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Walid Omara, Sheffield Hallam University

Holly Joseph, University of Reading; Emma Page, University of Reading, and Sophie Heywood, University of Reading

Ronan Lordan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Barbara Pierscionek, Anglia Ruskin University

Pascal Vrticka, University of Essex

James Weinberg, University of Sheffield and Ashley Weinberg

Paul Little, University of Southampton

Julian Koplin, Monash University; The University of Melbourne

Josh Bland, University of Cambridge

Amin Al-Habaibeh, Nottingham Trent University

Calum Smith, University of Oxford and Carolin Kilian, University of Southern Denmark

Clarissa Giebel, University of Liverpool

Catherine Needham, University of Birmingham; Chris Grover, Lancaster University; Elliott Johnson, Northumbria University, Newcastle; Hannah Bunting, University of Exeter; Jacopo Torriti, University of Reading; Peter Urwin, University of Westminster, and Steve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London

Alan Renwick, UCL

Martin Farr, Newcastle University

John Sellars, Royal Holloway, University of London

Sarah Bracking, King's College London and Danford Chibvongodze

Tom Oliver, University of Westminster

Elisa Orofino, Anglia Ruskin University

Ligin Joseph, University of Southampton

Madeline Carr, UCL

Alex Dryden, SOAS, University of London

Stephanie Decker, University of Birmingham

Ken Valyear, Bangor University

Vikram Niranjan, University of Limerick and Colum P. Dunne, University of Limerick

David Pritchard, University of Portsmouth; Craig Collie, University of Portsmouth, and Maria Christina Galanaki, University of Portsmouth

Susie Kilshaw, UCL and Victoria Browne, Loughborough University

Sharon McAvoy, Edge Hill University

Lizzie Simon, University of Exeter and Hannah Bunting, University of Exeter

Linda Osti, Bangor University

Julie Wharton, University of Winchester

David J. Galbreath, University of Bath

Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University

Doug Specht, University of Westminster; Elena Orap, Bern University of Applied Sciences, and Rob Sharp

John Aitken, RAND Europe

Athina Vlachantoni, University of Southampton; Carrie Paechter, Nottingham Trent University; Jane Falkingham, University of Southampton; Maria Evandrou, University of Southampton; Michael Skey, Loughborough University; Rob McNeil, University of Oxford, and Rory Fitzgerald, City St George's, University of London

Adrian Bingham, University of Sheffield; Andrew Russell, University of Portsmouth; Chris Rojek, City St George's, University of London; David Voas, UCL; Lincoln Geraghty, University of Portsmouth, and Steven Buckley, City St George's, University of London

José Iriarte, University of Exeter

Graham Farrell, University of Leeds; Hayley J. Fowler, Newcastle University; Helena Gillespie, University of East Anglia; Helen Roy, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter; Jim Watson, UCL; Stephen Potter, The Open University, and Toby Davies, University of Leeds

Stephen Garland, Malmö University

Lauren Warner-Treloar, Kingston University

Shireen Kassam, University of Winchester and Dagfinn Aune, Imperial College London

Graeme Close, Liverpool John Moores University and Richard Kirwan, Liverpool John Moores University

David Turner, Anglia Ruskin University

Sarah A. Walker, Durham University and Belen Lopez-Perez, University of Manchester

Ned Jenkinson, University of Birmingham and Matthew Weightman, University of Oxford

Kevin Daly, University College Dublin and Louis L'Hôte, University College Dublin

Alex Brown, Durham University

Katayoun Shahandeh, SOAS, University of London

Kristyn Gorton, University of Leeds

Gracia Ramirez, University of the Arts London

Alessia Noccaro, Newcastle University

Joseph Janes, Swansea University

Shaun Phillips, University of Edinburgh

David Barrett, United Nations University; University of Calgary and Kerry Black, United Nations University; University of Calgary