Ryan Shorthouse Explained

Ryan Shorthouse is a British writer, thinker and entrepreneur. He is the founder and Executive Chair of Bright Blue, an independent think tank for promoting Liberal Conservatism.

Life and career

Ryan Shorthouse was chief executive of Bright Blue from 2014 to 2023 and is now executive chair.[1] He was previously a Research Fellow for the Social Market Foundation and a part of the team that won Prospect magazine's Think Tank of the Year in 2012.[2] [3] Before 2010, he was a researcher for the Rt Hon David Willetts MP during his tenure as Shadow Education Secretary, where he authored the Conservative Party's Childhood Review.

He is also a writer and political commentator, appearing regularly on television, radio, and in print.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Shorthouse has written widely on social mobility,[10] education,[11] Childcare,[12] universities,[13] immigration,[14] housing,[15] economics,[16] welfare,[17] and political philosophy.[18]

Under Shorthouse's leadership, Bright Blue has grown significantly in size and impact. Bright Blue has raised over £5 million for its work, employed around 60 people and seen the adoption of over 50 original Bright Blue policies by the UK Government.[19] Broadly, under David Cameron, Bright Blue's work helped improve education policy, especially on childcare and universities. Under Theresa May, it secured significant changes to environmental policy, including being the first centre-right organisation to call for the UK to adopt a legal net zero emissions target. Under Boris Johnson, Bright Blue helped change the post-Brexit immigration system for workers and students.[20] Under Rishi Sunak, many of Bright Blue's ideas on reforming childcare support were adopted.[21]

Shorthouse is a trustee of Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education, and a senior visiting fellow of King's College London. He is also a commissioner of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. He is also a mentor of the Social Mobility Foundation and governor of a state secondary school in East London.

In November 2022, Shorthouse announced that he would stand down as director and step up to chair the think tank[22] Bright Blue is appointing a new CEO in 2024.[23]

Publications

Social Market Foundation

Bright Blue

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ryan Shorthouse - Bright Blue.
  2. Web site: Ryan Shorthouse - Social Market Foundation.
  3. Web site: Prospect think-tank awards 2012.
  4. News: Don’t blame the elite – that’s the politics of nihilism and envy. Shorthouse. Ryan. 22 December 2016. The Guardian.
  5. News: Brexit is Britain's chance to become a human rights superpower. Shorthouse. Ryan. 17 July 2017. The Telegraph.
  6. News: Liberals are well served by the Conservative Party. Shorthouse. Ryan. 28 March 2014. The New Statesman.
  7. News: Brexit provides the perfect opportunity to crack the immigration question. Shorthouse. Ryan. 25 July 2016. The Spectator.
  8. News: The right-wing case against populism. Shorthouse. Ryan. 31 March 2017. Prospect.
  9. News: Shorthouse. Ryan. 16 March 2020. Offer government loans to change economics of childcare. The Times.
  10. News: The professions are still very much a playground for the rich. Shorthouse. Ryan. 18 February 2020. The Times.
  11. News: 'Exaggerated value of private education'. Shorthouse. Ryan. 12 March 2014. The Telegraph.
  12. News: The quality, not quantity, of childcare needs improving. Shorthouse. Ryan. 30 June 2015. The Spectator.
  13. News: Ryan Shorthouse: Slashing fees would be an unjust tax cut for wealthy graduates. Shorthouse. Ryan. 20 February 2018. The Times.
  14. News: Brexit provides the perfect opportunity to crack the immigration question. Shorthouse. Ryan. 25 July 2015. The Spectator.
  15. News: Ryan Shorthouse: A helping hand on the property ladder. Shorthouse. Ryan. 20 March 2018. The Yorkshire Post.
  16. News: This is Philip Hammond's chance to show he is a champion of a fair society. Shorthouse. Ryan. 21 November 2017. The Evening Standard.
  17. News: Universal credit can work, but it needs tweaks. Shorthouse. Ryan. 29 October 2017. The Times.
  18. News: What right and left alike fail to see: life is filled with randomness. Shorthouse. Ryan. 1 July 2020. Prospect.
  19. News: Ryan Shorthouse: Looking back after eight years at Bright Blue. Shorthouse. Ryan. 22 November 2022. Bright Blue.
  20. News: Ryan Shorthouse: A new chapter for Bright Blue in 2023. Shorthouse. Ryan. 4 January 2020. Bright Blue.
  21. News: Bright Blue: There is some brightness in this Budget. Blue. Bright. March 15, 2023. Bright Blue.
  22. Web site: 2022-12-13 . Ryan Shorthouse: I’m losing faith that our current politics can deliver for my generation. Here’s a Conservative agenda for change. . 2022-12-13 . tConservativeHome . en.
  23. Web site: Lampier . Sam . 2022-11-22 . Bright Blue: Ryan Shorthouse to step down as CEO of Bright Blue . 2022-11-24 . Bright Blue . en-US.
  24. Web site: Open Access: An independent evaluation. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  25. Web site: Family Fortunes: the bank of mum and dad in low income families. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  26. Web site: Risky Business: Social Impact Bonds and public services. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  27. Web site: A Future State of Mind: Facing up to the dementia challenge. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  28. Web site: Sink or Swim? The impact of the Universal Credit. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  29. Web site: A Better Beginning: Easing the cost of childcare. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  30. Web site: The Parent Trap: Illustrating the growing costs of childcare. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  31. Web site: The Class of 2010. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  32. Web site: Disconnected: Social Mobility and the Creative Industries. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  33. Web site: Funding Undergraduates. Social Market Foundation. en-CA. 2019-03-27.
  34. Web site: Home advantage: A new centre-right vision for housing.
  35. Web site: An agenda for action: Reducing racial inequality in modern Britain.
  36. Web site: A carbonless crucible? Forging a UK steel industry.
  37. Web site: A vision for tax reform in the 2020s.
  38. Web site: Greening UK Export Finance.
  39. Web site: Fast track? European climate diplomacy after COP26.
  40. Web site: Rightfully rewarded: reforming taxes on work and wealth.
  41. Web site: No place like home: The benefits and challenges of home working.
  42. Web site: Driving uptake: Maturing the market for electric vechiles.
  43. Web site: Delivering net zero: Building Britain’s resilient recovery.
  44. Web site: Framing the future: a new pensions commission.
  45. Web site: Emission impossible?.
  46. Web site: Distant neighbours?.
  47. Web site: Helping Hand? Improving Universal Credit. Shorthouse. Ryan.
  48. Web site: CLEARING THE AIR Reducing air pollution in the West Midlands. Shorthouse. Ryan.
  49. Web site: Individual Identity. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  50. Web site: Britain breaking barriers. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  51. Web site: The future of London. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  52. Web site: Conservatism and Human Rights. Bright Blue.
  53. Web site: Going part-time. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  54. Web site: Reducing poverty by promoting more diverse social networks for disadvantaged people from ethnic minority groups. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  55. Web site: Generation Game. Bright Blue.
  56. Web site: How Ethnic Minorities Think About Immigration. Barrow Cadbury.
  57. Web site: A Manifesto For Immigration. Shorhouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  58. Web site: A Future Without Poverty. Shorhouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  59. Web site: A Centre-Right Plan for Immigration. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  60. Web site: Understanding How Conservative Voters Think About Immigration. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  61. Web site: Give and Take. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  62. Web site: Emission Impossible. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  63. Web site: Tory Modernisation 2.0: The Future of the Conservative Party. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.
  64. Web site: The Moderniser's Manifesto. Shorthouse. Ryan. Bright Blue.

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