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Jake Phillips, University of Cambridge

Jessica Gallagher, Birmingham City University

Matilde Rosina, Brunel University of London

Katarzyna Kosmala, University of the West of Scotland

James Davenport, University of Bath

Colin McInnes, University of Glasgow

Nick Butler, Stockholm University and Sverre Spoelstra, Lund University

Hamid Merchant, University of East London

Amy Louise Blaney, University of Wolverhampton

Cyril Grueter, The University of Western Australia; University of Oxford

Laura Elin Pigott, London South Bank University

Sharad Gupta, Cardiff Metropolitan University

Karla Zeravcic, European University Institute and Marco Mauer, European University Institute

Dorothy Finan, University of Leeds

Bethany Simmonds, Aberystwyth University; Christopher Lyon, University of Bath, and Hermanpreet Singh, Cape Breton University

Anna Kenyon, University of Lancashire

Pim Edelaar, Lund University; Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Seirian Sumner, UCL

Nick Whittaker, University of Sussex

Kathrin Cresswell, University of Edinburgh; Anna Barford, University of Cambridge; Anthony Kevins, Loughborough University; Conor O'Kane, Bournemouth University, and Robin Miller, University of Birmingham

Alper Kara, Brunel University of London

Andrew S. Roe-Crines, University of Liverpool

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Eloise Stevens, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Charlie Firth, University of Oxford

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Geraint Hughes, King's College London; Martin Farr, Newcastle University, and Stephen Clear, Bangor University

Abigail Taylor, University of Birmingham; John Colley, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; Kenneth Gibb, University of Glasgow; Mike Savage, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Steve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London

José Iriarte, University of Exeter

Adam James Fenton, Coventry University and Chris Shannahan, Coventry University

Sam Carr, University of Bath

Trudy Meehan, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Primrose Freestone, University of Leicester

Réka Tölg, Lund University and Ingrid Haugsrud, Oslo Metropolitan University

Jodie Passey, Lancaster University

David Nally, University of Cambridge; Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, King's College London; Helen Vassallo, University of Exeter; Hind Elhinnawy, Nottingham Trent University, and Stevie Marsden, Edinburgh Napier University

Hannah Sabapathy, University of Leeds

Nathan Abrams, Bangor University

Mayanka Singh Chhonker, De Montfort University

Claire Isabella Gilmour, University of Bristol

Dana Lungu, University of Bristol

Gillian Murphy, University College Cork