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Zulfikar Abbany
senior science editor, Deutsche Welle

Mark Adams
political consultant; former chief executive, non-league football team, Gosport Borough FC

Sohrab Ahmari
senior writer, Commentary Magazine; author, The New Philistines: How Identity Politics Disfigure the Arts

Professor Aaqil Ahmed
media consultant; former head of religion and ethics at both BBC and Channel 4; columnist, The Arab Weekly

Yasmin Ahmed
broadcast journalist, BBC; Blavatnik scholar in public policy, University of Oxford

Tufayel Ahmed
culture reporter, Newsweek Europe

Laura Alcock-Ferguson
director, Campaign to End Loneliness

Maggie Alderson
novelist, editor and journalist; former editor, British ELLE

Titus Alexander
founder, Democracy Matters; author, Learning Practical Politics: Lessons in Power and Democracy

Duleep Allirajah
sports columnist, spiked

Bradley Allsop
postgraduate officer, University of Lincoln Students' Union; co-editor, Bright Green

Dr Frankie Anderson
psychiatry trainee; co-founder, Sheffield Salon

Kate Andrews
news editor, Institute of Economic Affairs; columnist, City A.M.

Richard Angell
director, Progress

Josie Appleton
director, civil liberties group, Manifesto Club; author, Officious: Rise of the Busybody State, blogs at notesonfreedom.com

Dr Graeme Archer
writer & professional statistician; winner, 2011 Orwell Prize for blogging

Eduardas Armonas
jazz guitarist

Dr Emma Austin
senior lecturer, School of Media and Performing Arts, University of Portsmouth; researcher, horror in popular culture

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Tom Bailey
content editor, Money Observer magazine; columnist, spiked

Michael Baker
head of UK media, G4S

Dr Bruce E. Baker
lecturer, American history, Newcastle University; co-editor, Remembering Reconstruction: Struggles Over the Meaning of America's Most Tumultuous Era; journal editor, American Nineteenth Century History

William Ballantyne
producer, Interact MCR

Alexandra Balona
researcher and independent curator

Sarah Barclay
founder and director, The Medical Mediation Foundation

Terry Barnes
principal, Cormorant Policy Advice; fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs; former special adviser to two Australian health ministers

Jamie Bartlett
director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos; author The Dark Net and Radicals; presenter, BBC’s The Secrets of Silicon Valley

Stephan Becker-Sonnenschein
owner, communication agency BESO&Partner

Christopher Beckett
Holy Family Catholic School, Walthamstow

Dr Liane Bednarz
journalist and author

Daniel Ben-Ami
journalist; author, Ferraris for All: in defence of economic progress and Cowardly Capitalism

Dr Piers Benn
philosopher; author, Commitment and Ethics; visiting lecturer in philosophy, Heythrop College, University of London; adjunct professor, Fordham University London Centre

Alex Benson
co-founder, Bloc festival and Bloc organisation

Dr Richard Benwell
head of government affairs, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)

Sabine Beppler-Spahl
chair, Freiblickinstitut e.V; CEO, Sprachkunst36; Germany correspondent, spiked

Joanna Berendt
reporter, New York Times

Wendy Berliner
joint chief executive, Education Media Centre; co-author Great Minds and How to Grow Them

Andrew Bernstein
PhD in philosophy; author, The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic, and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire; affiliated with Ayn Rand Institute

Helen Birtwistle
co-head of the History and Politics Department, South London college

Dr Tim Black
editor, spiked review; columnist, spiked

Marguerite Blair
chief executive, Play Scotland

Cara Bleiman
Mandarin primary specialist teacher, Harris Federation

Professor Vernon Bogdanor
professor of government, King's College, London

Stephanie Boland
head of digital, Prospect Magazine

Liam Booth-Smith
chief executive, Localis

Kristopher Boulton
director of education, Up Learn

Mary Bousted
joint general secretary, National Education Union

David Bowden
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Justine Brian
director, Civitas Schools

Dr Carlton Brick
lecturer in sociology, School of Media, Culture & Society, University of the West of Scotland

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

Jon Brunskill
head of curriculum, Year 4 teacher, Reach Academy Feltham

Danny Buerkli
programme director, Centre for Public Impact

James Burkmar
workspace manager, Leicester Creative Businesses; ex head of performing arts, Arts Council of England

Jim Butcher
reader in geography of tourism, Canterbury Christ Church University; co-author, Volunteer Tourism: the lifestyle politics of international development

Marija Butkovic
founder and CEO, Women of Wearables; digital marketing and PR strategist

Nadia Butt
project officer, Generating Genius; previously national coordinator, Debating Matters

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Roberto Cacciola
consultant transplant surgeon, Barts' Health NHS Trust

Carole Cadwalladr
feature writer, The Observer

Paul Caister
founder & director, The Poor School

Jane Caplan
professor emeritus of modern European history, University of Oxford

Noah Carl
postdoctoral researcher, Nuffield College, Oxford

Douglas Carswell
former member of Parliament; author, Rebel: How to Overthrow the Emerging Oligarchy

Professor Dr Stefan Chatrath
professor of sports marketing, University of Applied Sciences Europe, Campus Berlin

