director of the Government’s Strategy Unit and head of policy in the Prime Minister’s office. Before that he was the founder and director of the think-tank Demos and chief adviser to Gordon Brown MP. He has also worked in local government, the European Commission, and as a reporter for BBC TV and radio.
He is a visiting professor at LSE, UCL and Melbourne University; on the boards of the Work Foundation, the Design Council and the Health Innovation Council. He is chair of Involve (a charity focused on promoting public engagement in decision-making) and of the Carnegie Inquiry into the Future of Civil Society. He is also a member of the European Commission’s 2025 group and co-chair of the Department of Health’s Third Sector Sounding Board.
He is thinker in residence with the government of South Australia; fellow of the Australia New Zealand School of Government; and has advised many governments around the world, particularly in Europe and Asia. His most recent book is ‘Good and Bad Power: the Ideals and Betrayals of Government’ (Penguin, 2007). Previous books include: ‘Connexity’ (Harvard Business Press/Vintage, 1997); ‘Politics in an antipolitical age’ (Polity, 1994); and ‘Communication and control: networks and the new economies of communication’ (Blackwell, 1991). His next book is ‘The Art of Public Strategy’ which will be published by Oxford University Press in 2008.
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