Jordan Urban

Jordan is a researcher in the civil service and policy making team. He contributes to the Institute’s work on civil service effectiveness and reform, and better policy making. He is currently the lead researcher for the Commission on the Centre of Government. 

Jordan studied politics at university. He was co-founder of GovTracker, an initiative tracking the progress of the government’s manifesto pledges, and previously worked at Full Fact and in communications. He helped to build multiple civic technology tools at the 2019 General Election, including one giving students information on whether voting in their home or university constituency would have the most impact. He has been published in the academic journal Political Studies.