Dr Sarah Cheang
senior tutor, History of Design, Royal College of Art; co-editor, Hair: Styling, Culture and Fashion; author, Sinophilia (forthcoming) on role of Chinese material culture within histories of Western fashion

Genevieve Clarke
programme manager, The Reading Agency

Dave Clements
adviser to local government; blogger, Guardian, Huffington Post; founder, Social Policy Forum

Dr Martin Coath
scientist and science communicator; associate lecturer, School of Earth Sciences, Plymouth University

Joel Cohen
communications manager, BeyondMe, associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Dr Edward Condon
canon lawyer; writer, Catholic Herald

Simon Cooke
member, Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing; leader of the Conservative group, Bradford City Council

Jan Cornillie
political director, SP.A

Ian Crawford
professor of planetary science and astrobiology, Birkbeck College, University of London

Vance Crowe
director of Millennial Engagement, Monsanto Company

Niall Crowley
designer, writer, former 'East End pub landlord'

Rosamund Cuckston
organiser, Birmingham Salon

Dolan Cummings
author, That Existential Leap: a crime story; associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; co-founder, Manifesto Club

Rachel Cunliffe
comment and features editor, City A.M.

Philip Cunliffe
senior lecturer in politics and international relations, University of Kent; author, Lenin Lives! Reimagining the Russian Revolution

Dr Jennifer Cunningham
recently retired community paediatrician; supporter NO2NP Campaign

Mary Curnock Cook
independent educationalist; former chief executive, UCAS

Julie Curtis
professor of Russian literature, University of Oxford

Lesley Curwen
award-winning journalist, broadcaster and writer, BBC

Patrick Cusworth
head of public affairs, BVRLA

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Matthew D’Ancona
columnist, The Guardian, London Evening Standard, New York Times and GQ; author, Post-Truth: The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back

Pratik Datta
Law and Finance student, University of Oxford

Martin Daubney
award-winning editor; journalist; broadcaster; co-founder of The Men & Boys Coalition

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

Benjamin David
writer and editor-in-chief, Conatus News

Benjamin Davies
producer, Interact MCR

Rowenna Davis
teacher and writer; author, Tangled Up In Blue: Blue Labour and the Struggle for Labour's Soul

Robert Dawson Scott
head of engagement, STV; author, Assessment; producer, Consenting Adults

Amali De Alwis
CEO, Code First: Girls; chair, BIMA Diversity panel; fellow, RSA

Yvette De Garis
head of environmental regulation, Thames Water

Alex Deane
managing director, FTI Consulting; panellist, BBC Dateline London

Mary Dejevsky
former foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris and Washington; special correspondent in China; writer and broadcaster

Victoria Delbridge
Economics for Development student, University of Oxford

James Delingpole
columnist, Breitbart News; Spectator

Dr Nick Dennis
deputy headteacher, Hertfordshire; teacher historian; governor, Greenwich Free School

Dr Shirley Dent
communications specialist & PR lecturer; author, Radical Blake

Dr Stuart Derbyshire
associate professor in psychology at the National University of Singapore and the Clinical Imaging Research Centre

Patrick Dickie
artistic director, Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Lisbon

Christina Dinar
Amadeo Antonia Foundation

Ceri Dingle
director, WORLDwrite & WORLDbytes

Emily Dinsmore
free speech campaigner; staff writer, spiked

Annette Dittert
senior correspondent, ARD

Alastair Donald
associate director, IoI; co-director, Future Cities Project

Ed Dorrell
deputy editor and head of content, Times Educational Supplement

Theo Dounas
senior lecturer, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and the Built Environment

Pamela Dow
chief reform officer, Catch22; former director of strategy, Ministry of Justice

Dr Joseph Downing
Marie Curie Fellow, Centre Nationnal de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Andrew Doyle
writer and comedian; co-author, Jonathan Pie: Off The Record

Dr Nicholas Draper
director, Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership

Linda Duberley
publisher, broadcaster, journalist

Geoff Duggan
partner, Pagefield

Ian Dunt
editor, Politics.co.uk; author, Brexit: What the hell happens now?; host, Remainiacs podcast

John Dupré
professor of philosophy of science, University of Exeter; director, Centre for the Study of Life Sciences (Egenis)

Professor Bill Durodié
chair of international relations, former head of department, University of Bath

Richard Dwyer
head of Additional Learning Support, Canterbury College

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Robert Eaglestone
professor of contemporary literature and thought, Royal Holloway, University of London

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

Julia Ebner
research fellow, Institute for Strategic Dialogue; author, The Rage: The Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism

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

Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards
journalist and writer; award-winning author, twelve crime novels including Murdering Americans and Killing the Emperors

Kajsa Ekis Ekman
journalist, Dagens Nyheter; author, Being and Being Bought

Dr Emma El-Badawy
head of research, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change; specialist, Middle East, Islamist extremism, and Islamist and jihadi networks

Simon Elmer
commissar for counter-propaganda, Architects for Social Housing

Paul Embery
Executive Council member, Fire Brigades Union; National Organiser, Trade Unionists Against the EU

Dan Enachescu
head of public policy for Europe, Diageo plc

Simon Evans
comedian; regular panellist, BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz

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Craig Fairnington
associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Jesley Faye Fantolgo
producer, Wimbledon Bookfest; A-Level student; writer, Affinity Magazine

Stephen Farrall
professor of criminology, Centre for Criminological Research, School of Law, University of Sheffield.

