A

• David Aaronovitch
  columnist, The Times; author, Voodoo Histories; chair, Index on Censorship
• Tim Abrahams
  co-publisher, Machine Books
• Gilbert Achcar
  professor of development studies and international relations; chair of Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London
• Abhay Adhikari
  innovation consultant and strategist; founder, Digital Identity
• Sam Adlen
  head of business innovation, Satellite Applications Catapult
• Andrew Adonis
  Labour peer; author, 5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond
• Nicole Agba
  Autocar Next Generation Award 2014 Winner
• Jobeda Ali
  CEO, Three Sisters Care
• Shahrar Ali
  deputy leader, Green Party
• Stuart Allan
  professor of journalism and communication, Cardiff University; co-author, Digital War Reporting
• Duleep Allirajah
  sports columnist, spiked; Crystal Palace fan
• Merris Amos
  reader in human rights law, Queen Mary University of London
• Anthony Anaxagorou
  poet, writer, performer and educator
• Dr Frankie Anderson
  psychiatry trainee; co-founder, Sheffield Salon
• Bea Appleby
  editor, The Female Lead
• Josie Appleton
  director, civil liberties group, Manifesto Club; author, Officious: Rise of the Busybody State
• Alexandra Archetti Stølen
  festival director, Oslo World Music Festival; president, European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals
• Dr Eugenia Arsenis
  director; dramaturg, Center for Contemporary Opera, New York

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• Dr Julian Baggini
  founding editor, the Philosophers' Magazine; author, Freedom Regained: the possibility of free will and The Edge of Reason: A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World
• Tom Bailey
  journalist; contributor, World Finance, European CEO, and The New Economy.
• P Balaji
  director - regulatory, external affairs and CSR, Vodafone India
• Ros Ball
  journalist; author, The Gender Police: a diary
• Emily Barley
  chairman, Conservatives for Liberty
• Dr Graham Barnfield
  senior lecturer in journalism, University of East London
• Jenny Barrett
  reader in film studies and popular culture, Edge Hill University
• Leela Barrock
  group head, group communications & corporate affairs, Malaysia-based multinational, Sime Darby Berhad
• James Bartholomew
  writer and journalist; author, The Welfare of Nations
• Kalsoom Bashir
  co-director, Inspire, an NGO working to counter extremism and gender inequality
• Dr Tinneke Beeckman
  independent philosopher; writer; columnist, De Standaard
• Sean Bell
  secretary and founder member, The Brighton Salon; copy-editor, writer and journalist
• Simon Belt
  IT consultant; coordinator, Manchester Salon
• Dr Agiatis Benardou
  senior research associate, ATHENA Research Centre
• Dr Piers Benn
  philosopher; author, Commitment and Ethics; visiting lecturer in ethics, Heythrop College, London and Fordham University, New York
• Robert Bevan
  writer; heritage consultant; architecture critic for the London Evening Standard; author, The Destruction of Memory: architecture at war
• Paul Bew
  crossbench peer; professor of politics, Queen's University Belfast; formerly, historical adviser to Northern Ireland’s Bloody Sunday Tribunals
• Julie Bindel
  journalist, author, broadcaster and feminist activist; research fellow, Lincoln University
• Mark Birbeck
  internet software and big data consultant
• Jonathan Birdwell
  head of policy and research, Institute for Strategic Dialogue
• Helen Birtwistle
  history and politics teacher, South London school
• Bill Biss
  editor, STAND Fanzine
• Dr Tim Black
  editor, Spiked Review
• John David Blake
  history practitioner, Harris Federation
• Cara Bleiman
  teacher, Arnhem Wharf Primary School
• Daisy Blench
  policy manager - alcohol policy and responsibility, British Beer & Pub Association
• Linda Blum
  associate professor of sociology, Northeastern University, Boston
• Laura Blumenthal
  Conservative Party Councillor, Wokingham Borough Council
• Allum Bokhari
  columnist, Breitbart
• Sylvia Borren
  executive director, Greenpeace Netherlands
• Sumantra Bose
  professor of international and comparative politics, London School of Economics
• Professor Mike Boulton
  professor of psychology, University of Chester; researcher, bully-victim relationships and psychological well-being
• David Bowden
  associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; culture writer
• Shaun Breslin
  professor of international politics, University of Warwick; associate fellow, Chatham House Asia Programme, Royal Institute of International Affairs
• Justine Brian
  director, Debating Matters Competition
• Jennie Bristow
  senior lecturer in sociology, Canterbury Christ Church University; author, The Sociology of Generations: New directions and challenges and Baby Boomers and Generational Conflict; co-author, Parenting Culture Studies
• Jamie Bristow
  director, The Mindfulness Initiative
• Justin Bronk
  research analyst, military sciences, RUSI; assistant editor, RUSI Defence Systems online journal
• Cressida Brown
  artistic director, Offstage Theatre; conceived, curated and directed Walking The Tightrope: the tension between Art and Politics
• Amy Brown
  associate professor in public health, Swansea University; researcher into breastfeeding
• Dr Katrina Brown
  director, The Common Guild
• Jon Bryan
  regional support official, University and College Union (UCU); treasurer, The Great Debate
• Lyndsay Burtonshaw
  activities officer, Sussex University Student Union
• Jim Butcher
  reader in geography of tourism, Canterbury Christ Church University; co-author, Volunteer Tourism: the lifestyle politics of international development
• Nadia Butt
  national coordinator, Debating Matters Competition, Academy of Ideas

