project assistant, Academy of Ideas; convener; Battle Book Club

Emma is currently working as a project assistant for the Academy of Ideas, helping to organise the Battle of Ideas festival and convening the Battle Book Club. She is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham, completing her degree in politics. She has previously written for spiked and the University of Birmingham Redbrick paper. She also co-authored The Corona Generation: coming of age in a crisis with Jennie Bristow in 2020.