Gerry Feehily
Europe editor, Courrier International

Jonathan Fenby
author, Will China Dominate the 21st Century?; managing partner, TS Lombard

Dr Eliza Filby
historian, King's College London; founder, GradTrain

Tom Finn-Kelcey
head of faculty, Social Sciences, Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Faversham, Kent

Naomi Firsht
journalist; staff writer, spiked; co-editor, The Parisians’ Guide to Cafés, Bars and Restaurants

Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
writer on medicine and politics; author, The Tyranny of Health

Maeve Fitzpatrick
singer; finalist, Mayor of London Big Busk Competition

Dr Diana Fleischman
evolutionary psychologist and associate professor, University of Portsmouth

Dr Eliot Forster
CEO, Immunocore; chairman, MedCity

Oli Foster
journalist, Sky News

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

Angela Francis
acting head of economics and resources , Green Alliance

Will Franken
satirist; contrarian; academic

Dr Ashley Frawley
senior lecturer in sociology & social policy and programme director of BSc Social Sciences, Swansea University

Professor Joe Friggieri
professor of philosophy, University of Malta; poet, playwright and theatre director

Professor Steve Fuller
Auguste Comte chair in social epistemology, University of Warwick

Ann Furedi
chief executive, BPAS; author, The Moral Case for Abortion

Jacob Furedi
journalist, The Daily Mail

Professor Frank Furedi
sociologist and social commentator; author, Populism and the European Culture Wars; previous books include: What's Happened to the University? and Invitation To Terror and On Tolerance

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Elisabetta Gasparoni
teacher; convenor of the Future Cities Project Readers’ Group

Thodoris Georgakopoulos
writer and journalist; editorial director, diaNEOsis

Annie George
writer and theatremaker

Adonis Georgiadis
vice president, Nea Demokratia

Areti Georgili
founder, Free Thinking Zone

Vaggelis Georgiou
founder, greeklish.info; investigative journalist

Dr Clare Gerada
medical director, NHS Practitioner Health Programme; former chair, Royal College of General Practitioners

Penelope Gibbs
director, Transform Justice

Tarjinder Gill
teacher, advisor and consultant

Tony Gilland
maths curriculum leader, MidKent College

Nick Gillespie
US journalist and commentator; editor in chief, Reason.com and Reason TV, the online and video platforms of Reason magazine

Raanan Gillon
emeritus professor of medical ethics, Imperial College London; president, Institute of Medical Ethics

Sally Gimson
councillor, Camden Council

Jodie Ginsberg
chief executive, Index on Censorship

Luke Gittos
criminal lawyer; director of City of London Appeals Clinic; legal editor, spiked; author, Why Rape Culture is a Dangerous Myth

Michael Goldfarb
journalist and historian, FRDH Podcast

David Goodhart
author, The Road to Somewhere; head of Demography, Policy Exchange

Matthew Goodwin
professor of political science, University of Kent; senior fellow, Chatham House; co-author, Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the EU and Revolt on the Right

Dr Maja Göpel
general secretary, German Advisory Council on Global Change

Vincent Gould
artist, actor and satirist

Manick Govinda
head of Artists’ Advisory Services; speaking in a personal capacity

Heather Grabbe
director, Open Society European Policy Institute

Trisha Greenhalgh
professor of primary care health sciences and fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford

Sean Gregory
director, Creative Learning, Barbican/Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Roger Griffin
professor in modern history, Oxford Brookes University; author, Fascism: An Introduction to Fascist Studies

Dr Hans-Ulrich Grimm
editor, Dr. Watson Der Food Detektiv; author, Gummizoo macht Kinder froh - krank und dick dann sowieso

Dr Helene Guldberg
lecturer in psychology, Open University; author, Reclaiming Childhood: freedom and play in an age of fear and Just Another Ape?

Naina Gupta
second-year law student, LSE; pro bono officer of the Law Society; student committee member, COLAC, LSE

António Brito Guterres
policy programme officer and researcher, Dinâmia-Cet Iscte-IUL

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Pauline Hadaway
writer and researcher; author, Re-imagining Titanic, re-imaging Belfast and Policing the Public Gaze

Rachel Halliburton
journalist and novelist

Professor Alan Hallsworth
president, British Association for Canadian Studies

Courtney Hamilton
photographer & writer

Christine Hamilton
consultant, cultural policy; author, Where are the women?; former director of planning and development, Scottish Arts Council

Dr Rachel Hammersley
senior lecturer, intellectual history, Newcastle University; author, The English Republican Tradition and Eighteenth-Century France; editor, Revolutionary Moments: reading revolutionary texts

Timandra Harkness
journalist, writer & broadcaster; presenter, FutureProofing; author, Big Data: does size matter?