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C

• Michael Caines
  assistant editor, Times Literary Supplement
• Dr James Campbell
  lecturer in American History, University of Leicester; author, Crime and Punishment in African American History
• Professor Ted Cantle, CBE
  director, Institute of Community Cohesion (iCoCo); chair, Community Cohesion Review
• Dr Nessa Carey
  international director, PraxisUnico; author, The Epigenetics Revolution
• Alvin Carpio
  board member, UpRising
• Emma Carr
  director, Big Brother Watch
• Ana Castro
  graphic designer; CEO, Circus Network
• Saimo Chahal QC (hon)
  partner; joint head, Public Law & Human Rights, Bindmans LLP
• Tom Chance
  housing spokesperson, Green Party
• David Chandler
  professor of international relations, University of Westminster; author, Resilience: the Governance of Complexity
• JJ Charlesworth
  senior editor, ArtReview
• Jonathan Charley
  director of cultural studies, Department of Architecture at the University of Strathclyde
• Dr Tom Chatfield
  writer and broadcaster; author, Live This Book! and How to Thrive in the Digital Age
• Daisy Christodoulou
  research and development director, Ark Schools; author, Seven Myths about Education; season ticket holder, West Ham
• Dimitris Christopoulos
  vice president, International Federation for Human Rights
• Ruth Cigman
  senior research fellow in philosophy of education, University College London Institute of Education
• Professor Nigel Clark
  chair, human geography, Lancaster University
• Simon Clark
  director, smokers’ rights group, Forest; Action on Consumer Choice.
• Dave Clements
  adviser to local government; blogger, Guardian, Huffington Post; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum.
• Dr Robert Clowes
  chair, Mind & Cognition Group, Nova Institute of Philosophy, Lisbon University; chair, Lisbon Salon
• Joel Cohen
  communications manager, BeyondMe
• Christopher Coker
  professor of international relations, LSE; books include Future War and Can War Be Eliminated?
• Isobel Colchester
  chief executive, Poet in the City
• Glenda Cooper
  lecturer in journalism, City University London; co-editor, Humanitarianism, Communications and Change
• Frances Coppola
  associate editor, Pieria; contributor to Nesta’s Our Work Here is Done, exploring the frontiers of robot technology
• Nick Corston
  co-founder, STEAM Co, set up to power communities to inspire children with creativity across the STEAM skills of Science, Tech, Engineering, Art and Maths
• Madalena Corte-Real
  sociologist , FAS – Fundo de Arquitectura Social
• Ed Cottingham
  media analyst and researcher
• Dr Mark Coulson
  reader and associate professor of psychology, Middlesex University; contributor, The video game debate and Online worlds: Convergence of the real and the virtual
• John Coventry
  global communications director, Change.org
• Teresa Cremin
  professor of education (literacy), Open University; trustee, UK Literacy Association; board member, Booktrust
• Shane Croucher
  senior writer, International Business Times
• Niall Crowley
  freelance designer and writer
• Rosamund Cuckston
  organiser, Birmingham Salon; lead singer, Pram
• Dolan Cummings
  associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; author, That Existential Leap: a crime story (forthcoming from Zero Books)
• Dr Philip Cunliffe
  senior lecturer in international conflict, University of Kent; co-editor, Politics Without Sovereignty: a critique of contemporary international relations.
• Barry Curtis
  Volunteer and writer
• Lesley Curwen
  business, economics and personal finance journalist, BBC; writer and speaker
• Helen Czerski
  physicist, oceanographer and broadcaster

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D

• Kenneth Dahlgren
  head of social sciences, Rodeo Arkitekter AS
• Sue Daley
  head of big data, cloud and mobile, techUK
• Kimon Daltas
  editor, Classical Music magazine
• Jeremy Dalton
  innovation consultant, PwC
• Anas Darkaoui
  programme manager, Asfari Foundation
• Martin Daubney
  award-wining editor, journalist, and broadcaster; columnist for Telegraph Men
• Neil Davenport
  sociology and politics teacher; writer on culture; former music journalist
• Rose Davis
  intern, Academy of Ideas
• Chrissie Daz
  schoolteacher; cabaret performer; author on transgender and gender variant identity
• Amali de Alwis
  CEO, Code First: Girls
• Alex Deane
  managing director, FTI Consulting; Sky News regular; BBC Dateline London panellist; author Big Brother Watch: The state of civil liberties in modern Britain
• Dr Katerina Deligiorgi
  reader in philosophy, University of Sussex; author, The Scope of Autonomy
• Dr Shirley Dent
  communications specialist (currently working with the British Veterinary Association media team); editor, tlfw.co.uk; author, Radical Blake
• Emma Dent-Coad
  planning spokesperson, Labour Group, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council; design and architecture journalist
• Nadia Denton
  film industry specialist; author, The Nigerian Filmmaker’s Guide to Success: beyond Nollywood
• Paul Dickinson
  executive chairman, CDP, driving sustainable economies
• Betsy Dillner
  director, Generation Rent
• Ceri Dingle
  director, WORLDwrite & WORLDbytes
• Emily Dinsmore
  project administrator, Physics Factory
• Mar Dixon
  creator, MuseomixUK and MuseumCamp
• Laura Dodsworth
  photographer; author, Bare Reality: 100 women, their breasts, their stories
• Alastair Donald
  associate director, Future Cities Project; architecture programme manager, British Council
• Ian Douglas
  journalist, Telegraph
• Ashley Dove-Jay
  aerospace engineer; popular science writer; Urban Spaceman columnist, Bristol Post
• Andrew Doyle
  stand-up comedian; playwright
• Ruth Dudley Edwards
  historian and journalist; author, The Seven: the lives and legacies of the founding fathers of the Irish Republic (forthcoming)
• Ian Dunt
  editor, Politics.co.uk; political editor, Erotic Review
• Martin Durkin
  CEO, Wag TV
• Professor Bill Durodié
  head of department and chair of international relations, University of Bath

