Alumnus

Anvar is now Research Grants and Programmes Manager at the Nuffield Foundation, formerly Deputy Head of Policy & Content at the Public Policy Projects.

He was previously Head of Research at Bright Blue. Anvar oversaw Bright Blue’s work on social security and led in-house quantitative research, which has been featured in The Times, The Guardian, The Observer, Daily Mirror, ConservativeHome. Anvar holds a MSc from LSE in Comparative Politics and a BA from University of Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Anvar has written the following reports:

• Building up
• Benefit to all?
• Shaky Foundations
• Widening Chasms
• Going greener? Public attitudes to net zero
• Experiences and expectations of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Separate support? Attitudes to social security in Scotland
• Immediate public expectations of and priorities for the Conservative Government
• Distant neighbours? Understanding and measuring social integration in England
• Fixing the future: the attitudes of young adults
• Helping hand? Improving Universal Credit