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Researcher
Email: jwright@theworkfoundation.com
Telephone: 020 7976 3527
Jonathan became a Researcher at The Work Foundation in April 2011, having joined as a Research Assistant in 2009. He works on both the Cities 2020 research project and the Bottom Ten Million programme and has managed projects in both areas. Jonathan is currently leading our work on youth unemployment.
His research interests include social exclusion and unemployment, skills and the spatial implications of economic change in the UK.
Prior to joining The Work Foundation Jonathan read Geography at the University of Oxford before completing a master's degree in Contemporary Urbanism at the London School of Economics.
Back to Our People
Off the Map? The geography of NEETs Launched as part of a research partnership with the Private Equity Foundation, this report examines NEET rates for 16 – 24 year olds across Great Britain.
Neil Lee and Jonathan Wright 01 November 2011
Allowing young people to ‘earn a few bob’ is not the answer Lord Jones – the former CBI director and Labour Trade Minister – thinks that children who are struggling at school should be allowed to leave education and ‘earn a few bob’.
Jonathan Wright 27 July 2011
Too little, but not too late? A reaction to yesterday’s youth unemployment announcements Second, the scale of investment seems relatively small compared to the magnitude of the task that lies ahead; especially given the short and long term implications of neglecting to deal with youth unemployment.
Jonathan Wright 13 May 2011
‘TIC’ing off another success? Yesterday (7 Apr) South Yorkshire welcomed the news that Rolls-Royce plans to build three new factories at the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham
Jonathan Wright 07 April 2011
A budget for…youth unemployment Today the Chancellor rightly highlighted the importance of tackling the UK’s growing youth unemployment problem, but he could have gone further...
Jonathan Wright 23 March 2011