JOSHUA SIMONS
16 Roderick Road, London, NW3 2NL | 0784 3064951| [email protected]
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA PhD in Government, Department of Government, expected May 2020. Dissertation (tbc): “The Politics of Technological Change: What Should Politics Do?” Committee (tbc): Michael Sandel, Danielle Allen, Richard Tuck, Peter Hall.
Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK BA in History and Politics. Starred double first. Graduated top of my year. Received Davidson Scholarship and Goody Prize, for academic excellence.
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONOURS
Weatherhead Grant, for predissertation research, 2017-2018. Kennedy Fellowship, for intellectual promise and future leadership ability, 2016-17. Davidson Scholarship for all-round intellectual achievement, 2015-16. Goody Prize, for performance in undergraduate examinations, 2015. Morton Prize, for performance in undergraduate examinations, 2014. Hughes Year Prize, for all round contribution to undergraduate life, 2013-14.
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Work, Freedom and Choice”, presentation at Political Theory Workshop, March 2017.
“Labour Theory of Value and early conceptions of work in economics”, paper submitted Princeton Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy, 2017. Tbc.
“Politics in Periods of Economic Change: The Status of Work”, tbc.
“The transformation of work in nineteenth-century America, 1820-1865”, tbc.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Co-Editor, ‘Political Economy and Justice’, Harvard University (2017-) Research for Prof. Danielle Allen, on joint essay collection to be published 2019. I will co-edit selection of essays which rethink the foundations of political economy. Contributors to include Thomas Piketty, Dani Rodrik, and Elizabeth Anderson (tbc).
Research Assistant, Commission on the Future of Work, Harvard University (2016-) Research for Prof. Michael Sandel, on the impact of technological change on work. Exploring the principles and language which best captures why we value work. Part of the Indepedent Commission on the Future of Work. http://www.tom-watson.com/fow
Research Assistant, Center for History and Economics, Cambridge University (2014-15) Researched welfare economics and social choice for Prof. Amartya Sen, Worked on my own paper on dalit networks and bonded labour.
Research Assistant, Department of Politics, Cambridge University (2015-2016) Researched for Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy. Used data to examine the history of monetary policy since the 1970s. Explored the political origins and distributional consequences of monetary policy.
Research Assistant, St John’s College, Cambridge University (2014-15) For Sylvana Tomaselli, explored the political thought of Mary Wollstonecraft. Focused on eighteenth-century debates about Platonism.
Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Warwick University (2012-14) Analysed data about the use of social media in political debates in 2010-2012. Wrote paper on the limits of social media as a tool for public engagement with policy.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Policy Advisor, Labour Party Policy Team (2016) Wrote economic policy briefs relating to the Remain campaign and briefed politicians. Ran policy and literature for successful by-election campaign of Rosena Allin Khan.
Policy Advisor, Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (2015-16) Advised Leader of the Opposition in UK Parliament on economy and foreign policy. Wrote speeches on climate change and business policy. Coordinated demands and secured concessions on the Investigatory Powers Bill. Led and worked with a team of sixteen advisors to other Shadow Cabinet MPs.
Researcher, Institute for Public Policy Research (2015) Report on the economics of housing for the London Housing Commission. Wrote on economic trust for Renewal, and on the politics of monetary policy. Analysed quantitative data on fiscal policy and productivity figures since 2008.
Campaign Advisor, Daniel Zeichner, Labour Party (2015) Responsible for policy and communications in Daniel’s student campaign. Against the broader trend, Daniel was elected MP for Cambridge by 599 votes.
Researcher, BBC World Service Gathered material for programmes on the life and work of Albert Camus. Traveled to India to interview Devadasi women and bonded labourers, for ‘Outlook’.
RESPONSIBILITIES
President, The Palmerston Society, St John’s College. President, The University of Cambridge Politics Society. Editor-in-Chief, Varsity Newspaper, University of Cambridge. Editor-in-Chief, The Tab, University of Cambridge. Founder, ‘Grey Matters’, an online portal for sufferers of mental health problems.
REFERENCES
Michael Sandel, Professor of Government, Harvard University: [email protected]
Peter Hall, Professor of Government, Harvard University: [email protected]
Sylvana Tomaselli, Lecturer in History and Politics, Cambridge University: [email protected]
David Runciman, Professor of Politics, Cambridge University: [email protected]
Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University: [email protected]
Neale Coleman: Former Executive Director for Policy, The Labour Party: [email protected]
Godric Smith: Founder, INC; Former Official Spokesperson, 10 Downing Street: [email protected]