Social Affairs Unit

Social Affairs Unit
AbbreviationSAU
Formation1980; 44 years ago (1980)
TypeSocial policy think tank
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
Director
Michael Mosbacher (2004 - 2019)
Websitewww.socialaffairsunit.org.uk

The Social Affairs Unit is a right-leaning think tank in the United Kingdom.[1] Founded in 1980 as an offshoot of the Institute of Economic Affairs, it publishes books on a variety of social issues. Its website notes that "many SAU supporters are inclined to believe that the generation which fought the Second World War were rather too keen on social engineering over the goals of personal responsibility".[2]

The Unit published Standpoint (2008 - 2021), a monthly cultural and political newsstand magazine edited by Daniel Johnson (2008 - 2018), Michael Mosbacher (2018 - 2019), Edward Lucas (2019 - 2020) and Andreas Campomar (2020 - 2021).

  1. ^ it is "commonly described as a right wing 'think-tank'". M. E. Tasker; D. E. Packham, "Freedom, funding and the future of the universities", Studies in Higher Education, Volume 15, Issue 2 1990, pages 181 - 195. p190
  2. ^ Social Affairs Unit, About Us, accessed 9 August 2010