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E

• Dr Wendy Earle
  impact development officer, Birkbeck, University of London; convenor, Academy of Ideas Arts and Society Forum
• Kathryn Ecclestone
  professor of education, University of Sheffield; author, Governing Vulnerable Subjects in a Therapeutic Age (forthcoming)
• Susan Edwards
  dean of law, University of Buckingham
• Kajsa Ekis Ekman
  Swedish journalist, writer and activist; author, Skulden - eurokrisen sedd från Aten and Being and Being Bought; writer, Dagens Nyheter
• Saja Elgredly
  YAV Debater and Trainer (Egypt) Grad Student at City University London (UK) Culture Corner (Egypt)
• Jonn Elledge
  editor, CityMetric; writer, New Statesman
• Rob Elsworth
  policy analyst - climate and energy, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
• Steven Erlanger
  London bureau chief, New York Times
• Dr Oliver Escobar
  co-director, What Works Scotland; lecturer in public policy, University of Edinburgh
• Mahan Esfahani
  harpsichordist; BBC Music ‘Newcomer of the Year’ 2015
• Raffaele Esposito
  architect and urban designer, DRS / Glasgow City Council
• Katie Evans
  economist, Social Market Foundation
• Leo Evans
  politics student, University of Liverpool; Liberal Democrat PPC for Liverpool Wavertree, 2015

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F

• Craig Fairnington
  associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; university finance and accommodation officer
• Kishwer Falkner
  Baroness Falkner of Margravine; chair, House of Lords EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee; member, EU Select Committee
• Dr Miguel Farias
  reader in cognitive and biological psychology, Coventry University
• Paul Farmer
  chief executive, Mind
• Alice Ferguson
  director, Playing Out
• George Ferguson, CBE
  mayor of Bristol
• Dr Eliza Filby
  visiting lecturer in Modern British History, King’s College London; author, God and Mrs Thatcher: The battle for Britain’s soul
• Justin Fisher
  professor of political science and director of the Magna Carta Institute, Brunel University London
• Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
  writer on medicine and politics; author, The Tyranny of Health
• John Fitzpatrick
  professor of law and director, Kent Law Clinic, University of Kent, Canterbury
• Dr Susan Foister
  deputy director and director of public engagement, National Gallery
• Dr Katrina Forrester
  lecturer in history of political thought, Queen Mary University of London
• Oliver Foster
  managing partner, Pagefield
• Claire Fox
  director, Academy of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive
• Cristiana Fragola
  regional director for Europe & Middle East, 100 Resilient Cities
• Dr Ashley Frawley
  Senior lecturer in sociology and social policy, Swansea University; author, The Semiotics of Happiness: rhetorical beginnings of a public problem
• Dr Liz Frayn
  consultant psychiatrist, Devon Partnership Trust
• Professor Elizabeth Frazer
  head of department, Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford; fellow in politics, New College Oxford
• Professor Monika Frommel
  jurist; former director, criminological institute, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel
• Professor Steve Fuller
  Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick
• Professor Frank Furedi
  sociologist and social commentator; author, What's Happened to the University?, Power of Reading: from Socrates to Twitter, On Tolerance and Authority: a sociological history

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G

• John Gapper
  columnist , Financial Times
• Laia Gasch
  special assistant to Deputy Mayor for Culture, Mayor's Office; chair of trustees, Chats Palace Arts Centre
• Elisabetta Gasparoni
  teacher; convenor of the Future Cities Project Readers’ Group
• Dr Clare Gerada
  GP; past chair, Royal College of General Practitioners
• Jeanne-Marie Gescher
  author, All Under Heaven: China’s Dreams of Order; speaker; adviser
• Chrissie Giles
  senior editor, Wellcome Trust; commissioning editor, Mosaic
• Andrew Gimson
  author and political journalist; contributing editor, ConservativeHome
• Jodie Ginsberg
  chief executive, Index on Censorship
• 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
• Dr Daniel Glaser
  director, Science Gallery London, King's College London
• David Goodhart
  director, Demos Integration Hub; author, The British Dream: successes and failures of post-war immigration
• Harold Goodwin
  professor of responsible tourism, Manchester Metropolitan University
• Maria José Goulão
  professor of art history, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto
• Manick Govinda
  head, artists' advisory services; producer, Artsadmin; vice chair, a-n The Artists Information Company
• Susan Grant-Muller
  professor of technologies and informatics, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
• Dr Maria Grasso
  lecturer in politics and quantitative methods, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield; author: Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe
• Miranda Green
  journalist; founding editor, The Day; regular contributor to BBC political shows; former Lib Dem spin doctor
• Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
  professor of primary care health sciences, University of Oxford
• Ross Greer
  head of campaigns and communications, Scottish Green Party
• Sean Gregory
  director, Creative Learning, Barbican/Guildhall School of Music & Drama
• Phoebe Griffith
  associate director, migration, integration and communities, IPPR
• Tiago Guedes
  director, Teatro Municipal do Porto
• Dr Helene Guldberg
  director, spiked; author, Reclaiming Childhood: freedom and play in an age of fear and Just Another Ape?
• David Gurnham
  associate professor in law, University of Southampton; author, Crime, Desire and Law’s Unconscious
• Dr Chris Gyngell
  research fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

