Oliver has led participatory strategy projects for organisations with New Citizen Project across a range of sectors, including RSPB, the Co-op Group and Kirklees Council, as well as leading the data analysis of the “National Conversation” element of the People’s Plan for Nature, which attracted almost 20,000 responses. He is also a part-time doctoral researcher in the Sociology Department at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where he has received comprehensive training in qualitative and quantitative research methods. Oliver has a strong interest in democratising community assets, having helped take Bath City FC into community ownership, and in deepening and diversifying participation in our shared cultural and social infrastructure.