Nicky Harman
UK-based, prize-winning literary translator, working from Chinese to English; co-chair, Translators Association

Sabrina Harris
technical author, commentator on internet subcultures

George Harrison
writer, The Sun Online

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

Fiona Harvey
award-winning environment journalist, the Guardian

Dennis Hayes
professor of education, University of Derby; founder and director, Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF)

Patrick Hayes
director, British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA)

James Heartfield
lecturer; author, The Equal Opportunities Revolution

Brid Hehir
writer, researcher & blogger; retired nurse & fundraiser

Dr Peter Heller
astrophysicist; columnist, Die Achse des Guten, Novo

Karin Henriksson
journalist; Washington correspondent, Svenska Dagbladet

Charlotte Henry
media commentator; author, Not Buying It

Ivan Hewett
chief music critic, Daily Telegraph; professor, Royal College of Music; broadcaster; author, Music: healing the rift

Emily Hill
writer and journalist; author, Bad Romance; columnist, The Sunday Times Style

Nick Hillman
director, Higher Education Policy Institute

Nick Hilton
broadcast editor, Spectator

Afua Hirsch
writer and broadcaster

Angie Hobbs
professor of the public understanding of philosophy, University of Sheffield

Jon Holbrook
barrister & writer on legal issues

Thor Holt
host, Write With Courage! podcast; founder, communications coaching business

Lynsey Hooper
sport broadcaster; co-founder, The Offside Rule (We Get It!) podcast

Alexander Horn
business consultant; writer

Jude Howell
professor of international development, LSE; author, Governance in China; co-author, In Search of Civil Society. Market Reform and Social Change in Contemporary China

Alan Hudson
visiting professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University; director, Programmes in Leadership and Public Policy, University of Oxford

Dr Cheryl Hudson
lecturer in American history, University of Liverpool

George Hull
co-founder, Bloc festival and Bloc organisation; contributor, The Spectator

Mick Hume
editor-at-large, spiked; author, Revolting! and Trigger Warning

Ginny Hume
lead commissioner, care for older people, council in central London

Evelyn Hunston
postgraduate student, University of Southampton; researcher, representations of the zombie in contemporary British film

Josephine Hussey
chair, Huntingdon Drama Group; school teacher

Ursula Huws
professor of labour and globalisation, University of Hertfordshire

Dr Zoe Hyman
lecturer in US history, University College London, Institute of the Americas

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Fawzi Ibrahim
national officer, Trade Unionists Against the EU

Tim Ingold
professor of social anthropology, University of Aberdeen

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Terry James
former headteacher; educational leadership consultant, TKJ Education

Heather Jameson
editor, The MJ, the leading weekly local government title for chief executives and senior managers

Abbot Christopher Jamison
recently elected Abbot President, English Benedictine Congregation; author, Finding Sanctuary and Finding Happiness

Kinga Jelinska
executive director, Women Help Women

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

Helen Jennings
PhD Candidate, The University of the Arctic, Norway; campaigner, Tourism Concern

Rita João
designer and founder, Pedrita Studio

Holly Johal
student, Queen Mary University of London

Dr Lee Jones
reader in international politics, Queen Mary University of London

Hywel Jones
headteacher, West London Free School in Hammersmith

Helena Jonsson
former head, Swedish farmer association LRC; author, Varför behöver alla en bonde?

Chan-jo Jun
lawyer

Sandra Vieira Jürgens
writer; research fellow, Instituto de História da Arte

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Dr Joe Kaplinsky
assistant professor, DTU Nanotech; co-author, Energise! A Future for Energy Innovation

Abdool Kara
executive leader, local services, National Audit Office

Annie Kelly
PhD student, University of Anglia

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

Rob Killick
CEO, Clerkswell; author, The UK After The Recession

Benjamin King
vice president, Public Affairs and Policy, 21st Century Fox

Meg Kneafsey
campaigner; volunteer, Raleigh International ICS

Dr Simon Knight
senior youth work practitioner; vice chair, Play Scotland

Lidia Kołucka-Żuk
lawyer; former executive director, Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe

Professor Katarzyna Kosmala
chair in media, culture and visual arts, University of the West of Scotland; co-editor, Precarious Spaces: The Arts, Social and Organizational Change

Resham Kotecha
Conservative parliamentary candidate, 2015 and 2017; head of engagement, Women2Win; policy ambassador, Conservative Policy Forum

Eszter Kovats
programme manager, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Budapest; general editor, Solidarity in Struggle: feminist perspectives on neo-liberalism in East-Central Europe

Martin Kragh
head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, Urikespolitiska institutet; associate professor, Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies

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Vivienne Laing
policy and public affairs manager, NSPCC

Graham Lanktree
US politics reporter, Newsweek

Stewart Lansley
visiting fellow, City University; writer, broadcaster, co-author, A Universal Basic Income: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

Professor Duncan Large
academic director, British Centre for Literary Translation, University of East Anglia

Dr Shirley Lawes
researcher; consultant and University teacher, specialising in teacher education and modern foreign languages; Chevalier dans l'ordre des Palmes Academiques

Mathew Lawrence
senior research fellow; editor, IPPR Progressive Review

Mike Lawton
founder, CEO, Oxford Space Systems

Laurie Laybourn-Langton
assistant editor, Progressive Review; senior research fellow, IPPR; founder, Bring Back the NHS

