Dr Rakib Ehsan is a research analyst and writer who specialises in matters of social cohesion, race relations and public security. As well as previously working as a senior data analyst at the Centre for Social Justice, his research has been published by think-tanks such as the Henry Jackson Society, Policy Exchange, ResPublica, the Runnymede Trust and the Intergenerational Foundation.

Rakib has written for publications including The Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Independent, Sp!ked, and UnHerd. He is a regular TV and radio commentator including on the BBC, Sky News and LBC. He was born in west London and raised in Luton by a strong, community-minded family of Bangladeshi origin and is a committed trade unionist.