Jordan Ellery
Speaker · Author · Advisor
PhD researcher, three books, and a practice built on fieldwork, writing and the stage.
About
Twenty years spent making complex systems clearer.
Biography
Jordan Ellery works at the intersection of research, writing and public speaking. The through-line is simple: help serious people see the systems they operate in more clearly, then make better decisions inside them.
After a doctorate and several years inside large institutions, the work shifted toward independent research, long-form writing and keynotes. The method has stayed consistent: careful fieldwork, plain language, and a refusal to trade clarity for performance.
Today the year is divided between research, writing and the stage. The talks are built as arguments rather than entertainment. Audiences tend to leave with a sharper frame than they arrived with.
Milestones
2007
Completed doctorate and began institutional research work.
2014
First book published. Later translated into multiple languages.
2017
Began the multi-year fieldwork programme that still informs the writing and talks.
2021
Delivered a major annual address later expanded into a second book.
2025
Third book published. Continues a steady schedule of keynotes for universities, leadership teams and institutions.
Credentials and recognition
PhD, Economics
London School of Economics
Visiting Professor of Public Economics
University of Edinburgh
Bracken Prize for Economic Writing
Awarded 2019
Fellow, Royal Economic Society
Elected 2016
Jordan Ellery
Speaker · Author · Advisor
PhD researcher, three books, and a practice built on fieldwork, writing and the stage.
About
Twenty years spent making complex systems clearer.
Biography
Jordan Ellery works at the intersection of research, writing and public speaking. The through-line is simple: help serious people see the systems they operate in more clearly, then make better decisions inside them.
After a doctorate and several years inside large institutions, the work shifted toward independent research, long-form writing and keynotes. The method has stayed consistent: careful fieldwork, plain language, and a refusal to trade clarity for performance.
Today the year is divided between research, writing and the stage. The talks are built as arguments rather than entertainment. Audiences tend to leave with a sharper frame than they arrived with.
Milestones
2007
Completed doctorate and began institutional research work.
2014
First book published. Later translated into multiple languages.
2017
Began the multi-year fieldwork programme that still informs the writing and talks.
2021
Delivered a major annual address later expanded into a second book.
2025
Third book published. Continues a steady schedule of keynotes for universities, leadership teams and institutions.
Credentials and recognition
PhD, Economics
London School of Economics
Visiting Professor of Public Economics
University of Edinburgh
Bracken Prize for Economic Writing
Awarded 2019
Fellow, Royal Economic Society
Elected 2016
Jordan Ellery
Speaker · Author · Advisor
PhD researcher, three books, and a practice built on fieldwork, writing and the stage.
About
Twenty years spent making complex systems clearer.
Biography
Jordan Ellery works at the intersection of research, writing and public speaking. The through-line is simple: help serious people see the systems they operate in more clearly, then make better decisions inside them.
After a doctorate and several years inside large institutions, the work shifted toward independent research, long-form writing and keynotes. The method has stayed consistent: careful fieldwork, plain language, and a refusal to trade clarity for performance.
Today the year is divided between research, writing and the stage. The talks are built as arguments rather than entertainment. Audiences tend to leave with a sharper frame than they arrived with.
Milestones
2007
Completed doctorate and began institutional research work.
2014
First book published. Later translated into multiple languages.
2017
Began the multi-year fieldwork programme that still informs the writing and talks.
2021
Delivered a major annual address later expanded into a second book.
2025
Third book published. Continues a steady schedule of keynotes for universities, leadership teams and institutions.
Credentials and recognition
PhD, Economics
London School of Economics
Visiting Professor of Public Economics
University of Edinburgh
Bracken Prize for Economic Writing
Awarded 2019
Fellow, Royal Economic Society
Elected 2016