Patrick is Professor of Public Policy at Queen Mary, University of London. He was formally Gwilym Gibbon Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. Patrick is a trustee of the Dartington Service Design Lab. He is also on the Board of the Campaign for Social Science. Patrick held a number of senior posts in British central government between 2000 and 2010, and was formally Head of Policy Planning in 10 Downing Street. He was a Local Councillor in the London Borough of Southwark from 2010 to 2014, and he has been a trustee of the Bromley by Bow Centre, a pioneering voluntary organisation led by the local community in East London.