Battle of Ideas 2013

	Duleep Allirajah sports columnist, spiked; Crystal Palace fan

	Simon Belt IT consultant; coordinator, Manchester Salon

	Piers Benn philosopher; author, Commitment and Ethics; visiting lecturer in ethics, Heythrop College, London and Fordham University, New York

	Mark Birbeck internet software and big data consultant

	Tim Black editor, Spiked Review

	David Bowden associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; culture writer

	Justine Brian director, Debating Matters Competition

	Dave Clements adviser to local government; blogger, Guardian, Huffington Post; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum.

	Joel Cohen communications manager, BeyondMe

	Ed Cottingham media analyst and researcher

	Niall Crowley freelance designer and writer

	Dolan Cummings associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; author, That Existential Leap: a crime story (forthcoming from Zero Books)

	Neil Davenport sociology and politics teacher; writer on culture; former music journalist

	Ceri Dingle director, WORLDwrite & WORLDbytes

	Alastair Donald associate director, Future Cities Project; architecture programme manager, British Council

	Wendy Earle impact development officer, Birkbeck, University of London; convenor, Academy of Ideas Arts and Society Forum

	Martin Earnshaw co-editor Future of Community: reports of a death greatly exaggerated; chair, IoI Social Policy Forum

	Kathryn Ecclestone professor of education, University of Sheffield; author, Governing Vulnerable Subjects in a Therapeutic Age (forthcoming)

	Craig Fairnington associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; university finance and accommodation officer

	Claire Fox director, Academy of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive

	Tony Gilland associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

	Luke Gittos criminal lawyer; director of City of London Appeals Clinic; legal editor at spiked; author, Why Rape Culture is a Dangerous Myth: From Steubenville to Ched Evans

	Helene Guldberg director, spiked; author, Reclaiming Childhood: freedom and play in an age of fear and Just Another Ape?

	Pauline Hadaway writer and researcher

	Dennis Hayes professor of education, University of Derby

	Patrick Hayes director, British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)

	Bríd Hehir writer, researcher and traveller; retired nurse and fundraiser

	Angus Kennedy convenor, The Academy; author, Being Cultured: in defence of discrimination

	Geoff Kidder director, membership and events, Academy of Ideas; convenor, IoI Book Club; IoI’s resident expert in all sporting matters

	Shirley Lawes researcher; consultant and university teacher, specialising in teacher education and modern foreign languages; Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques

	Kirk Leech interim director, European Animal Research Campaign Centre; government affairs, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

	Peter Lloyd freelance journalist; author, Stand By Your Manhood

	Toby Marshall A Level Film Studies Teacher; PhD researcher in sociology of education, UCL Institute of Education

	Tara McCormack lecturer in international politics, University of Leicester; author, Critique, Security and Power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches

	Sally Millard co-founder, IoI Parents Forum

	Alan Miller chairman, Night Time Industries Association (NTIA)

	Para Mullan senior project manager, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; FCIPD

	Ed Noel teacher; former schools and alumni coordinator, Debating Matters Competition

	Anwar Oduro-Kwarteng promotions manager, Academy of Ideas; writer on politics and ideology

	Martyn Perks digital business consultant and writer; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation

	David Perks founder and principal, East London Science School; director, the Physics Factory

	Nina Powell doctoral research fellow, National University of Singapore

	Paul Reeves engineering software designer, SolidWorks R&D (part of Dassault Systèmes); convener, manufacturing work group for Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation

	Viv Regan managing editor, spiked

	Richard Reynolds trainee barrister; formerly, paralegal, Baha Mousa and Al Sweady Public Inquiries; founder, Student Academics for Academic Freedom

	Jacob Reynolds consultant, SHM Productions

	Jane Sandeman convenor, IoI Parents Forum; contributor, Standing up to Supernanny; director of finance and central services, Cardinal Hume Centre

	Alka Sehgal Cuthbert educator, writer, doctoral researcher

	Peter Smith director of tourism, St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London; co-author, Volunteer Tourism: the lifestyle politics of international development

	Jason Smith associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

	Nikos Sotirakopoulos lecturer in sociology, University of Loughborough; author, The Rise of Lifestyle Activism: From New Left to Occupy

	Alex Standish senior lecturer in geography education, University College London/Institute of Education

	Sandy Starr communications officer, Progress Educational Trust; webmaster, BioNews

	Richard Stubbs educational consultant; former teacher; advocate, Greenwich Advocacy

	Richard Swan writer and academic

	Mark Taylor vice principal, East London Science School; London convenor, IoI Education Forum

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"Who would choose to go to a session on free will at 10:30 on a Sunday morning? A few hundred of the most engaged, passionate and discursive participants I have encountered. As a neuroscientist on the panel I felt my science was aired and challenged in exemplary fashion. As a passionate believer in engagement I couldn’t have been more delighted."
Daniel Glaser, head, special projects, public engagement, Wellcome Trust

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