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'''Helen Disney''' (formerly [[Helen Brown]]<ref>Stockholm Network [http://web.archive.org/web/20020402101737/http://www.stockholm-network.org/ Homepage], Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 2 April 2002 on 19 April 2010</ref>) is the founder of the [[Stockholm Network]] and had been the think tanks director since its inception in 1997<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0506 Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06], ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010</ref>. Disney is a journalist who specialises in public policy topics like privatisation/deregulation and health care<ref>Helen Disney, [http://www.policyexperts.org/last_name/last_name_results.cfm?country=153&rdoSearchType=COUNTRY Policy Experts], PolicyExperts.org, Accessed 19-April-2010</ref> she has written articles for [[The Times]], [[The Daily Express]] and the [[Financial Times]].<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0506 Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06], ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010</ref>.
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'''Helen Disney''' (formerly [[Helen Brown]]<ref>Stockholm Network [http://web.archive.org/web/20020402101737/http://www.stockholm-network.org/ Homepage], Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 2 April 2002 on 19 April 2010</ref>) is the founder of the [[Stockholm Network]] and had been the think tanks director since its inception in 1997<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0506 Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06], ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010</ref>. Disney is a journalist who specialises in public policy topics like privatisation/deregulation and health care<ref>Helen Disney, [http://www.policyexperts.org/last_name/last_name_results.cfm?country=153&rdoSearchType=COUNTRY Policy Experts], PolicyExperts.org, Accessed 19-April-2010</ref> She has written articles for [[The Times]], [[The Daily Express]] and the [[Financial Times]].<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0506 Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06], ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010</ref>. She is a member of the [[Chartered Institute of Journalists]], [[Women in Journalism]] and the [[Women Writers Network]].<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0506 Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06], ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010</ref>
  
From 1996-2000 she worked for the [[Social Market Foundation]], where she edited their quarterly journal [[The Review]].<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0506 Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06], ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010</ref> She is a member of the [[Chartered Institute of Journalists]], [[Women in Journalism]] and the [[Women Writers Network]].<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0506 Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06], ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010</ref>
 
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
 
Disney attended the private [[Oxford High School for Girls GDST]] and then the [[University of Bristol]], graduating in 1995<ref>Facebook  [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=530838165&ref=search&sid=669676102.3055382857..1 Helen Disney]</ref> with a degree in 'French and Italian'.<ref>Stockholm Network [http://web.archive.org/web/20040622130039/http://www.stockholm-network.org/markethouse/?content=staffprofiles Market House Staff Profiles], retrieved from the Internet Archive of 22 June 2004 on 22 April 2010</ref>
 
Disney attended the private [[Oxford High School for Girls GDST]] and then the [[University of Bristol]], graduating in 1995<ref>Facebook  [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=530838165&ref=search&sid=669676102.3055382857..1 Helen Disney]</ref> with a degree in 'French and Italian'.<ref>Stockholm Network [http://web.archive.org/web/20040622130039/http://www.stockholm-network.org/markethouse/?content=staffprofiles Market House Staff Profiles], retrieved from the Internet Archive of 22 June 2004 on 22 April 2010</ref>
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===Think tank appointments===
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====Social Market Foundation====
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By the next year Disney had landed a job with the pro market think tank the [[Social Market foundation]].  She worked there from 1996-2000, where she edited their quarterly journal [[The Review]].<ref>Helen Disney, [http://issuu.com/stockholmnetwork/docs/annual_report_0506 Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06], ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010</ref> In 2004 the Stockholm Network website noted that while at the SMF she 'edited' ''The Sex-Change Society'' by [[Melanie Phillips]], which was published by the [[Social Market Foundation]].<ref>Stockholm Network [http://web.archive.org/web/20040622130039/http://www.stockholm-network.org/markethouse/?content=staffprofiles Market House Staff Profiles], retrieved from the Internet Archive of 22 June 2004 on 22 April 2010</ref>
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It was while she was at the SMF that the Stockholm Network was created and launched.  In early versions of the SN website the SMF is listed as one of four members of the network along with
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====Civitas====
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While at Civitas she 'edited' ''Europe's Welfare Burden'' , and ''Breaking Down the Barriers''  published by [[Civitas]]: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society  for the [[Stockholm Network]].<ref>Stockholm Network [http://web.archive.org/web/20040622130039/http://www.stockholm-network.org/markethouse/?content=staffprofiles Market House Staff Profiles], retrieved from the Internet Archive of 22 June 2004 on 22 April 2010</ref>
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*1996-2000 [[Social Market Foundation]]
 
