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Working to make government more effective

Alex Nice

Alex Nice

Researcher

Alex was a researcher in the devolution team, where he focused on sub-national governance in England. 

Alex studied German, Russian and politics at university. He started his career as the Coordinator of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), and was subsequently Regional Manager for Europe and lead Russia analyst in the country forecasting unit at the Economist Intelligence Unit. He has been a visiting fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin and the Polish Institute for International Affairs in Warsaw, and has also worked at the Civic Assistance Committee in Moscow. Since 2017, he has been an Associate Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.  

In 2014-16, Alex was a member of the Chatham House Council (the board of trustees). 

 

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28 SEP 2021 Interview

Kirsty Williams

Kirsty Williams discusses her time in the Welsh government, being a lone Liberal Democrat minister and the challenges raised by the Covid pandemic.

27 SEP 2021 Interview

Ken Skates

Ken Skates reflects on his time in the Welsh government following the EU referendum and during the Covid-19 pandemic.

15 SEP 2021 Interview

Claire Sugden

Claire Sugden reflects on her time as justice minister for Northern Ireland and her experience of being an independent member of the executive.

14 SEP 2021 Interview

Stephen Farry

Dr Stephen Farry was interviewed on 14 September 2021 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.

18 DEC 2020 Report

Science advice in a crisis

Ministers must improve the way they use and communicate science advice or risk repeating mistakes made during the coronavirus crisis.

09 NOV 2020 Interview

Jeremy Wright

Jeremy Wright reflects on giving legal advice to government, the styles of different PMs and the importance of DCMS as an economic department.