Media & Broadcast
Current Broadcast Roles
BBC Radio 4 Rethink
Host (2024-present). A programme exploring new ideas and approaches to contemporary challenges.
BBC Newsnight
Regular guest (2024-present). Contributing analysis on UK politics and political economy.
BBC Reith Lectures 2023
In 2023, Ben delivered the BBC Reith Lectures, Britain's most prestigious annual lecture series. The lectures explored the challenges facing democratic institutions in the modern world.
Other Broadcast & Media
What's Wrong with Democracy?
Host, Tortoise Media and Open Society Foundation, 2024
Start the Week with Andrew Marr
Guest, BBC Radio 4, January 2020
Op-Ed Contributions
The Times, Daily Telegraph, Financial Times
Columns & Commentary
Prospect Magazine
UK Politics Columnist (2025-present)
Political Calculus
Substack newsletter analysing politics through data and political economy
Selected Policy Publications
- 'Housing' UK in a Changing Europe Brexit and Beyond, 2021
- 'Social Distancing and the Brexit Divide' UK in a Changing Europe, 2020
- 'Location, location, location? Brexit and the predictive power of house prices' The Times, September 2019
- 'What impact would electoral alliances have on the election result?' UK in a Changing Europe, 2019
- 'Indicative votes: is there a majority for anything?' UK in a Changing Europe, 2019