Jack Stilgoe is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, where he is working on a framework for responsible innovation. He was Senior Policy Adviser at the Royal Society, where he looked after work on the science base, innovation, emerging technologies and public engagement. Before this, he spent four years at the independent think tank Demos, leading work on science and society. He is on the editorial board of Public Understanding of Science, a member of the Government’s Sciencewise steering group, an honorary research fellow of University College London and a Demos associate.