Samuel Hughes

Samuel Hughes explores the intersections between architecture, urban history, and public policy to restore meaning and beauty to our living environments. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Cambridge, where he defended a thesis on aesthetics and rationality. Today, he is an editor at Works in Progress, where he highlights institutional and technical innovations capable of addressing major contemporary challenges, particularly the housing crisis. He is a research fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies and at the University of Oxford, focusing his work on "gentle densification" and reform of the planning system. He is notably the co-author of the report Strong Suburbs (published by Policy Exchange in 2021), which proposes giving residents the power to vote for the beautification and densification of their own street.