Dr Ellie Lee
professor in social policy, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies

James Lee
senior policy advisor, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Dr Chun-Yi Lee
assistant professor, The School of Politics and International Relations; director, Taiwan Studies Programme

Kirk Leech
executive director, European Animal Research Association (EARA)

Ralph Leighton
senior lecturer in education; course leader for PGCE Citizenship Education, Canterbury Christ Church University

Dr Norman Lewis
director, Futures-Diagnosis Ltd; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation

Zubeda Limbada
founding director, ConnectFutures

Fiona Loud
policy director, Kidney Care UK

Dr Christine Louis-Dit-Sully
writer; former research biologist with a life-long interest in social and political issues

Professor Robin Lovell-Badge
group leader in stem cell biology and developmental genetics, Francis Crick Institute

Christoph Lövenich
editor, Novo

Josh Lowe
staff writer, Newsweek

Jonathan Lundqvist
president, Reporters Without Borders Sweden

Elizabeth Lynch
fellow, Royal Society of Arts; arts producer

Rob Lyons
science and technology director, IoI; convenor, IoI Economy Forum

Dr Gerard Lyons
economist; co-author, Clean Brexit

Ronan Lyons
professor of public health, Swansea University; director of the National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research; trustee of Play Wales

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Caroline Macfarland
founder and director, Common Vision (CoVi): co-author, A Generation Apart: Were young people left behind by the EU referendum?

Seonag MacKinnon
director of communications and public affairs, Glasgow Caledonian University

Dr Jan Macvarish
visiting research fellow, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies, University of Kent

Iain Macwhirter
columnist, The Sunday Herald

Imran Mahmood
barrister and writer; author, You Don’t Know Me

Professor Michael Mainelli
executive chairman, Z/Yen Group; alderman, City of London; author, The Price of Fish: a new approach to wicked economics and better decisions

Kenan Malik
writer and broadcaster; author, The Quest for a Moral Compass: a global history of ethics, From Fatwa to Jihad

Shiv Malik
journalist; author, Jilted Generation: How Britain has Bankrupted its Youth

Kate Maltby
critic and columnist; associate fellow, Bright Blue; trustee, Index on Censorship

Lila Manioti
director of cultural affairs, Hellenic American Union

Andrea Mann
writer and digital creative; lead writer, comedy political podcast Strong And Stable

Riham Mansour
trade policy expert; former community and welfare officer, LSE Students’ Union (2016-2017)

Patrick Marmion
playwright & critic, spiked & Daily Mail

Beverley Marshall
volunteer, The Samaritans

Roland Poirier Martinsson
philosopher; conservative public intellectual

Hardeep Matharu
prisons and criminal justice reporter, Byline

James Matthews
New York based commentator, US politics and current affairs

Christian May
editor, City A.M.

Tessa Mayes
documentary film director/producer

Ryan McChrystal
assistant online editor, Index on Censorship

Kevin McConway
emeritus professor of applied statistics, The Open University; former academic adviser, More or Less, Radio 4

Billy McCormac
CEO, Swedish Property Federation; commentator on American politics

Dr Tara McCormack
lecturer, international politics, University of Leicester

Kevin McCullagh
founder, Plan; writer and commentator on design

Dr Fiona McEwen
postdoctoral researcher, Queen Mary University of London

David McKendrick
lecturer in social work, Glasgow Caledonian University

Dr Ken McLaughlin
senior lecturer in social work, Manchester Metropolitan University; author, Surviving Identity: Vulnerability and the Psychology of Recognition

Joyce McMillan
columnist and theatre critic

Gayle McPherson
professor of events and cultural policy, University of the West of Scotland

John McRae
director, Orms; writer and commentator on architecture

Dr Maurizio Meloni
senior research fellow, University of Sheffield; author, Political Biology

Dr Janet Melville-Wiseman
academic lead for social work, co-chair of the Joint Universities Council Social Work Education Committee (Learning and Teaching)

Kwame Amoah Mensah
student, MA multimedia journalism; student activist and former vice-president, Manchester Metropolitan University Students Union 2016-2017

Michael Merrick
teacher, North Cumbria; contributor, Blue Labour book of essays

John Merry
deputy city mayor of Salford City Council; portfolios have included North West Development Agency and Local and National Learning & Skills Councils

Alexander Metcalfe
policy lead for employment and pensions, Federation of Small Businesses

Marte Michelet
journalist and author

Dr Ruth Mieschbuehler
programme leader for education studies, Institute of Education, University of Derby

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); leading campaigner, #SaveNightlife

Erika Alice Scott Miller
board member, Republicans Overseas UK

John Mills
chair, Labour Future and Labour Leave; secretary, Labour Euro-Safeguards; entrepreneur and economist

Ali Miraj
social entrepreneur; DJ; political activist; financier; founder, the Contrarian Prize

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

Dreda Say Mitchell
author, journalist, broadcaster & campaigner; winner of CWA's John Creasey Dagger for debut novel, Running Hot; latest novel, Blood Daughter

