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You are here Our people Nick Pearce
 
Nick Pearce

Nick Pearce

Director

Phone: +44 (0)20 7470 6132
Email: n.pearce@ippr.org
Twitter: @IPPR_NickP
 

Areas of expertise

  • Future of social democracy
  • Social justice
  • Public service reform
  • Welfare reform
  • Identity politics
  • Policymaking in government

Nick Pearce rejoined IPPR as Director in September 2010 after two years as Head of the Policy Unit at Number 10. An author and regular commentator on public policy, his recent broadcast appearances include BBC Newsnight, Channel 4 News and Radio 4 Analysis. Recent articles have been published in the Guardian, Financial Times and Prospect, among many others. His books include Politics for a New Generation, Social Justice: Building a fairer Britain, Tomorrow's Citizens and Wasted Youth.

In addition to running the Downing Street Policy Unit, Nick has worked as an advisor in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office and the former Department for Education and Employment. He was formerly Chair of the Advisory Board to the UK Chief Scientist's Foresight progamme and served on the Equalities Review and the Teaching & Learning 2020 Review. He is currently a member of the board of the Royal Institute of British Architects Trust and the UK-India Roundtable. He was educated at the Universities of Manchester and Oxford.

 

Publications

The relational state: How recognising the importance of human relationships could revolutionise the role of the state

12 Nov 2012

Public Services at the Crossroads

24 Sep 2007

Politics for a New Generation

14 May 2007

Politics for a New Generation

14 May 2007

Freedom's Orphans: Raising youth in a changing world

Author(s) : Mike Dixon, Nick Pearce, Howard Reed, Julia Margo

06 Nov 2006

Social Justice Building a fairer Britain

06 Jun 2005

Quiet Revolution: Progressive government in South America

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

01 Feb 2005

Tomorrow's Citizens

01 Jan 2000

Piloting the University for Industry: Report of the North East Project

Author(s) : Josh Hillman, Nick Pearce, Michael Thorne, Helen Milner

02 Jan 1999

Wasted Youth Raising achievement and tackling social exclusion

Author(s) : Nick Pearce, Josh Hillman

07 Jan 1998

 

Articles

The coalition has already abandoned the Child Poverty Act - 21 May 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Child poverty: time for honesty and a new approach - 13 May 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

As Moody’s downgrades Co-op bank, can its mutual model succeed in financial services? - 13 May 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Universal credit is trouble, but it's no welfare revolution - 30 Apr 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

George Osborne's benefits cap puts Labour on the back foot - 19 Apr 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Labour’s chance to lead fiscal policy - 20 Mar 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Swedish success secrets - 11 Mar 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Juncture interview: Bonnie Honig - 06 Mar 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce, Bonnie Honig

Labour must engage with the problems of real life - 14 Feb 2013

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Change is inevitable - 17 Dec 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

When young people buy their own homes, they feel like citizens with a stake in society - 10 Dec 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Letter from … Stockholm: Social democracy renewed - 28 Nov 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

To the point - No easy way to quality - 08 Oct 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Politicians cannot hide from UK finances - 27 Sep 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce, Gavin Kelly

After the Coalition: What’s left? - 26 Sep 2012

Author(s) : Gavin Kelly, Nick Pearce

Universal childcare - 26 Sep 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

After austerity - what happens next? - 20 Sep 2012

Author(s) : Gavin Kelly, Nick Pearce

Seventeen days to save the economy - 11 Sep 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

To the point: All agreed on quality? - 06 Aug 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Changes to Childcare? Take the Nordic Path - 09 Jul 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Housing benefit is out of control, but there is an alternative - 21 Jun 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

It's time to make big choices about future spending - 04 Jun 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Foreign students are key to UK prosperity - 14 May 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce, Jo Johnson

To the point - Stand up for women - 14 May 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

An alternative Queen's speech - 08 May 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

To the Point - Where is the vision? - 16 Apr 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Memo from Tokyo: what Japan can teach us - 10 Apr 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Beyond social mobility - 29 Mar 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

New times, new thinking - 23 Mar 2012

Author(s) : Nick Pearce

Obamanomics offers just what Osborne needs - 13 Mar 2012

Author(s) : Eric Beinhocker, Nick Pearce