David Goodhart Keynote Speaker

Head of the Demography, Immigration, and Integration Unit, and Director of the Integration Hub website
Founder and Editor-at-Large at Prospect magazine
Author of The British Dream, shortlisted for the Orwell Book Prize 2014

David Goodhart's Biography

David Goodhart is Head of the Demography, Immigration, and Integration Unit, and Director of the Integration Hub website. He is the founder and former editor of Prospect magazine, which he set up in 1995. David grew Prospect into Britain’s leading current affairs monthly, he remains the magazine’s editor-at-large.

David is a prominent figure in public debate in the UK. He is a well-known broadcaster, author, commentator and journalist who regularly contributes to the Guardian, the Independent, the Times and the Financial Times. He has presented several BBC Radio 4 Analysis programmes. Before Prospect, David was a correspondent for the Financial Times for 12 years – including a stint in Germany during the unification period.

David is author of The British Dream, about postwar multiculturalism, national identity and immigration. It was short-listed for the Orwell Book Prize in 2014. He is also the author of the political bestseller ‘The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics’.