Shuab Gamote

Researcher and Advisor

Shuab Gamote is a researcher and advisor focused on young people, political engagement and public-service reform. He was a Political Leadership Scholar at the Blavatnik School of Government and co-author of Inside the Mind of a 16-Year-Old, a nationally recognised study of Gen Z’s identity, media worlds and political attitudes. Shuab sits on Alan Milburn’s national commission on rising NEET rates and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Group for the Centre for Digital Information Literacy in Schools (CDILS), a new initiative of the National Institute of Teaching.

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Keynote panel: Listening to our young people

This panel discussion with Shuab Gamote, co‑author of <em>Inside the Mind of a 16‑Year‑Old</em> and lead author of the more recent <em>Inside the Mind of a NEET</em>, will draw on his two major projects that centre young people’s voices. We will explore what meaningful listening really requires, what young people say when they are genuinely heard, and how trusts can build governance approaches that respond to their insights with honesty, humility, and purpose.