Sonia Sodha Explained

Sonia Sodha
Birth Name:Sonia Priya Sodha
Birth Date:June 1981
Occupation:Columnist, author

Sonia Priya Sodha (born June 1981) is a British columnist and author. She has written for The Guardian and The Observer. She was a senior adviser to Ed Miliband when he was Leader of the Opposition.

Life and career

Sonia Priya Sodha was born in June 1981.[1] She describes herself as a "half-Hindu, half-Sikh Indian".[2] She went to a private school,[3] followed by St Hilda's College, Oxford,[4] where she took a BA (Hons) in PPE and an MPhil in Politics.

She worked for the Social Market Foundation and the Race Equality Unit at the Home Office before joining the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) as a research assistant,[5] later becoming a research fellow.[6] She later moved to become Head of the Capabilities Programme at Demos,[7] where she led work in areas including education and public services,[8] and became Head of Policy and Strategy at the Dartington Social Research Unit.[8]

She was a senior adviser to Ed Miliband when he was Leader of the Opposition. Later, when Sodha was head of public services at Which?, she was reported by The Times to have influenced Miliband's policy of breaking up large banks and requiring them to sell branches to stimulate competition.[9] Sodha is now engaged as the chief leader writer at The Observer and deputy opinion editor at The Guardian.[10] She has made appearances on television and radio shows including the Sky News newspaper review, Today, and Question Time,[11] and has presented BBC Radio 4 documentaries on topics including multiculturalism[12] and deliberative democracy.[13]

Sodha has also served as a trustee of City Year UK, a charity that supports role models to help students from disadvantaged communities,[14] [15] and of Trust for London, a charity addressing poverty and equality.[16]

Publications

Year Title Authors Publisher ISBN
2006 Housing wealth : first timers to old timers Dominic Maxwell and Sonia Sodha 9781860302985[17]
2006 The saving gateway : from principles to practice IPPR 9781860303043[18]
2007 Moving on up: Progression in the Labour Market Natascha Engel, Sonia Sodha and Mike Johnson IPPR 9780230524934[19]
2008 Thursday's Child Sonia Sodha and Ruth Lister IPPR 9781860303180[20]
2009 Service nation Sonia Sodha and Dan Leighton 9781906693275[21]
2010 Ex curricula Sonia Sodha and Julia Margo Demos 9781906693343[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trust for London Trustee: People . . Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom . 8 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Zac Goldsmith is playing with fire as he bids to lure Asian voters . Sonia . Sodha . The Guardian . 17 April 2016 . 15 April 2021.
  3. News: Don't blame parents for wanting the best for their kids. Change the private school system instead . Sonia . Sodha . 30 June 2019 . The Guardian.
  4. Web site: 19 October 2000 – No 4562 . Oxford University Gazette . 19 October 2000 . 15 April 2021.
  5. Web site: An Asset Account for Looked After Children . Maxwell . Dominic . Sodha . Sonia . Stanley . Kate . August 2006 . ippr.org . Institute for Public Policy Research . 8 April 2020.
  6. News: . Savings Gateway . BBC News . 17 November 2006 . 8 April 2020.
  7. Book: Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee . Young People Not in Education, Employment Or Training: Eighth Report of Session 2009–10, Vol. 2: Oral and Written Evidence . 8 April 2010 . The Stationery Office . 978-0-215-55383-6 . 26–.
  8. Web site: Sonia Sodha . . thersa.org . Royal Society of Arts . 8 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200408001652/https://www.thersa.org/events/speakers/sonia-sodha . 8 April 2020 . live .
  9. News: Griffiths . Katherine . 18 January 2014 . Revealed: The Labour team behind plan to split banks . The Times . London . 45 . 8 April 2020 . The Times Digital Archive . subscription.
  10. News: . Sonia Sodha . The Guardian . London . 8 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200329193025/https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sonia-sodha . 29 March 2020 . live.
  11. Web site: IAPP Data Protection Intensive: UK 2020: Keynote Speakers . . iapp.org . International Association of Privacy Professionals . 8 April 2020.
  12. News: . Multiculturalism: Newham v Leicester . BBC Radio 4 . 28 February 2016 . 8 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191021075433/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071459c . 21 October 2019 . live .
  13. News: . Deliberative Democracy . BBC Radio 4 . 10 March 2019 . 8 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191015091651/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002z9g . 15 October 2019 . live.
  14. Web site: Sonia Sodha . . cityyear.org.uk . City Year . 8 April 2020.
  15. Web site: Our vision, mission & values . . cityyear.org.uk . City Year . 8 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190908104056/http://www.cityyear.org.uk/about-city-year-uk/our-vision-mission-values/ . 8 September 2019 . live.
  16. Web site: Sonia Sodha . . trustforlondon.org.uk . Trust for London . 8 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200408001656/https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/about/team/sonia-sodha/ . 8 April 2020 . live.
  17. Book: Dominic Maxwell. Sonia Sodha. Housing Wealth: First Timers to Old Timers. 2006. Institute for Public Policy Research. 978-1-86030-298-5.
  18. Book: Sonia Sodha. Ruth Lister. The Saving Gateway: From Principles to Practice. 2006. Institute for Public Policy Research. 978-1-86030-304-3.
  19. Book: Engel. Natascha. Sodha. Sonia . Johnson. Mike. Moving on up: Progression in the Labour Market. 191–214. Pearce. Nick. Margo. Julia. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?is=023052494X. Politics for a New Generation: The Progressive Moment. Palgrave Macmillan. 2007. 978-0-230-52493-4.
  20. Book: Sonia Sodha. Julia Margo. Thursday's Child. 2008. Institute for Public Policy Research . 978-1-86030-318-0.
  21. Web site: Service nation / Sonia Sodha, Dan Leighton. . . explore.bl.uk . British Library . 8 April 2020.
  22. Web site: Ex Curricula . . demos.co.uk . 24 February 2010 . Demos . 8 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170613154329/https://www.demos.co.uk/project/ex-curricula/ . 13 June 2017 . live .

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