Teesside University recently announced that all professors who are not in management roles will have to reapply for their jobs (“University tells entire professoriate to reapply for their jobs”, News, 13 July). This action taken by the university essentially places the 27 professors at risk of redundancy. What were promised as permanent and secure positions have now been rendered precarious.
This is an open letter to Teesside University that condemns these plans, questions the legitimacy of their rationale, and calls for their immediate delay and thorough re-evaluation. It is signed and supported by 756 people from across the higher education sector expressing solidarity with our professorial colleagues impacted by the proposed exercise. The signatories represent more than 100 universities across the UK, Europe, America Australia and Asia.
Teesside University have made it clear through their public statements that this is not a cost-cutting exercise. Nor have they intimated that they regard their professors as “underperforming”. The official rationale driving this action is to “improve performance” in the upcoming research excellence framework (REF) exercise in 2021; in addition to bringing the “disparate roles” of university professors under one role of “professor (research)”.
This seems curious for a number of reasons. In REF 2014, Teesside University displayed a marked overall improvement in their research performance. Moreover, particular departments and submissions were assessed as being among the best in the UK, such as the social policy and social work unit of assessment (UoA). Ninety per cent of the work submitted was considered “world leading” and “internationally excellent” – the two highest rankings in this measure. Consequently, Teesside’s Social Policy and Social Work UoA – which included work from the disciplines of sociology, criminology, social work and social policy – was ranked 5th out of 62 in the UK for the quality of their submission. This is a remarkable achievement for any department in a post-92 university.
The professors who will be forced to reapply for their own jobs were a vital part of this success in REF 2014. The professors in question do not occupy “disparate roles”, as all are research-active. Given the quality and quantity of the work that they have produced since REF 2014, there is little reason to believe this performance could not be matched or bettered in REF 2021. Furthermore, these professors have been integral to the development of early career academics who will be submitting to REF 2021, in addition to the recruitment of postgraduate research students who contribute to the overall research culture at the institution. In light of these facts, it appears that the rationale driving this exercise makes little sense.
It should be made clear: the proposed plans from Teesside University should not be read or described as just another routine performance review. Lecturers, senior lecturers and professors at universities are already submitted to existing annual performance and development reviews. These plans are different. These plans threaten people’s livelihoods. They do so with minimal warning or discussion, and with a sense of confusion and ambiguity around what the criteria for the new role of professor (research) means in real terms.
To us, the timing of this action seems bizarrely thoughtless and ignorant to the annual work cycle in academia. At this time of year, many academics, including professors, will be preparing to take annual leave or beginning their summer research. However, as individual livelihoods and financial security are brought into question, such plans will have to be scrapped as those affected are forced to hurriedly seek union representation in addition to financial and legal advice.
With seemingly little warning, the individuals affected by this make-or-break audit are faced with the daunting possibility of unemployment and the task of quickly securing another position in a highly competitive job-market. If they cannot find jobs in a similar region, they will have to potentially move houses, pull children out of schools and relocate their families.
However, while this letter is a condemnation of this specific action, there is also a broader issue at stake here. This exercise appears indicative of a more pervasive trend within UK higher education institutions to flexibilise their workforce and systematically engender an unnecessary sense of insecurity and precariousness in the higher education workplace.
The protests earlier this year by outsourced cleaners employed by the London School of Economics is an example from the opposite end of the higher education employment spectrum. Those cleaners had to strike for the right to be paid the minimum London Living Wage and achieve basic parity around issues of sick pay and annual leave. We are all aware that, for several years, growing proportions of lecturers and academic staff are employed on insecure zero-hours contracts. The Teesside professors are merely the latest example of an embedded trend within the marketised higher education environment.
At their best, universities can be dynamic, critical and innovative environments that are the foremost champions of issues around social justice or basic workers’ rights. They are committed to enriching society and the lives of those in the communities they serve. This sentiment is even embedded in the Teesside University mission statement.
What happened to that ethos? Has the competitiveness and marketisation of the higher education system become so ruthless and intense that institutions are willing to abandon these basic principles and place their employees in professional, personal and financial insecurity?
We, the signatories, call for Teesside University to immediately delay this exercise in order to properly re-evaluate the decision to make non-managerial professors re-apply for their jobs and engage in meaningful discussion with the University and College Union. We demand that the university provide a more transparent, comprehensive and detailed explanation of the rationale for this action. As academics employed as lecturers, researchers and professors at dozens of universities, we give warning to other institutions that similar action will not be accepted quietly and will not come without risk of reputational damage. Lastly, we express our solidarity and support of the professors affected at Teesside University.
Are Teesside University management going to ignore the publicly stated opposition of hundreds of their colleagues from all over the world? These are the people who design degree programmes, teach courses, support students, and conduct and publish research. They fundamentally disagree with the action that is being taken, not to mention its reflection of a broader trend in higher education. We hope that you listen.
