1. Sir Geoffrey John Mulgan CBE was born on 1961 and is Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London.
16 Facts About Geoff Mulgan
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Geoff Mulgan was a fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and trained as a Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka.
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Geoff Mulgan worked for a spell in the 1980s as a van driver for the "Labour-supporting collective of musicians and comedians known as Red Wedge", opting ultimately for a career in local government and academia in the UK as well as writing on social and political issues in various newspapers and magazines in the 1990s, including The Independent, the Financial Times, The Guardian, and the New Statesman.
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Geoff Mulgan worked as a reporter for BBC television and radio.
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Geoff Mulgan has founded or co-founded many organisations, including: Demos, the Young Foundation, the Social Innovation Exchange, Uprising, Studio Schools Trust, Action for Happiness, the Alliance for Useful Evidence, States of Change, The Australian Centre for Social Innovation, Maslaha and Nesta Italia.
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Geoff Mulgan is a founding editor-in-chief of the journal Collective Intelligence, published by Sage and ACM.
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Geoff Mulgan has been chair of various organisations including the Social Innovation Exchange; Involve; Nesta Italia; and the Studio Schools Trust.
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Geoff Mulgan has been a board member of Big Society Capital and a trustee of charities including Action for Happiness; the Photographers' Gallery; Reimagine Europa; Luton Culture Trust; the Design Council, the Work Foundation, Crime Concern, and Political Quarterly, and a member of various committees for bodies including the European Commission, World Economic Forum, OECD, SITRA and the Academy of Medical Sciences.
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From 2016 to 2019, Geoff Mulgan was a senior visiting scholar at the Ash Center in the Kennedy School at Harvard University.
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Geoff Mulgan is profiled in two books: The New Alchemists, and Visionaries.
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Geoff Mulgan was profiled by the Daily Telegraph in January 2024, prompted by evidence that when in government he had tried to cancel the Horizon Post Office software which later caused a series of miscarriages of justice and a major scandal.
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Geoff Mulgan has written numerous reports and pamphlets for Demos, the Young Foundation, Nesta, and Demos Helsinki.
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Geoff Mulgan has lectured and advised several governments on policy and strategy, and given TED talks on the global economy, education, and happiness.
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Geoff Mulgan was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 Birthday Honours for his work at the Prime Minister's Office.
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Geoff Mulgan was knighted in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to the creative economy.
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Geoff Mulgan was awarded an honorary fellowship by Cardiff University in 2022.