Claire Fox is the director of the Institute of Ideas (IoI), which she established to create a public space where ideas can be contested without constraint. Claire initiated the IoI while co-publisher of the controversial and ground-breaking current affairs journal LM magazine (formerly Living Marxism).

The IoI has since worked with a variety of prestigious institutions in Britain and abroad. Claire convenes the IoI’s flagship event, the yearly Battle of Ideas festival, which takes place in London in October. The IoI has also established the prestigious Debating Matters competition for sixth form students in the UK and India under Claire’s direction.”