Dr Avaes Mohammad
writer & poet; teacher, Eden Girls' School

Dr Phoebe Veronice Moore
senior lecturer, Middlesex University; author, The Quantified Self in Precarity: Work, Technology and What Counts

Marley Morris
senior research fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research

Helena Morrissey
head of personal investing, Legal and General Investment Management; chair, Diversity Project; ambassador, Eve Appeal; author, A Good Time to be a Girl, How to succeed in a Changing Time

Vera Mota
artist

Daniel Moylan
former deputy chairman, Transport for London; Conservative councillor; co-chairman, Urban Design London

Phil Mullan
economist and business manager; author, Creative Destruction: How to start an economic renaissance

Para Mullan
senior project and business relationship manager, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Chris Muller
head, Sir William Perkins's School

James Mullighan
film, arts and festivals consultant

Niels-Arne Münch
columnist, translator; Pulse of Europe

Dr Terri Murray
blogger, Conatus News; contributor to Philosophy Now; director of studies, Hampstead College of Fine Arts and Humanities

Fraser Myers
producer, WORLDbytes

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Angela Nagle
cultural critic; author, Kill All Normies: from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right

Seamus Nevin
head of policy research, Institute of Directors (IoD)

Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra
paralegal, Arthur Cox

Dr Anna Nikolaou
adjunct professor, Hellenic American University

Ambassador Karl-Erik Norrman
secretary general, European Cultural Parliament; opera soloist; author, The Crisis of Democracy

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Rachel O’Brien
consultant, editor and writer; author, Building a Rehabilitation Culture and The Learning Prison

Ian O’Doherty
columnist, Irish Independent and Irish Daily Star

Jon O’Brien
president, Catholics for Choice

Brendan O’Neill
editor, spiked

Dr Anne Richardson Oakes
associate professor and director, Centre for American Legal Studies, Birmingham City University; editor-in-chief, British Journal of American Legal Studies

Stella Odunlami
artist and director; PhD researcher, University of Hull

Jakob Ohlsson
co-founder of and campaign manager, Reform Act

Kunle Olulode
director, Voice4Change England; creative director, Rebop Productions

Bijan Omrani
historian and classicist; editor, Asian Affairs Journal; author, Caesar’s Footprints: Journeys to Roman Gaul

Martin Owen
lecturer, Exeter College; founder, Exeter Salon

Michael Owens
commercial director, Bow Arts Trust; owner, London Urban Visits; formerly, head of development policy, London Development Agency

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Anthony Painter
director, Action and Research Centre, RSA

Dr James Panton
head of upper sixth and head of politics, Magdalen College School; associate professor of philosophy, Open University

Petros Papasarantopoulos
publishing director, Epikentro Publishers S.A.; writer on populism

Charlie Parker
news reporter and free speech campaigner

Tobias Parker
amateur footballer and goalkeeper, Fairfield FC, Burgess Hill; supporter, Liverpool FC

Ian Parker
academic; practising Lacanian psychoanalyst; activist and revolutionary Marxist

Dr Julia Pascal
playwright; research fellow, King's College, London

Kevin Passmore
professor of history, Cardiff University; author, Fascism: A Very Short Introduction

Paul Paul
Stop the Knife lead, London Village Network; former prisoner

Dr Lukasz Pawlowski
managing editor & columnist, Kultura Liberalna

Charlie Pearson
sports writer

Marisa Pereira
assistant director, education charity WORLDwrite and Citizen TV station WORLDbytes

David Perks
founder and principal, East London Science School

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

Charlie Peters
secretary, Edinburgh University Conservative & Unionist Association (@EUCUA); writer and broadcaster

Jerry Petherick
managing director for custody and detention services, G4S

Jo Phillips
journalist; co-author, Why Vote? and Why Join a Trade Union?

Trevor Phillips
writer and television producer; founding chair, Equality and Human Rights Commission

Dr Nathan Pinkoski
Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University

Helen Pluckrose
writer and researcher, Areo Magazine and Conatus News

Alan Posener
journalist; former opinion editor, Die Welt; author, Benedict's Crusade: The Attack of the Vatican on Modern Society

Robert Posner
chief executive, The Anne Frank Trust UK

Dido Powell
painter; lecturer and tutor in art history and painting

Alex Powlesland
head of proteomatics, Immunocore Ltd

Tillmann Prüfer
editor, DIE ZEIT

Vicky Pryce
board member, Centre for Economics and Business Research; economic advisor, British Chamber of Commerce

Dr Vanessa Pupavac
associate professor & co-director, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, University of Nottingham

Dr Mladen Pupavac
post-doctoral research associate, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham

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Hanif Qadir
founder & CEO, The Active Change Foundation; author, Preventing and Countering Extremism and Terrorist Recruitment: A best practice guide

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Sameer Rahim
managing editor, Prospect Magazine

Dr Andreas Rauhut
pastor in training, protestant church Berlin-Brandenburg; research associate University of Johannesburg, Department of Philosophy

Adam Rawcliffe
director of external affairs, IoI

Sanna Rayman
editorial writer, Svenska Dagbladet

Lauren Razavi
managing director, Flibl; award-winning writer and consultant

Christopher Read
professor of twentieth-century history, University of Warwick; author, Lenin: A revolutionary life

