Rapid read: freeing the road

Florian Ranft is Head of Programme Structural Change at Das Progressive Zentrum and focuses on inclusive growth and the future of work. In previous capacities, he was Head of Policy and International at Policy Network, and a former Senior Research Analyst at the Centre for Progressive Policy, both think tanks based in London. Previously, he was a researcher and lecturer in political sociology and international relations at the Universities of Frankfurt and Greifswald.

Martin Adler is an economist and works as an external research advisor for the VU University Amsterdam. He is also the founder of the consultancy AtAdlerAdvisory which specialises in transportation and urban issues. Among others, he has advised the OECD, European governments, European commission and international firms on the cost and benefits of public transit, road congestion management policies, accident prevention and urban transformation. He has received the Edwin-von-Boventer prize for his contributions to regional science.

Patrick Diamond is Co-Chair of Policy Network and Associate Professor of Public Policy, Queen Mary, University of London.

Eugenia is a policy researcher at Policy Network. She holds a diploma in Political Economy, King’s College London. Previously, she was a research assistant at King’s College London, working on understanding and quantifying violence trends under authoritarian governments. She also has worked in financial start-ups (Elixium), in development banks (Nafinsa), in trade promotion (ProMexico) and in diplomacy (Mexican Embassy of London).

Matthew is the director of Policy Network and an experienced broadcast journalist who spent more than a dozen years as a BBC current affairs programme maker before becoming a senior adviser to the UK Leader of the Opposition in the run up to the 2015 election. Before entering television he led the main Labour Party pro-European organisation, campaigning for Britain’s leading role in Europe.