senior research fellow at IPPR, working on AI. previously CETaS, Alan Turing Institute and UNESCO

Joined September 2025
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Big news: @roapowell and I today started an AI & economics substack, Model Economy. AI will likely transform our economy & society in dramatic ways. Decisions we make today will likely shape who gains, who loses & what the future looks like. Let's go! modeleconomy.substack.com/p/…

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The world of AI job loss predictions is a mess: AI CEOs oscillate between “half of jobs gone in five years” and “no need to worry” Studies ask AI to predict what jobs will go, but AI’s answers vary threefold And decisions on AI in government are based on shaky forecasts 1/2
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I have written about this for @IPPRs new AI Substack. The UK government has launched a new AI economics institute to cut through the noise and build a more evidenced picture, but they have a hard task ahead of them. open.substack.com/pub/modele…

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Exclusive coverage of new @IPPR report on worker power in the age of AI in the Guardian: theguardian.com/technology/2…
AI might not take your job, but it could change it beyond recognition – for better or worse In a new report with Amy Kinton for @IPPR's Decade of National Renewal programme, we make the case that workers’ rights should be overhauled for the AI era: ippr.org/articles/strike-whi…
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