Richard Reeves
Writer and social scientist
Richard V. Reeves is a British-American writer and social scientist who leads the American Institute for Boys and Men. He wrote Of Boys and Men.
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Born 1969 in Peterborough, United Kingdom
About Richard Reeves
Richard Vaughan Reeves was born on 4 July 1969. He is a British-American writer and social scientist. He founded the American Institute for Boys and Men (AIBM), serves as its president, and holds a senior fellowship at the Brookings Institution. Reeves started AIBM to raise awareness of the challenges facing boys and men and to develop evidence-based solutions, inspired by his own experience as a father and policy expert. His 2022 book Of Boys and Men explores why the modern male is struggling. His earlier books include Dream Hoarders and John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand. Before this work, Reeves was director of strategy to the UK's Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2012. He also directed the London think-tank Demos and worked as a journalist at the Guardian and Observer newspapers. He studied at Oxford University and earned a PhD at Warwick University.