Academic pollster and military reservist, with a focus on the public dimensions of globalisation and security.

Work hats inc: the academic director at YouGov; captain in the British Army; polling director at the Cambridge University POLIS Department and co-director of its YouGov-Cambridge Centre for Public Opinion Research; senior member of Clare Hall College Cambridge; senior research associate at Jesus College Cambridge; affiliated researcher at the Cambridge University Bennett Institute; associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI); and data journalist for numerous, inc the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Huffington Post and RUSI.

Ed/work ex inc: BA First from Birmingham University; masters, doctorate and post-doctoral studies at Cambridge University; officer commission from Sandhurst Royal Military Academy; and an Erasmus year at Aristotle University in Greece. Career started after undergrad as a Washington ghost-writer, inc some bestselling books on foreign affairs, and an advisor to Stefan Halper, a US diplomat. Mil experience inc Ops SHADER and CABRIT.

(views are personal/ do not reflect on any institution blaa blaa)