Our team | The Politics Outlook

Meet the Team

The Politics Outlook has a growing and ambitious team. Please contact us if you wish to join us in our mission.

Vatsa Dubey

Founder

I founded The Politics Outlook in September 2023 to widen political literacy, and combat misinformation. Educating about echo chambers has always been a key part of our mission - through our workshops, podcasts and articles. By presenting a wide range of youth perspectives, we can limit the increasingly divisive political landscape. The aim of The Politics Outlook is not to change or influence views, but to investigate where these views come from. Once an individual realises the forces which dictate their opinions, our job is done. They now possess the skills to examine any perspectives knowing they have only received part of the story.

Oliver McGuinness

Director

I am a Lower Sixth Former studying A-Levels. I joined The Politics Outlook to help students gain political awareness in a time when young people's critical thinking skills are more important than ever. With the social media and fake news surrounding us, we are more susceptible to echo chambers and only viewing a narrow range of opinions. So we must initiate the conversation around political awareness and encourage more interaction with current affairs.

Nikita Druzhinin

Editorial Director

My Father comes from Kyiv, Ukraine, and my Mother was born in Moscow, Russia. Since the invasion of Ukraine my life has changed for ever. Through the years I witnessed countless cases of false information, propaganda, and lies spread across a plethora of medias to antagonize people against each other. Political Polarization of people from a young age has become a weapon in hands of malicious entities and governments. This is why here, for me, at Politics Outlook, the strive to educate people about politics and harmful disinformation is not only a school project, but also a personal struggle to make things better. That is what I hope to achieve as the Director of articles and publications, to ensure all people have an equal voice and together as a community we make the world a little better through education: our strongest weapon.

Freddie Gilbert-Hodd

Workshops Director

I decided to become part of The Politics Outlook because it offers an incredible opportunity to enhance my communication and critical thinking skills. Furthermore, the collaborative student lead environment makes it much easier to work towards the goal of getting other pupils interested and aware of the politics that surrounds them.

Alyaan Khan

Co-Technical Director

Co-Technical Director

Gabriel Islam

Editors and Workshop Facilitators

Gowrthan Pirahalathan

Maxwell Juen

Ethan Carmalt

KK Sunil

Hrishi Tumuluri

Louis Peckham

Cian Azim O'Neill

Elijah Ingram

Felix Hewett

Gabriel Islam

George Darkin

Henry Brown

Jonah Anggiansah

Omi Lashev

Reuben Parish