Reema Patel

Elgon Social | Cambridge, United Kingdom

Reema directs Elgon Social, as an independent researcher and practitioner with expertise in deliberative and participatory approaches. She currently works on the Digital Good Network, Public Voices in AI, and the Global Climate Citizens Assembly led by Iswe Foundation. She is also an EDI associate to the Wellcome Trust, advising them on the development and implementation of their equity framework. 

She has been a People Powered mentor on two democracy accelerators, and she serves on the stakeholder panel for the EU Horizon consortium INSPIRE (Intersectional Spaces for Participation), which she helped establish. Reema co-founded the Ada Lovelace Institute. She is steeped in the practice of participatory processes, working at the RSA, Ipsos, and Involve. Most recently, she was Research Director and Head of Deliberative Engagement at Ipsos — specializing in complex, multi-country citizen engagement programs such as the Global Science Partnership for climate action as part of the UK's COP26 Presidency.