Vanessa Lefton

I use creative methods to research British inequality issues. Prior to my PhD, I spent nearly a decade in government in cross government and strategy teams, working on issues like loneliness, homelessness, social mobility and social support. During this time, I completed a Masters in Material and Visual Culture, which ignited my interest in visual ethnography and experimental methods. I combined my policy and creative research experience in Policy Lab, a cross government innovation team. Over 5 years, I co-led ethnographic research methods, applying creative ethnographic methods to cross cutting policy projects across government on social inequality issues.