Marc Stears is an internationally regarded academic, political strategist, speechwriter and executive educator.

He specialises in creating dynamic collaborations between academic researchers and broader society. Currently the inaugural Director of the UCL Policy Lab, Marc has previously been Director of the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney, CEO of the New Economics Foundation, Professor of political theory at the University of Oxford and chief speechwriter to the UK Labour Party.

He is the author of several books, including Out of the Ordinary, published by Harvard University Press in 2021 and with his friend and co-author Tom Baldwin, England: Seven Myths that Changed a Nation and How to Set them Straight, published by Bloomsbury in 2024.