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• Barbara Hackenschmidt
  member of Parliament Brandenburg (2004-2014) and again as of 1st November 2015.
• Pauline Hadaway
  writer and researcher
• Dr Philip Hadfield
  associate fellow, University of Leeds; author, Nightlife and Crime
• Isobel Hadley-Kamptz
  Swedish journalist; author, Frihet och fruktan: Tankar om en ny liberalism
• Rania Hafez
  programme leader, MA Education, Greenwich University; fellow, The Muslim Institute
• Dr Lesley Hall
  Wellcome Library Research Fellow
• Ahmed Hamad
  YAV Debater and Trainer (Jordan) Secretary of International Relations at University of Vaasa (Finland)
• Philip Hammond
  professor of media and communications, London South Bank University
• Adnan Harambasic
  architect; partner SAAHA
• Lisa Harker
  director of strategy, policy and evidence, NSPCC
• Phineas Harper
  deputy director, The Architecture Foundation
• Sabrina Harris
  technical author; longtime gamer; regular commentator on issues relating to freedom of speech and internet subcultures
• Andrew Harrop
  general secretary, Fabian Society; author, A Presumption of Equality; contributor, The Generation Game
• Adrian Hart
  author, That's Racist! How the regulation of speech and thought divides us all and Leave those kids alone – How official hate speech regulation interferes in school life
• Dr Anna Hartnell
  senior lecturer in contemporary literature, Birkbeck, University of London
• Professor Dennis Hayes
  professor of education, University of Derby
• Dr Sudhir Hazareesingh
  fellow and tutor in politics, Balliol College, Oxford; author, How the French Think: an affectionate portrait of an intellectual people
• James Heartfield
  writer and lecturer; co-author, Who’s Afraid of the Easter Rising?
• Bríd Hehir
  writer, researcher and traveller; retired nurse and fundraiser
• Professor Magnus Henrekson
  professor in economics and managing director of Swedish IFN (The Research Institute of Industrial Economics); author and public debater.
• Barbara Hewson
  barrister, Middle Temple; writer and commentator
• Nancy Hey
  director, What Works Centre for Wellbeing
• Angie Hobbs
  Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy, University of Sheffield
• Christina Hoff Sommers
  writer and resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute; host, weekly video series, The Factual Feminist
• Jon Holbrook
  barrister; writer on legal issues; regular contributor to spiked
• Rosemary Hollis
  professor of international politics and director of the Olive Tree Programme, City University London
• Professor Alan Hudson
  director of leadership and public policy programmes, University of Oxford; visiting professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University
• George Hull
  co-founder, Bloc; contributor, the Spectator
• Mick Hume
  editor-at-large, online magazine spiked; author, Trigger Warning: Is the Fear of Being Offensive Killing Free Speech?
• Huw Humphreys
  head of music, Barbican Centre
• Dr Rupa Huq
  Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton

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• Dr Humeria Iqtidar
  senior lecturer in politics, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London
• Tracy Irish
  Warwick Business School Shakespeare Scholar; author, The Shorter Shakespeare
• Tom Ironside
  director of business and regulation, British Retail Consortium

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• Helen Jamison
  head of media relations, Wellcome Trust
• Christopher Jamison
  director, National office for vocation, Catholic Church of England and Wales; author, Finding Sanctuary and Finding Happiness; featured in BBC TV's The Monastery
• Ana Jara
  founding member and manager, ARTÉRIA – Humanizing Architecture
• Sian Jarvis
  managing director, Jarvis & Bo Communications; former director general of communications, Department of Health
• Paul Jasper
  consultant, Oxford Policy Management – a leading international development consultancy
• Nitin Jayakrishnan
  tech entrepreneur (Co-Founder of iTrucks PLC and LO/RE); student, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick; alumnus, Debating Matters India
• Leszek Jazdzewski
  editor-in-chief, Polish liberal journal Liberté!
• Vít Jedlička
  president of Liberland
• Dr Tiffany Jenkins
  writer and broadcaster; author, Keeping Their Marbles: how treasures of the past ended up in museums and why they should stay there
• Louise Johns-Shepherd
  chief executive, Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
• Dr Lucy Johnstone
  consultant clinical psychologist, Cwm Taf Health Board, South Wales; author, A Straight Talking Guide to Psychiatric Diagnosis
• Rachael Jolley
  editor, Index on Censorship magazine
• Lorien Jollye
  vaping advocate, New Nicotine Alliance UK
• Daniel Joseph
  rector of Derby, Dean of East Midlands, Russian Orthodox Church; chaplain and lecturer in philosophy, University of Derby

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• Dr Thomas Karshan
  lecturer in literature, University of East Anglia; author, Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Play
• Maja Kecman
  design lead, HELIX, St Mary’s Hospital
• Professor Mike Kelly
  senior visiting fellow, Behaviour and Health Research Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge; researcher in nudge theory and choice architecture
• Angus Kennedy
  convenor, The Academy; author, Being Cultured: in defence of discrimination
• Dr Peter Kent
  immediate past president, ASCL; headteacher, Lawrence Sheriff School
• Ashutosh Khandekar
  editor, Opera Now
• Aditi Khanna
  senior correspondent, Press Trust of India; editor, India Inc.; president, Indian Journalists’ Association
• Geoff Kidder
  director, membership and events, Academy of Ideas; convenor, IoI Book Club; IoI’s resident expert in all sporting matters
• Thomas Kielinger
  UK correspondent, Die Welt
• Rob Killick
  CEO, Clerkswell; author, The UK After The Recession
• Marie Kinsey
  joint head of department, Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield
• Matthew Kirk
  group external affairs director, Vodafone
• Lesley Klaff
  senior lecturer in law, Sheffield Hallam University; associate editor, Journal for the Study of Antisemitism
• Dr Simon Knight
  senior youth work practitioner; vice chair, Play Scotland
• Pius Knüsel
  teacher; cultural editor and writer
• Boris Kotchoubey
  professor, University of Tübingen
• Serena Kutchinsky
  digital editor, Prospect

