Louise Bazalgette

Louise Bazalgette, Deputy Director, Nesta – Louise Bazalgette is Deputy Director in Nesta’s Fairer Start mission, where she co-leads a multidisciplinary innovation team focused on narrowing the outcome gap for disadvantaged children at age 5. Before this role, she was a Principal Research Advisor for Nesta’s Alliance for Useful Evidence, where she helped develop the What Works for Children’s Social Care centre which is now part of Foundations. Louise’s background is in using evidence to inform policy and practice. She previously worked at the think tank Demos, researching topics like parenting and early years, and at the NSPCC where she led work focused on improving policy and practice for supporting the emotional wellbeing of children in care.