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Jonquil Lowe, The Open University

Paddy Ross, Durham University

Josh Bland, University of Cambridge

Amin Al-Habaibeh, Nottingham Trent University

Eric Gordy, UCL

Chris Webber, Anglia Ruskin University and Liam Noll, Anglia Ruskin University

Alina Dolea, Bournemouth University and Ruxandra Trandafoiu, Edge Hill University

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

Naomi Adam, University of Liverpool

Alix Violet Freckelton, University of Birmingham

Thomas A. Püschel, University of Oxford and Reece Hammond, University of Oxford

Jordan Beaumont, Sheffield Hallam University and Lucie Nield, University of Sheffield

Fran Ludwig, Sheffield Hallam University

Walid Omara, Sheffield Hallam University

Fabian Stephany, University of Oxford

Stephanie Decker, University of Birmingham

David J. Galbreath, University of Bath

Susie Kilshaw, UCL and Victoria Browne, Loughborough University

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

Johannes Lumma, University of Oxford and Jasper Verschuur, Delft University of Technology

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

Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex

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

Simon Mabon, Lancaster University

Jennifer Mathers, Aberystwyth University

John Aitken, RAND Europe

Shannon Brincat, University of the Sunshine Coast and Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres, University of the Sunshine Coast

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

Alex Brown, Durham University

Alison Donnell, University of Bristol

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