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• Dr Alexandra Lamont
  senior lecturer, psychology of music, Keele University
• Dr Sean Lang
  senior lecturer in history, Anglia Ruskin University; director, Better History Forum
• Nadia Latif
  theatre director; credits include, Homegrown (NYT); Octagon (Arcola Theatre); Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against A Brick Wall (Soho Theatre)
• Dr Shirley Lawes
  researcher; consultant and university teacher, specialising in teacher education and modern foreign languages; Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques
• Paul Lay
  editor, History Today
• Dr Ellie Lee
  reader in social policy, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies
• Philippe Legrain
  visiting senior fellow, LSE’s European Institute; author, Immigrants: your country needs them and European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics are in a Mess – and How to Put Them Right
• Sam Leith
  literary editor, Spectator; judge, Man Booker Prize 2015
• Richard Lewis
  veteran games journalist
• Dr Norman Lewis
  director (innovation), PwC; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation
• Penny Lewis
  lecturer, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Robert Gordon University; co-founder, AE Foundation
• Rod Liddle
  associate editor, Spectator; columnist, The Sunday Times; author, Selfish Whining Monkeys
• Jonathan Liew
  sportswriter, Telegraph
• Mark Littlewood
  director general, Institute of Economic Affairs
• Daniel Lloyd
  consumer lawyer; member of the employed bar; co-author, Blackstone's Guide to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (forthcoming)
• Peter Lloyd
  freelance journalist; author, Stand By Your Manhood
• Diogo Seixas Lopes
  partner, Barbas Lopes Arquitectos
• Jonathan Lundqvist
  president, Reporters Without Borders Sweden; vice-president, RSF International
• Rick Lyman
  journalist; Central and Eastern European bureau chief, New York Times
• Rob Lyons
  science and technology director, Academy of Ideas; convenor, IoI Economy Forum

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• George MacDonald
  executive editor, Retail Week
• Leila MacTavish
  head of initial teacher education, Future Training, Future Academies
• Dr Jan Macvarish
  associate lecturer and researcher, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies, University of Kent; author, Neuroparenting: The Expert Invasion of Family Life
• Shiraz Maher
  senior research fellow and head of outreach, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), King's College London
• John Mair
  editor and journalism lecturer; co-editor, The BBC Today: future uncertain
• Jakub Makowski
  regional chair, Liberal Youth in the East of England
• Amjad Malik
  education consultant, The Nida Trust
• Kate Maltby
  theatre critic, The Times; associate fellow, Bright Blue; researcher on intellectual life of Elizabeth I
• Lila Manioti
  director of cultural affairs, Hellenic American Union
• Maria Margaronis
  writer and broadcaster, The Nation magazine
• Toby Marshall
  A Level Film Studies Teacher; PhD researcher in sociology of education, UCL Institute of Education
• Carlos Martins
  CEO, Opium lda
• Jack Marwood
  primary school teacher; education writer, Icing on the Cake blog
• Nikola Matisic
  opera singer and pedagogue; founder, Operalabb
• Benita Matofska
  chief sharer, Compare and Share; global sharing economy expert
• Christian May
  editor, City A.M.
• Dr Catherine McCall
  director, EPIC (the European Philosophical Inquiry Centre)
• Amber McCleary
  founding director, Copper Clothing
• Dr Tara McCormack
  lecturer in international politics, University of Leicester; author, Critique, Security and Power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches
• Kevin McCullagh
  founder, Plan
• Nancy McDermott
  writer; advisor to Park Slope Parents, NYC's most notorious parents' organization
• Angela McFarlane
  chief executive and registrar, The College of Teachers
• Neil McGuire
  designer and design tutor, Glasgow School of Art
• Colin McInnes
  James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering Science, University of Glasgow
• Dr Anthony McIntyre
  author, Good Friday: the death of Irish Republicanism
• Dr Marie McIntyre
  research associate, Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Institute of Infection & Global Health, University of Liverpool
• Dr Ken McLaughlin
  lecturer in social work; author, Surviving Identity: vulnerability and the psychology of recognition
• David McNeill
  director of public affairs and stakeholder engagement, Transport For London
• James McVinnie
  organist; latest release, Cycles
• Anna Mdee
  research fellow, Overseas Development Institute
• Alp Mehmet
  retired diplomat; vice-chairman, Migrationwatch UK
• Dr Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens
  lecturer, King's College London; head of research, ICSR
• Clare Melford
  interim executive and organisational consultant; presenter, BBC Radio 4 Four Thought programme "Buddha in the Boardroom"
• Kaitlynn Mendes
  lecturer in media and communication, University of Leicester; author, SlutWalk: feminism, activism and media
• Samar Samir Mezghanni
  YAV Debater and Trainer (Tunisia) PhD Candidate at University of Cambridge (UK)
• Professor Andy Miah
  chair in science communication & digital media, University of Salford
• Dr Ruth Mieschbuehler
  programme leader, education studies, College of Education, University of Derby
• Gia Milinovich
  producer, broadcaster, professional dork
• Sally Millard
  co-founder, IoI Parents Forum
• Carl Miller
  research director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos
• Alan Miller
  chairman, Night Time Industries Association (NTIA)
• Beverley Milton-Edwards
  professor of politics, Queen’s University Belfast; author, Muslim Brotherhood: the Arab Spring and its future face
• Munira Mirza
  advisor on arts and philanthropy; former deputy mayor of London for education and culture; author, The Politics of Culture: the case for universalism
• Kevin Mole
  associate professor (reader) and head of entrepreneurship and innovation, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
• Paul Moloney
  trade union and industrial relations manager
• Derek Molyneux
  historian and writer
• Anshuman Mondal
  professor of English and Postcolonial Studies, Brunel University London; author, The Politics of Free Speech after Rushdie
• Dr Jules Montague
  consultant neurologist, Royal Free Hospital
• Chris Moody
  chief business development officer, Transport Systems Catapult
• Rowan Moore
  architecture critic, Observer; author, Why We Build
• Christian Moos
  secretary general, German Section of European Federalists
• Juliette Morgan
  C&W Tech Global Lead – London Head of Property – Tech City UK
• Paul Morley
  music journalist; author, The North (and almost everything in it)
• Mark Morrin
  research associate, ResPublica; co-author, Devo Max - Devo Manc
• Daniel Moylan
  former deputy chairman of Transport for London; Conservative Councillor; co-chairman, Urban Design London
• Frank Mulder
  researcher, writer and journalist; ; columnist, De Groene Amsterdammer; author, De geluksmachine (The Happiness Machine)
• Phil Mullan
  economist and business manager; author, Creative Destruction: How to start an economic renaissance
• Para Mullan
  senior project manager, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; FCIPD
• Chris Muller
  head, Sir William Perkins’s School
• Annabel Mullin
  PhD researcher, UCL Institute of Education; Lib Dem Parliamentary spokesperson for Kensington
• Toby Mundy
  founding director, TMA literary agency; executive director, Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
• Liam Murray
  founder and owner, We Are Flat Five, a boutique management consultancy
• Rupert Myers
  barrister and writer

