Richard Lofthouse

About

I edit the official magazine of the University of Oxford, QUAD and contribute directly to campaigns from within Oxford's Public Affairs Directorate, working with the news room and senior comms team. From a London base I also work on new energy applications across the spectrum including battery supply chains with the global auto industry, and non-exhaust emissions including tyres. Since early 2023 I have delivered vehicles to Ukraine and campaigned for the release of ULEZ scrappage vehicles from London for use in Ukraine, and am the UK face of car4ukraine, a Ukrainian organisation that provides vehicles to the Ukrainian armed forces. I was an academic historian for five years 2000-2005, a teaching fellow in modern history at Corpus Christi College (Oxford), before leaving academia to pursue a career as a business journalist, editor and communications specialist. Between 2005-2009 I edited CNBC Business. I lived in Berlin, Munich and the US between 1994-2000. I have a PhD in History from Yale University, specialising in modern European and British history, particularly modernism, ideas and culture before and after World War One.