Patrick Diamond

Patrick Diamond becomes Senior Research Fellow

Policy Network is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Diamond as a Senior Research Fellow. He will be offering us his expertise in a number of our ongoing projects, particularly on the renewal of social democracy, globalisation and social justice, and the future of the welfare state.

Biographical note

Patrick Diamond is Gwilym Gibbon Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, and a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Oxford. Patrick is also an elected member of Southwark Council. He is the former Head of Policy Planning in 10 Downing Street and Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister. Patrick has spent ten years as a Special Adviser in various roles at the heart of British Government, including No.10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, the Northern Ireland Office, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) where he served as Group Director of Strategy. His recent publications include: Beyond New Labour (with Roger Liddle, 2009); Social Justice in the Global Age (with Olaf Cramme, 2009); and Global Europe, Social Europe (with Anthony Giddens, 2006).