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• Jonathan Neame
  chief executive, Shepherd Neame Ltd
• Dr Kristian Niemietz
  senior research fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs; author, A Patient Approach: putting the consumer at the heart of UK healthcare
• Charles Nishikawa
  management consultant, Across Associates Consultants; lecturer, Mejiro University
• Jon Nixon
  writer, Centre of International Education and Lifelong Learning, Hong Kong Institute of Education; author, Hannah Arendt and the politics of friendship; founding co-editor, Perspectives in Leadership in Higher Education
• Ted Nordhaus
  chairman, Breakthrough Institute
• Peter North
  reader in alternative economies, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool
• Robin Norton-Hale
  artistic director, OperaUpClose
• Teresa Novais
  partner, aNC arquitectos
• Professor Fred Nyberg
  senior professor in biological research on drug addiction, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University

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• Margaret O’ Callaghan
  historian and political analyst, Queens University of Belfast
• Anthony O'Hear
  professor of philosophy, University of Buckingham; editor, Philosophy; director, Royal Institute of Philosophy
• Mohsen Ojja
  principal, The Crest Academies
• Kunle Olulode
  director, Voice4Change England; creative director, Rebop Productions
• Brendan O'Neill
  editor, spiked; columnist, Big Issue; contributor, Spectator; author, A Duty to Offend: Selected Essays
• Andrew Opie
  director for food and sustainability, British Retail Consortium
• Daniel O'Reilly
  comedian, aka Dapper Laughs
• Andrew Orlowski
  executive editor, Register; assistant producer, All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace
• David Orr
  chief executive, National Housing Federation
• Sulaiman Osman
  writer, blogger and political activist
• Ann Overbergh
  programmer, Dutch-Flemish House deBuren
• Michael Owens
  commercial director, Bow Arts Trust; owner, London Urban Visits; formerly, head of development policy, London Development Agency

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• Adrian Pabst
  senior lecturer in politics, University of Kent
• Danni Paffard
  divestment campaigner, 350.org
• Dr James Panton
  head of politics, Magdalen College School, Oxford; associate lecturer in politics and philosophy, Open University; co-founder, Manifesto Club
• Lefteris Papagiannakis
  member, Athens municipal council; president; Immigrant Integration Council
• Eva Pascoe
  chair, digital network Cybersalon; co-founder, Cyberia, world’s first internet café; co-author, An Alternative Future High Street for the UK minister for high streets
• Bénédicte Paviot
  U.K. correspondent, France 24; regular contributor to news and current affairs programmes, BBC TV & Radio, Sky News, LBC and other UK and overseas outlets
• Laurie Penny
  journalist; contributing editor, New Statesman; author, Unspeakable Things: sex, lies and revolution
• Luis T Pereira
  founding partner, [A] ainda arquitectura architecture studio, Porto
• Shyama Perera
  writer, broadcaster and novelist; acting director, One World Media
• 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
• Stephen Plaice
  librettist; writer in residence, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
• Jeannette Pols
  professor of social theory, humanism and materialities, University of Amsterdam
• Martin Powell
  global head of urban development, Siemens Plc
• Dr Weronika Priesmeyer-Tkocz
  programme director, European Academy Berlin
• Vicky Pryce
  board member, Centre for Economics and Business Research; economic advisor, British Chamber of Commerce
• Dr Vanessa Pupavac
  associate professor; co-director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, University of Nottingham

