Civitas

Civitas (the Institute for the Study of Civil Society) is a British think tank. Founded in 2000, it was formerly the Health and Welfare Unit of the Institute for Economic Affairs. An offshoot think tank is the Centre for Social Cohesion.

In 2001, Civitas began exploring the idea of launching an independent school, based upon a grant from Atlas's Health & Welfare Program, which paid for a feasibility study. The "New Model School" is set to open its doors in September 2004. still in the planning phases. The IEA has attempted this concept previously with Stuart Sexton's Warlingham Park School project.

Personnel

 * Director: Dr David G. Green
 * Deputy director: Robert Whelan
 * Director of community studies: Norman Dennis
 * Director, education unit: Dr John Marks
 * Head of Family and Education: Anastasia de Waal
 * Director, criminal justice unit: Professor Malcolm Davies
 * Director, European relations: Helen Disney
 * Senior research fellow: Patricia Morgan
 * Senior fellow: Stephen Pollard
 * Editorial assistant: Catherine Green
 * Project manager, health unit: Ben Irvine
 * Project manager, family studies unit: Rebecca O'Neill
 * Administrator: Norman Wells

Advisory Council

 * Professor Norman Barry (Chairman)
 * Professor Brenda Almond (University of Hull)
 * Professor Barbara Ballis Lal (UCLA)
 * Professor Peter Collison (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
 * Professor Tim Congdon
 * Professor David Conway (Middlesex University)
 * Professor Antony Flew
 * Thomas Griffin
 * Dr R.M. Hartwell
 * Professor Dennis O'Keeffe (University of Buckingham)
 * Professor Robert Pinker (London School of Economics)
 * Professor Duncan Reekie (University of Witwatersrand)
 * Professor Peter Saunders
 * Dr Jim Thornton (University of Nottingham)
 * Professor James Tooley (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)

Partial List of Members

 * Anthony Browne (The Times)
 * Lord Desai
 * Stephen Pollard (senior fellow at the Centre for the New Europe)
 * Ruth Lea (Institute of Directors)
 * Philip Collins (Social Market Foundation)
 * Matthew Young (Adam Smith Institute)
 * Paul Ormerod
 * Professor Nick Bosanquet
 * Christoph Lees
 * Professor Stephen Smith

Contact information
The Mezzanine, Elizabeth House, 39 York Road, London SE1 7NQ Telephone: 020 7401 5470 Fax: 020 7401 5471 Email: info@civitas.org.uk Website: http://www.civitas.org.uk