Jonathan Boyd

Jonathan Boyd is the Executive Director of JPR, the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, a London-based independent research centre and think-tank that provides data and policy insight on contemporary Jewish issues for organisations working to support Jewish life in Europe.

A specialist in contemporary Jewry, he holds a doctorate in educational philosophy from the University of Nottingham, and a BA and MA in Modern Jewish History from University College London. He was formerly a Jerusalem Fellow at the Mandel Institute in Israel, and has held professional positions in research and policy at the JDC International Centre for Community Development in London and Paris, the Jewish Agency for Israel in London and New York, and the UK-based United Jewish Israel Appeal and Holocaust Educational Trust. His writings have been published in various newspapers, publications and journals, and he is the editor of The Sovereign and the Situated Self: Jewish Identity and Community in the 21st Century (Profile Books, 2003). His most recent publications include: Jews in the United Kingdom in 2013: Preliminary findings from the National Jewish Community Survey (JPR, 2014); Jewish life in Europe: Impending catastrophe or imminent renaissance? (JPR, 2013); The Exceptional Case? Perceptions and experiences of antisemitism among Jews in the United Kingdom (JPR, 2014) and The 2011 Census: Initial insights about the UK Jewish population (JPR, 2013).