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• Jamie Ratcliff
  assistant director, Programme, Policy and Services, Greater London Authority
• Adam Rawcliffe
  partnerships manager, Academy of Ideas
• Helen Reece
  reader in law, LSE
• Dr Paul Reeves
  engineering software designer, SolidWorks R&D (part of Dassault Systèmes); convener, manufacturing work group for Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation
• Abdul Rehman-Malik
  journalist; programmes manager, Radical Middle Way
• Alex Renton
  award-winning journalist; writer on food and food policy; author, Planet Carnivore: how cheap meat costs the earth
• Jacob Reynolds
  consultant, SHM Productions
• Martin Robinson
  educational consultant and teacher; author, Trivium 21c: preparing young people for the future with lessons from the past; writer, Times Educational Supplement
• Carolyn Robson
  executive headteacher, Rushey Mead School, Leicester; CEO, Rushey Mead Educational Trust
• Alex Rogers
  professor in conservation biology, Somerville College, University of Oxford; scientific director, International Programme on State of the Ocean (IPSO)
• Kevin Rooney
  politics teacher and head of social science, Queen's School, Bushey; co-author, Who's Afraid Of The Easter Rising?
• Nick Rose
  teacher; leading practitioner in psychology and research; shortlisted TES Teacher Blogger of the Year
• Dr Joel Nathan Rosen
  associate professor of sociology, Moravian College; co-author, Black Baseball, Black Business: race enterprise and the fate of the segregated dollar; author, The Erosion of the American Sporting Ethos: Shifting Attitudes Toward Competition
• Aoife Rosenmeyer
  freelance critic; contributing editor, Art in America & Art Agenda
• Nick Ross
  broadcaster; visiting professor, University College London
• Dr Martin Roth
  director, Victoria and Albert Museum
• Nathalie Rothschild
  freelance journalist; producer and reporter for Sweden's public service radio
• Maisie Rowe
  landscape architect, writer and illustrator
• Phil Rumney
  professor of criminal justice, Bristol Law School, UWE; co-author, Understanding and Responding to Sexual Violence: a multi-disciplinary approach (forthcoming)
• Dr Tamara Russell
  clinical psychologist; director, Mindfulness Centre of Excellence, London; visiting lecturer, King’s College London
• Kiernan Ryan
  professor of English language and literature, Royal Holloway, University of London; author, Shakespeare’s Universality: here’s fine revolution

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• Angela Saini
  science journalist; author, Geek Nation: how Indian science is taking over the world
• Hilary Salt
  actuary; founder, First Actuarial
• Yunas Samad
  professor of South Asian studies, University of Bradford
• Peter Sammonds
  professor of geophysics, University College London; director, UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction
• Jane Sandeman
  convenor, IoI Parents Forum; contributor, Standing up to Supernanny; director of finance and central services, Cardinal Hume Centre
• Dr Michael Savage
  blogger, Grumpy Art Historian
• Dr Helen Scales
  freelance writer and broadcaster; author, Spirals in Time: the secret life and curious afterlife of seashells
• Professor Giaco Schiesser
  vice-president & board member; University of the Arts, Zurich
• Jonathan Schofield
  editor-at-large, Manchester Confidential; editor, Manchester Books Limited
• Bauke Schram
  business reporter, International Business Times UK
• Dr Patrik Schumacher
  principal, Zaha Hadid Architects; author, The Autopoiesis of Architecture
• Laurence Scott
  lecturer in English and creative writing, Arcadia University; author, The Four-Dimensional Human: ways of being in the digital world (winner of Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for 2014)
• Matthew Scott
  barrister, Pump Court Chambers; blogs at www.barristerblogger.com, shortlisted for The Comment Awards "Best independent blog" 2015
• Paul Seaman
  co-founder, Zurich Salon; editor, 21st Century PR Issues
• Professor John Seddon
  leader of the Vanguard organisations; visiting professor, Hull University Business School
• Fredrik Segerfeldt
  writer; author, Den nya jämlikheten : global utveckling från Robin Hood till Botswana; co-founder, Migro
• Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
  educator, writer, doctoral researcher
• Freddie Sehgal Cuthbert
  student; contributor to spiked
• Adam Seldon
  co-director, Lauriston Lights, an education charity
• Jack Self
  contributing editor, Architectural Review; director, the REAL Foundation
• Dr Sadhvi Sharma
  researcher and writer on politics in India, development, and NGO campaigns
• Karl Sharro
  architect; writer; Middle East commentator; co-author, Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture
• Jeremy Sice
  business and communications advisor, JS&A
• Roxana Silbert
  artistic director, Birmingham REP Theatre
• Dr Hayaatun Sillem
  director of programmes & fellowship, Royal Academy of Engineering
• Lenore Skenazy
  founder of the book, blog and movement Free-Range Kids; “America’s Worst Mom”
• Alv Skogstad Aamo
  architect; urbanist; partner,DARK architects
• Jason Smith
  associate fellow, Academy of Ideas
• Jean Smith
  specialist development consultant; co-founder and director, NY Salon
• Dr Richard Smith
  chair of trustees, ICDDR,B; former editor, British Medical Journal; chair, Patients Know Best
• Karel Smouter
  deputy editor, De Correspondent
• Justin Smyth
  librarian; co-founder, Dublin Salon
• Christopher Snowdon
  director, lifestyle economics, Institute of Economic Affairs; author, The Art of Suppression
• Sonia Sodha
  freelance policy analyst; Observer leader writer
• Dr Nikos Sotirakopoulos
  lecturer in sociology, University of Loughborough; author, The Rise of Lifestyle Activism: From New Left to Occupy
• Thomas Soud
  chair, Brighton Left
• Barbara Speed
  staff writer, CityMetric, New Statesman
• Josh Spero
  editor, Spear's magazine; art critic, Tatler; author, Second-Hand Stories
• Dr Alex Standish
  senior lecturer in geography education, University College London/Institute of Education
• Dr Dominic Standish
  author, Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality; lecturer, University of Iowa's CIMBA campus, Venice
• Dr Ben Stanley
  lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, SWPS University in Warsaw
• Sandy Starr
  communications officer, Progress Educational Trust; webmaster, BioNews
• Susan Steed
  economist and aspiring stand up comedian
• Duncan Stephenson
  director of external affairs, Royal Society for Public Health
• Dr Jack Stilgoe
  senior lecturer in science and technology policy, University College London; author, Experiment Earth: responsible innovation in geoengineering
• Dr Melvyn Stokes
  professor of film history, University College London; author, The Birth of a Nation: a history of the most controversial motion picture of all time and American History through Hollywood Film: from the Revolution to the 1960s
• Sarah Strang
  founder, CIVIC ROOM
• Keith Stuart
  video games editor, Guardian
• Keith Sullivan
  retired educational psychologist and university professor, National University of Ireland; author, The Anti-Bullying Handbook
• Gabriella Swallow
  cellist, broadcaster and arts commentator
• Richard Swan
  writer and academic
• Isabelle Szmigin
  professor of marketing, University of Birmingham; author, Understanding the Consumer