*1996-2000 [[Social Market Foundation]]
*1998 - present: [[Stockholm Network]]  
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*1997 - present: [[Stockholm Network]]  
 
*[[The Times]]  
 
*[[The Times]]  
 
*2002-3: [[The Daily Express]]   
 
*2002-3: [[The Daily Express]]   

Revision as of 07:03, 22 April 2010

Helen Disney Photo: Stockholm Network

Helen Disney (formerly Helen Brown[1]) is the founder of the Stockholm Network and had been the think tanks director since its inception in 1997[2]. Disney is a journalist who specialises in public policy topics like privatisation/deregulation and health care[3] She has written articles for The Times, The Daily Express and the Financial Times.[4]. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists, Women in Journalism and the Women Writers Network.[5]


Background

Disney attended the private Oxford High School for Girls GDST and then the University of Bristol, graduating in 1995[6] with a degree in 'French and Italian'.[7]

Think tank appointments

Social Market Foundation

By the next year Disney had landed a job with the pro market think tank the Social Market foundation. She worked there from 1996-2000, where she edited their quarterly journal The Review.[8] In 2004 the Stockholm Network website noted that while at the SMF she 'edited' The Sex-Change Society by Melanie Phillips, which was published by the Social Market Foundation.[9]

It was while she was at the SMF that the Stockholm Network was created and launched. In early versions of the SN website the SMF is listed as one of four members of the network along with


Civitas

While at Civitas she 'edited' Europe's Welfare Burden , and Breaking Down the Barriers published by Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society for the Stockholm Network.[10]

Publications

Helen Disney has contributed to and edited publications for the Stockholm Network including the following:

  • Impatient for Change, Poles Apart?, The Stockholm Network
  • Helen Disney, Matthew Bishop, Vincent Cable, Clive Crook, Howard Davies, Bill Durodie, Stephen Godfrey-Issacs, Julia Hailes, David Henderson, Steve Hilton & Ben Hunt An apology for Capatalism?, The Stockholm Network, 2004

Affiliations

Resources

Notes

  1. Stockholm Network Homepage, Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 2 April 2002 on 19 April 2010
  2. Helen Disney, Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06, ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010
  3. Helen Disney, Policy Experts, PolicyExperts.org, Accessed 19-April-2010
  4. Helen Disney, Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06, ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010
  5. Helen Disney, Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06, ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010
  6. Facebook Helen Disney
  7. Stockholm Network Market House Staff Profiles, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 22 June 2004 on 22 April 2010
  8. Helen Disney, Stockholm Network Annual Report 2005-06, ISSUU.com, Accessed 17-April-2010
  9. Stockholm Network Market House Staff Profiles, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 22 June 2004 on 22 April 2010
  10. Stockholm Network Market House Staff Profiles, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 22 June 2004 on 22 April 2010
  11. Helen Disney 'ORGANS SCANDAL EXPOSES ARROGANCE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION; WHY DO DOCTORS TREAT US WITH CONTEMPT?' The Express May 14, 2003 SECTION: LEADER COLUMN; Pg. 12
  12. Helen Disney, Stockholm Network Annual Report 2006-2007, Stockholm Network, Accessed 19-April-2010
  13. Advisory Board, The Pre,/refmier Leadership Program for Central and Eastern Europe 2007, American Institute on Political and Economic Systems, Accessed 19-April-2010