Nick Johnson

Nick is a public policy professional, with extensive experience of policy development, research and strategic leadership. He is a leading writer and commentator on issues of integration, equality and. cohesion. Nick contributes regularly to books, journals and magazines on a wide range of subjects including integration, multiculturalism, social capital, cohesion, citizenship and race equality.

Between 2004-7, he was the Director of Policy and Public Sector for the Commission for Racial Equality where he led the development of the CRE's policy agenda. He was also responsible for managing the Commission's relationship with the public sector and monitoring the performance of all public authorities with regards to race equality.

In 2007, he joined the Institute of Community Cohesion as Director of Policy where he led on policy development and public affairs. He has subsequently started his own business working across public policy and research. He remains a Principal Associate with the Institute.

Nick was recently commissioned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to develop a conceptual framework for 'good relations' and has also completed a new pamphlet for the Fabian Society on what integration means and how it can be measured. He is a Research Fellow at the Smith Institute where he contributes to their programme of publications and seminars.

Previously, he was a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers and before that, he was at the Association of London Government, where he was responsible for corporate and strategic policy. Nick is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and a member of the Ethnicity Advisory Group for the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study.