About Nesta

Nesta is a research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, working across the innovation lifecycle.

Vicky Clayton

Vicky is a Senior Researcher at the What Works Centre for Children’ Social Care.

Vicky assists the Centre in its mission of creating a better evidence base for Children’s Social Care.  Prior to Nesta, Vicky was a freelance data scientist specialising in natural language processing. Previously, she worked as a Behavioural Economist at Simetrica (a specialist research consultancy) and founded a youth charity.

Outside of work, Vicky is involved in a number of tech for goods projects and enjoys running.