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James Wilsdon

James Wilsdon is head of science and innovation at the think-tank Demos and co-author of The Public Value of Science (2005, available free from Demos).

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The man who wants to live forever

Aubrey de Grey believes that a 60-year-old alive today may become the first 1,000-year-old human. And he is serious. Paul Miller & James Wilsdon profile a scorned but calmly defiant pioneer of the science of biogerontology.

Small talk: new ways of democratising science and technology

Experiments and innovations in public engagement with science have the potential to contribute to a more accountable science and a healthier democracy, writes James Wilsdon, head of science and innovation at the think-tank Demos.