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Prof. David Wilson, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, Birmingham City University
Tereza Kuldova, PhD Researcher, University of Oslo, Norway
Prof. Robert Pfaller, Professor of Philosophy, University of Industrial Design and Art, Linz, Austria
Dr Thomas Raymen, Lecturer in Criminology, Plymouth University
Dr Kate Sang, Associate Professor of Management, Heriot Watt University
Dr David Hill, Lecturer in Communication and Culture, University of Liverpool
Dr Gisella Hanley Santos, Lecturer in Criminology, Plymouth University
Dr Emma Murray, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr James Treadwell, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Birmingham City University
Dr Adam Formby, Teaching Fellow Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds
Dr Anthony Ellis, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, University of Salford
Benedikt Lehmann, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, York St John University
Dr Siobhan McAlister, Lecturer in Criminology, Queens University Belfast
Dr Václav Walach, Research Fellow, University of West Boehmia, Czech Republic
Kenny Doyle, PhD Research, Waterford Institute of Technology
Prof Steve Fuller, Professor of Sociology, University of Warwick
Nicola Harding, PhD Researcher, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Jennifer Fleetwood, Lecturer in Criminology, Goldsmiths College, London
Prof Graham Scambler, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UCL
Dr David Maguire, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, UCL
Dr Geoff Pearson, Senior Lecturer in Criminal Law, University of Manchester
Dr Marco Pedroni, Associate Professor of Sociology, eCampus University, Italy
Grace Morrison, Associate Lecturer, Plymouth University
Prof Shadd Maruna, Professor of Criminology, University of Manchester
Dr Brendan Coyle, Lecturer in Criminology, Aberystwyth University
Dr Marisa Silvestri, Associate Professor, Kingston University
Dr James Windle, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of East London
Alex Carter, PhD Research, Teesside University
Dr Tara Van Dijk, Lecturer, Maastricht University
Prof. Eric Gordy, Professor of Political and Cultural Sociology, University College London
Dr Alexandra Hall, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Teesside University
Prof John Pinkerton, Professor of Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Cecilia Winterhalter, Accademia di Costume e Moda, Roma
Dr Rob Creasy, Subject Direct of Social Sciences, York St John University
Juliet Marvin, Undergraduate in Criminology, University of Derby
Dr Iain Channing, Lecturer in Criminology, Plymouth University
Dr Sally Brown, Lecturer in Sociology, Edinburgh Napier University
Dr John-Paul Smiley, Independent Researcher
Dr Jon Dean, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Sociology, Sheffield Hallam University
Prof. Simon Dyson, Professor of Applied Sociology, De Montfort University
Dr Nicola Carr, Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Nottingham
Dr Liz Atkins, Associate Professor in Education, Northumbria University
Ms Emma Williams, Deputy Director of Police Research, Canterbury Christ Church University
Dr John Topping, Lecturer in Criminology, Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Alessandro Testa, Lise Meitner Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Vienna
Sebastian Averill, PhD Student, Loughborough University
Dr Matthew Spokes, Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, York St John University
Prof Colin Webster, Professor of Criminology, Leeds Beckett University
Dr Sam Hardy, Honorary Research Associate, Institute of Archaeology, UCL
Paolo Borghi, PhD Researcher, University of Milano Bicocca
Dr Camilla De Camargo, Lecturer in Criminology, Kingston University
Dr Michael Teague, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Derby,
James Hart, PhD Researcher, Teesside University
Prof Ann Marie Gray, Professor of Social Policy, Ulster University
Chloe Boyce, PhD Candidate, University of York
Dr Serena Wright, Lecturer in Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London
Samantha Barnes, PhD Student, Teesside University
Dr Monika Mokre, Senior Research Associate, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Elke Van Hellemont, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Kent
Tomsic Samo, PhD Researcher, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Dr Claire Fitzpatrick, Lecturer in Criminology, Lancaster University
Richard Hall, National Teaching Fellow and Professor of Education and Technology, De Montfort University
Emilybeth Davies, Undergraduate Student of Criminology, Birmingham City University
Dr Jake Phillips, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
Goretti Horgan, Lecturer in Social Policy, Ulster University
Dr Mary-Louise Corr, Lecturer in Criminology, Queen’s University Belfast
Dr Daniel J. Paré, Associate Professor of Communications, University of Ottawa
Prof. Martin Bouchard, Professor of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
Dr Toni Wood, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Salford
Tanja Conway-Grim, PhD Researcher, Cranfield University
Prof Keith Hayward, Professor of Criminology, University of Copenhagen
Melanie Rimmer, Research Associate in Health, University of Sheffield
Dr James Heydon, Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Ben Bradford, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Oxford
Dr Roberto Castaldi, Associate Professor, eCampus University
Dr Ian Mahoney, Lecturer in Criminology, Liverpool Hope University
Verdine Etoria, PhD Researcher, Teesside University
Dr Amal Ali, Lecturer in Law, University of Lincoln