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

John Rentoul
chief political commentator, The Independent; visiting professor, King’s College, London

Rachael Revesz
freelance writer and journalist

Jacob Reynolds
consultant, SHM; convenor, the Academy in One Day and Living Freedom

Vicky Richardson
curator and writer on architecture, design and fashion; associate director, London School of Architecture

Harley Richardson
director of design and development, Discovery Education; organising committee, IoI Education Forum

Johannes Richardt
editor in chief, Novo

Dr Rosemary Rizq
psychologist & psychotherapist

Martin Robinson
educational consultant and teacher; author, Trivium 21c: preparing young people for the future with lessons from the past

Vania Rodrigues
cultural manager, Mala Voadora theatre company

Fred Cyrus Roeder
managing director, Consumer Choice Center

Jonathan Rollins
stand-up comedian

Kevin Rooney
convenor, IoI education forum; politics teacher & head of social science, Queen's School, Bushey; co-author, Who's Afraid Of The Easter Rising?

Nick Rose
senior officer, knowledge development at Teach First

Carne Ross
author, The Leaderless Revolution; executive director, Independent Diplomat

Brodie Ross
acting and widening participation tutor, Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Nathalie Rothschild
freelance journalist; producer and reporter for Sweden's public service radio

Dr Götz Ruprecht
nuclear reactor researcher, Institute for Solid-State Nuclear Physics Berlin gGmbH

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Professor Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian
University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine; co-author, Sex, Lies, & Brain Scans; fellow, British Academy; fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences

Hilary Salt
actuary; founder, First Actuarial

Karim Samuels
creative director; artist

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

Max Sanderson
podcast producer & writer, Guardian

Catherine Sanz
reporter, The Times, Ireland edition

Jekaterina Sarigina
award-winning jazz vocalist

Anne Scanlan
director of education and media, Life

Kath Scanlon
assistant professorial research fellow, LSE; editor, Social Housing in Europe

Dr Rafael Schacter
teaching fellow, University College London; author, World Atlas of Street Art and Graffiti and Ornament and Order

Fay Schlesinger
head of News, The Times

Ryszard Schnepf
Polish diplomat; historian; Portuguese scholar; state official

Dr Patrik Schumacher
principal, Zaha Hadid Architects; author, The Autopoiesis of Architecture

Dr Greg Scorzo
director and editor, Culture on the Offensive

Megan Corton Scott
vice chair, London Young Labour; events manager, Demos

Jessica Searle
student, Wimbledon High School; co-producer politics platform, Wimbledon BookFest

Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
educator, writer & researcher; co-author, What Should Schools Teach? Disciplines, Subjects and the Pursuit of Truth

Elif Shafak
political commentator; award winning novelist; most widely read author in Turkey; most recent novel Three Daughters of Eve

Karl Sharro
architect, satirist and commentator on the Middle East

G Sian
associate director and change maker, Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester

George Siddons
student, University of Exeter

Andreas Siemoneit
executive secretary, Förderverein Wachstumswende e.V.

Allen Simpson
chief operating officer, Labour in the City; economic and financial policy specialist

Dr Gurnam Singh
research degrees lead & principal lecturer in social work, Coventry University

Lenore Skenazy
'America’s Worst Mom'; president, Let Grow; founder, Free-Range Kids book, blog and movement

Tom Slater
deputy editor, spiked

Alison Small
CEO, Production Guild of Great Britain

Phil Smith
author, A Footbook of Zombie Walking; writer and performance-maker; associate professor, Plymouth University

Jason Smith
careers lead, East London Science School

Jean Smith
specialist development consultant; co-founder and director, NY Salon

Alex Smith
founder and chief executive, The Cares Family

Ailbhe Smyth
chair, Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, Ireland

Justin Smyth
librarian; co-founder, Dublin Salon

Christopher Snowdon
head of lifestyle economics, Institute of Economic Affairs; editor, Nanny State Index; author, Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism

Inês Soares
artist

Lizzie Soden
director, Culture on the Offensive

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

Thilo Spahl
jornalist and psychologist; author, Die Steinzeit steckt uns in den Knochen

Dr Alex Standish
senior lecturer in geography education, University College London/Institute of Education; co-author What Should Schools Teach? Disciplines, Subjects and the Pursuit of Truth

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

Charlie Stripp
director, National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics; chief executive, Mathematics in Education and Industry

Xander Stroo
programme officer, Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren

Dr Jill Stuart
academic, London School of Economics; researcher, politics, ethics and law of outer space exploration & exploitation; editor in chief, Elsevier journal Space Policy

Gareth Sturdy
science teacher, Overton Grange School, Sutton; organiser, IoI Education Forum

Richard Swan
author, children’s fantasy novel Melody’s Unicorn; writer and academic

Tom Switzer
incoming executive director, Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney; presenter, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National

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Mark Taylor
vice-principal, East London Science School

Dr Paul A. Taylor
senior lecturer in Communications and Cultural Theory, University of Leeds

Lisa Taylor
chief executive, Future of London

Georgia Testa
lecturer on medical ethics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds; trustee, Institute of Medical Ethics

