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Rachel Woods, University of Nottingham; University of Lincoln

Danny Buckley, Loughborough University and Natalia Vershinina, Audencia

Gemma Shearman, Kingston University

Rebecca Beech, Oxford Brookes University

Matthew Witt, University of Exeter

Joanna Syrda, University of Bath

Max Davis, University of Bath

Ed Turner, Aston University

David McMillan, University of Stirling

Asher Kessler, University of Manchester

Deniz Vatansever, Fudan University; University of Cambridge; Emmanuel A Stamatakis, University of Cambridge, and Xinyu Liang, University of Cambridge; Fudan University

Alexandra Makin, Manchester Metropolitan University

Akanksha Bapna, ODI Global

Joshua Garland, Lund University

Henrik Emilsson, Malmö University

Christian Dunn, Bangor University

Paul Jones, Aston University

Elisa Rigosi, Lund University and David O'Carroll, Lund University

Thami Croeser, RMIT University and Simon Hodder, Loughborough University

Jaafar Jotheri, University of Al-Qadisiyah; Durham University; Claudia Glatz, University of Glasgow, and Daniel Calderbank, University of Glasgow

Samantha Jones, University of Liverpool and Anne McArdle, University of Liverpool

Jasper Schipperijn, University of Southern Denmark

Katy Clough, Queen Mary University of London

Adam Taylor, Lancaster University

Catherine Rider, University of Exeter

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

Katayoun Shahandeh, SOAS, University of London; Cassia Hayward-Fitch, University of East Anglia; Colin Tyler, University of Hull; Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University; Fareda Banda, SOAS, University of London; Jade King, University of Lincoln; Lyn Jehu, University of South Wales; Sarah Olive, Aston University; Sarah Richmond, UCL; Simon Hinde, University of the Arts London, and Yi Wang, University of Cambridge

Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University

Stuart Dunning, Newcastle University

Crispin Cooper, Cardiff University; Ana Fredrich, Cardiff University, and Wouter Poortinga, Cardiff University

Elaine Craig, Manchester Metropolitan University

Marie Thompson, The Open University

Jake Phillips, University of Cambridge and David Peplow, University of Sheffield

Khalid Beshir, University of East London

Tom Chudley, University of Bristol

Matyáš Moravec, Queen's University Belfast

Trang Chu, University of Oxford and Tim Morris, University of Oxford

Steve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London

Steve Iafrati, University of Nottingham; Alastair Munro, University of Nottingham, and Nick Clare, University of Nottingham

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

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

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

José Iriarte, University of Exeter

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

Alexandra Makin, Manchester Metropolitan University

Lauren Warner-Treloar, Kingston University

Jack McNamara, University of East London and Lee Brown, University of East London

Jessica Robles, Loughborough University

Sarah Salih, King's College London

Catherine Steel, University of Glasgow

Bran Nicol, University of Surrey

Sarah A. Son, University of Sheffield

Jordan Beaumont, Sheffield Hallam University

Roman Pavlyuchenko, University of Bath

Hannah Campbell, University of Leeds

Chris Doyle, University of Galway