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• Amin Taha
  architect, Amin Taha Architects and Group Work; jury member, RIBA’s National Awards and Stirling Shortlist
• André Tavares
  chief curator, Lisbon Architecture Triennale
• Dr Mark Taylor
  vice principal, East London Science School; London convenor, IoI Education Forum
• Peter Taylor
  award winning reporter, BBC; documentaries include Provos, Loyalists , Brits and Generation Jihad; author, Talking to Terrorists: face to face with the enemy
• The Revd Canon Dr Simon Taylor
  canon chancellor; Derby Cathedral
• Güneş Taylor
  stem cell researcher, University of Oxford
• Dr Funda Tekin
  senior researcher, Institut für Europäische Politik
• Jemima Thackray
  journalist, Telegraph and Church Times; founder, UK’s first mums' chaplaincy service; soon-to-be trainee priest, Church of England
• Paul Thomas
  civil servant; qualified FE teacher; organiser, Leeds Salon
• Paul Thomas
  professor of youth & policy and director of research, University of Huddersfield; author, Responding to the Threat of Violent Extremism: failing to prevent
• Matt Thomson
  head of planning, Campaign to Protect Rural England
• Leonora Thomson
  director of audiences and development, Barbican Centre
• Anne Torreggiani
  chief executive, The Audience Agency
• Lida Tsene
  head of public relations, art and educational programs, Comicdom Press
• Colin Tweedy
  chief executive, The Building Centre Trust; formerly chief executive, Arts & Business
• Menelaos Tzafalias
  freelance journalist and producer based in Athens

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• Jake Unsworth
  trainee solicitor, Bond Dickinson; convenor, Debating Matters Ambassadors

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• Daniella van Dijk-Wennberg
  head of Interkulturelt Museum, Oslo Museum
• Liesbeth van Tongeren
  member of parliament, GroenLinks
• Joana Varajão
  architect, RA\\ Architecture & Design Studio
• Georgios Varouxakis
  professor of the history of political thought, Queen Mary University of London; author, Mill on Nationality
• Nikos Vatopoulos
  arts editor and columnist, Kathimerini
• Annie Vernon
  Olympic silver medallist and two-time World Champion rower; journalist and speaker
• Marco Visscher
  journalist; curator, Tegengeluid
• Ignacio Vita
  lawyer specialising in migration law, EC law and right of asylum

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• Dr Stuart Waiton
  lecturer in sociology and criminology, Abertay University; author, Snobs' Law: criminalising football fans in an age of intolerance
• Philip Waldron
  district minister for Merseyside, Unitarian Church
• Brendan Walsh
  literary editor, The Tablet
• Jason Walsh
  journalist; foreign correspondent, CS Monitor
• Philip Walters
  chair, Rising Stars (educational publisher), and the GL Education Group; Spurs season ticket holder; member of Middlesex County Cricket Club
• Stuart Walton
  cultural historian, novelist and critic; author, A Natural History of Human Emotions and The Realm of the Senses: a materialist theory of seeing and feeling
• Annie Warburton
  creative director, Crafts Council
• Bruno Waterfield
  Brussels correspondent, The Times; co-author, No Means No
• Dr Keon West
  social psychologist & lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London
• Helen Whately
  member of parliament for Faversham and Mid Kent
• Ella Whelan
  assistant editor, spiked
• Myles Wickstead
  visiting professor (international relations), Open University and King’s College London; coordinator, Aid and Development: a brief introduction
• Dr Steve Wiggins
  research fellow, Overseas Development Institute, London
• Simon Wilde
  science and health communicator
• Austin Williams
  associate professor in architecture, XJTLU University, Suzhou, China; director, Future Cities Project; convenor, Bookshop Barnies; founding member of New Narratives
• Dr Joanna Williams
  academic; author, Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity; education editor, spiked
• Peter D Williams
  executive officer, Right To Life
• Dr Glynne Williams
  senior lecturer in industrial relations, University of Leicester
• Jane Wills
  professor of human geography, Queen Mary University of London
• Ruth Wishart
  columnist, Herald; board member, Creative Scotland
• David Wood
  chair, London Futurists
• Chris Woods
  director, Airwars.org; author, Sudden Justice: America’s secret drone wars
• Peter Worley
  CEO and co-founder, The Philosophy Foundation
• James Woudhuysen
  visiting professor, London South Bank University
• Martin Wright
  writer, editor and adviser on environmental solutions and sustainable futures
• Professor Ian Wright
  director, Science and Technology Directorate, National Oceanography Centre
• Mike Wright
  executive director, Jaguar Land Rover

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• Milo Yiannopoulos
  technology editor, Breitbart
• Dagmawi Yimer
  film-maker, AMM (Archive of Migrants' Memories)
• Raymond Yiu
  composer; conductor; jazz pianist
• Cathy Young
  contributing editor, Reason magazine; author, Ceasefire! Why women and men must join forces to achieve true equality
• Dr Kevin Yuill
  senior lecturer, history, University of Sunderland; author, Assisted Suicide: the liberal, humanist case against legalization
• Kathryn Yusoff
  senior lecturer in geography, Queen Mary University of London; author, Anthropogenesis: Origins and Endings in the Anthropocene

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• Jan Zalasiewicz
  professor of paleobiology, University of Leicester; chair, Anthropocene Working Group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy
• Dr Paul Zanelli
  chief technical officer, Transport Systems Catapult
• Kolja Zydatiss
  editor, NovoArgumente