Paul Thomas
civil servant; qualified FE teacher; organiser, Leeds Salon

Ceri Thomas
ex-editor, BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme & BBC’s Panorama; director, public affairs, Oxford University

Dr Michael Thomson
professor of law, University of Leeds; author, Reproducing Narrative: Gender, Reproduction, and Law

Sir Adam Thomson KCMG
director, European Leadership Network

Alice Thwaite
founder, Echo Chamber Club

Joel Tito
programme manager of AI and the Future of Government, Centre for Public Impact

Robert Tombs
emeritus professor of French history, Cambridge University; author, The English and their History

Daniel Tomlinson
research & policy analyst, Resolution Foundation

Professor Mark Tooley
medical technology consultant; president, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine

Ana Tostões
architect and architecture historian; chair, DOCOMOMO International; professor, Técnico, University of Lisbon

Solitaire Townsend
co-founder, Futerra, sustainable development communications agency; chair, UK Green Energy Scheme; author, Happy Hero

Lars Trägårdh
professor of history, Ersta Sköndal Högskola

Volker Tripp
lawyer; advocacy manager, Digitale Gesellschaft e.V.

Elisabeth Tsouloukidse
intern, Institute of Ideas

Bradley Tuck
contributing and general editor, Exploding Appendix

Steve Turner
poet; journalist; author, Jack Kerouac: Angelheaded Hipster, Beatles '66: The Revolutionary Year

Colin Tweedy
CEO, Built Environment Trust; chief executive, The Building Centre; governor, University for the Creative Arts

Menelaos Tzafalias
freelance journalist and producer

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Peter Ungar
Hungarian Green Party councillor, second district, Budapest

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Dr ir Isabel Van De Keere
CEO & founder, Immersive Rehab

Nadja Vancauwenberghe
editor-in-chief, publisher of EXBERLINER magazine

Joana Varajão
architect, RA\\ Architecture & Design Studio

Anna Veglio-White
founder, Sister Supporter

Dr Saskia Vermeylen
senior lecturer & Chancellor’s Fellow, Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, University of Strathclyde

Patrick Vernon OBE
social commentator; founder, 100 Great Black Britons; editor in chief, Black History Magazine

Francisco Vidal
visual artist; representative, Angolan Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Marco Visscher
freelance journalist, the Netherlands; co-author Ecomodernisme: Het nieuwe denken over groen en groei (‘Ecomodernism: the new thinking on green and growth’)

Val Voshchevska
social media editor, Newsweek

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Dr Stuart Waiton
lecturer, sociology and criminology, Abertay University; author, Scared of the Kids: curfews crime and the regulation of young people

Tom Walker
actor and satirist; man behind the satirical character Jonathan Pie

Cissi Wallin
television and radio personality

Hans Wansink
op-ed editor and commentator, De Volkskrant

Helen Ward
journalist, TES

Bruno Waterfield
Brussels correspondent, The Times; co-author, No Means No

Fay Weldon CBE
novelist, playwright & screenwriter; author, Death of a She Devil and The Life and Loves of a She Devil

Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Regius chair of psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London; president, Royal Society of Medicine

Chloe Westley
campaign manager, TaxPayers’ Alliance; former head of social media, Vote Leave

Andrew Wheelhouse
trainee solicitor, Bates Wells Braithwaite LLP

Bernie Whelan
events coordinator, Academy of Ideas; reviewer, spiked; member, Academy of Ideas Arts and Society Forum

Ella Whelan
assistant editor, spiked; author, What Women Want: Fun, Freedom And An End To Feminism

Sue White
professor of social work, University of Sheffield; co-author, Blinded by Science

Abbie Wightwick
education editor, WalesOnline, Western Mail/Media Wales

Austin Williams
senior lecturer, Dept of Architecture, Kingston University, London; honorary research fellow, XJTLU, Suzhou, China; author, China’s Urban Revolution

Joanna Williams
author, Women Versus Feminism, Consuming Higher Education and Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity; education editor, spiked

Dr Glynne Williams
associate professor, University of Leicester

Professor Dr Michael Wohlgemuth
economist; director, Open Europe Berlin

Professor Alison Wolf
author, The XX Factor: how the rise of working women has created a far less equal world; cross-bench peer

Bethan Wolfenden
co-founder, Bento Bio

James Woudhuysen
visiting professor, London South Bank University; co-author, Energise! A future for energy innovation; author, Why is construction so backward?

Martin Wright
writer and speaker; director, Positive News; formerly editor-in-chief, Green Futures

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Rafael Yáñez-Muñoz
professor of advanced therapy, Royal Holloway University of London

Cathy Young
US journalist and commentator; weekly columnist, Newsday; author, Ceasefire!: Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality

Reuben Young
director, PricedOut

Toby Young
director, New Schools Network; associate editor, The Spectator; editor, Spectator Life

Dr Linda Yueh
economist, broadcaster and author; fellow in economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University; adjunct professor of economics, London Business School

Dr Kevin Yuill
senior lecturer in American history, University of Sunderland; author, The Second Amendment and Gun Control: freedom, fear, and the American Constitution

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Dr Theresa Züger
associated researcher, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Kolja Zydatiss
editor, Novo