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.