There is a growing recognition that younger people must be afforded greater economic and political opportunity; however, meaningful policy is required to bridge the gap between ideas and action. To this end, the Next Generation Centre will work to develop policy by and for younger people, working with Government and those supportive of our aims across politics.
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Our Mission
Young people are inherently capitalist- they are entrepreneurial, commercially-minded and ambitious. Despite this, ‘capitalism’ is a dirty word for too many young people.
In order to change this, we want to demonstrate that only free markets and a free society can deliver the solutions to the challenges that young people face, through educational outreach and our new Fellowship Programme.
We want to build lasting relationships with the policy-makers of the future, and so will be offering young writers the opportunity to join our Next Generation Fellowship Programme, helping them produce research on the issues ranging from housing and taxation to nightlife and the environment.
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Our current Next Generation Centre fellows
Matthew Brooker is a final-year Economics student at Durham University. He is the Easter 2024 President of the Durham Union Society, Durham's largest and oldest student society. He was previously a Policy Fellow of the Pinsker Centre, a foreign policy think tank. Matthew's research focus is higher education policy and funding. After graduation, Matthew will join an American Investment Bank as a Financial Analyst. In the long term, Matthew aspires to a career in public service.
Applications are open for our Next Generation Fellowship Programme! We are looking for people under the age of 35 interested in research and policy.
Alexander Bowen is our health and public services fellow. He is currently a master’s student at SciencesPo Paris and Universität St. Gallen where he is studying for a master’s degree in public policy focussing on health, and a master’s degree in international affairs focussing on business and economics. Prior to that he completed his undergraduate studies at SciencesPo and Bocconi University in political science and economics. Alongside his studies, he is a columnist for Conservative Home where he has written on a variety of policy issues including dentistry and tobacco control. He has also contributed articles on public policy to several other publications and was a contributor to the European Commission’s young competition policy expert’s brief on the European Green Deal. Alexander has also worked on communications for several groups including the London New Liberals (part of the Progressive Policy Institute), 1828 magazine, and founded Tories for Climate Action and the semi-satirical campaign to save the Marble Arch Mound. Outside of campaigning he has also worked as a sustainability coordinator and research intern during the Covid-19 pandemic, and also served as an EU Youth Ambassador.
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Anna Taylor received a first class Classics degree with Honours at the University of Exeter and is currently working as the Senior Parliamentary Researcher for the former Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, Rt. Hon. Robert Halfon MP. In her time in Parliament, Anna has worked on local and national research, briefs and comms in addition to formulating policy on a Mayoral candidate campaign. During her fellowship at the Next Generation
Duncan McClements is an economics student at King's College Cambridge, and is interested in innovation, immigration, housing and defence. He is an Emergent Ventures grantee, an Atlas Fellow and has written two papers for the Adam Smith Institute, Optimising for our Openness Level: The Economic Effects of Visa Auctions in the UK and Couped Up: Quantifying the costs of housing restrictions to the UK Economy.
Our previous research by and for young people…
James Yucel is our Media Relations Fellow. He previously worked for Britain's largest affordable housing campaign PricedOut as Head of External Affairs and founded Defund The BBC - a viral digital campaign which amassed over 40,000 followers within 24 hours of launch. Previously a Don Lavoie Fellow at the Mercatus Center, he now works in financial services and is a frequent commentator on markets and current affairs. His work has been featured in the Sunday Times, the Economist, the Guardian and Sky News.
Noa Cohen is a Director of Next Gen Tories, the campaign group calling on the Conservative Party to win back working-aged voters with a focus on housing, family and taxation. She currently leads on UK public affairs for a food and beverage multinational, and previously worked at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). She is particularly interested in how free market reforms can address falling birth rates and drive family formation. Noa holds an MA(Hons) in Politics from the University of Edinburgh.
