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Policy Centre appoints five research assistants
The Policy Centre Jersey, the Island’s independent think tank, has appointed five young Jersey people as research assistants. Henry Horton, Henry Humpleby, Moses Sappe, Neil Sontakke and Maia de Bourcier are university students or recent graduates who each have a keen interest in public policy issues in Jersey.
They will assist the Centre by drafting, commenting on and inputting into the Centre’s range of research papers and Policy Briefs.
Commenting on the appointments, the Centre’s Acting Director, Sir Mark Boleat, said –
We're delighted that five highly talented young Jersey people have chosen to work with the Policy Centre until next summer. They will be a valuable additional resource for our research work and also provide new ideas from the perspective of young people at the early stages of their careers. We hope that the experience will also help them in their careers.
Longer term, the Policy Centre is keen to build up its links with the academic world and also to encourage Jersey students whose courses involved writing a thesis to choose a Jersey-related subject when appropriate.
Henry Horton
Graduate of Master of Laws LLM - 2025 Aberystwyth University, and BA History and International Relations - 2023 University of Exeter. Intern with the Government of Jersey’s External Relations Department January-May 2020.
Moses Sappe
Third-year International Relations and Politics student at the University of Sheffield, editor at Polis Analysis. Spent seven months in the Justice Policy Team for the Government of Jersey.
Neil Sontakke
Studying BSc Economics at the University of Bath with a keen interest in public economics and fiscal policy. Experience in Government of Jersey on data projects about fiscal balance and long-term economic matters.
Henry Humpelby
Second year student studying Politics and International Relations at the University of Bath. Former member of the Jersey Youth Parliament, who has interned twice within the Government of Jersey.
Maia de Bourcier
Research assistant at Yale Divinity School. M.A. Medieval Studies, Yale University 2023 (Honours). B.F.A. Design, Parsons School of Design 2021 (Honours; Presidential Scholarship Award).