Paul McGuiness, Criminology Lecturer, University of Sussex
Melissa Pepper, PhD Researcher, University of Surrey
Marianne Colbran, Visiting Researcher Fellow, Mannheim Centre, London School of Economics
Dr Laura Davies, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Leeds Beckett University
Dr Gaby Wolferink, Research Associate, Loughborough University
Dr Steven Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Monash University, Australia
Angus Bancroft, University of Edinburgh
Dr Lizzie Seal, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Sussex
Dr Linnéa Osterman, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Greenwich
Prof Robert Canton, Professor in Community and Criminal Justice, De Montfort University
Eddie Rees, PhD Researcher, Teesside University
Dr Andrew Wilson, Lecturer in Criminology, Nottingham Trent University
Dr Pamela Ugwudike, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University
Dr Tim Gomersall, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Huddersfield
Dr Theo Kindynis, Lecturer in Criminology, Roehampton University
Neal Hazel, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Salford
Dr Andrew Percy, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Queen’s University Belfast
Eileen Barke,r PhD Criminology candidate, Teesside University
Dr Colin King, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex
Bill Dixon, Professor of Criminology, University of Nottingham
Alsharif Abogsesa PhD student, School of Social Sciences, Business and Law, Teesside University
Paul Robinson, Graduate Tutor in Criminology, Teesside University
Dr Vicky Heap, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
Jennifer Cassarly, PhD Candidate, Social Sciences, Business & Law
Charlotte Barlow, Lecturer in Criminology, Lancaster University
Luke Martell, Professor of Political Sociology, University of Sussex
Dr Suraj Lakhani, Lecturer, University of Sussex
Dr Scott Yates, Reader in Psychosocial Studies, De Montfort University
Prof Alison Phipps, Professor of Gender Studies, Sussex University
Dr Victoria Silverwood, Lecturer in Criminology, Birmingham City University
Prof Dean Wilson, Professor of Criminology, University of Sussex
Dr Stephen Bates, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Birmingham
Triona Fitton, Lecturer in Philanthropic Studies, University of Kent
Dr Catherine Baker, Senior Lecturer in 20th Century History, University of Hull
Dr Cara Jardine, University of Strathclyde
Yvonne Jewkes, Professor of Criminology, University of Brighton
Dr Tanya Palmer, Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex
Rebekah McNaughton, Research Associate, Teesside University
Alison Pilnick, Professor of Language, Medicine and Society, University of Nottingham
Dr Anna Pechurina, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Leeds Beckett University
Dr Rod Earle, Senior Lecturer, Dept. Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, The Open University.
Iris Mordue, PhD Researcher, Teesside University
Prof Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology & Social Work, University of Glasgow
Dr Will Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Liverpool John Moores University
Matteo Moscatelli, Research fellow, Department of sociology, Catholic University Milan
Elisa Martini, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Trento, Italy
Ana Porroche-Escudero,NIHR CLAHRC NWC Senior Researcher, Lancaster University
Dr Marian Duggan, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Kent
Professor Colin Webster, Professor of Criminology, Leeds Beckett University
Dr. Sara Westin, Researcher in Human Geography, Uppsala University
Prof Kathinka Frøystad, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies, University of Oslo
Mark Bushell, PhD Researcher, Teesside University
Abigail Stark, PhD Researcher University of Sheffield
Kate Haddow, PhD Researcher, Teesside University
Richard Green, PhD Candidate, Royal Holloway, University of London
Catrin Andersson, Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
Jennifer Friedlander, Professor of Media Studies, Pomona College
Dr Nic Groombridge, Executive Committee British Society of Criminology
Hannah Quirk, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester
Dr Rachael Aplin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Leeds Beckett University
Marie Hutton Law Lecturer University of Sussex
Dr Ben Crewe, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Dr Sara Grace, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Salford
Theodora Machaira, PhD researcher, Teesside University
Dr Melia Bello Bose, Associate Professor, University of Victoria, Canada
Luke Telford, PhD Researcher, Teesside University
Prof Alex Stevens, Professor in Criminal Justice, University of Kent
Dr. Ana Chambelren, Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University of Warwick
Dr Wendy Fitzgibbon, Reader in Criminology, University of Leicester
Dr Alistair Fraser, Lecturer in Criminology & Sociology, University of Glasgow
Anna Maczak, PhD Researcher in Sociology, London School of Economics
David Honeywell, Associate Criminology Lecturer, University of York
Dr. David McBride, Computing Officer, University of Cambridge
Dr Mark Monaghan, Loughborough University, UK
Dr Lipi Begum, Lecturer in Fashion Management, University of Southampton
Dr. Summer Decker, Director of Research, Department of Radiology, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Irene Zempi, Lecturer in Criminology, Nottingham Trent University
Dr Rohit K Dasgupta, Loughborough University
J.M. Moore, Newman University, Birmingham
Dr Michael F. Mills, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Kent
Marko Saranovic, University of Vienna
Dr Amanda Seims, Research Officer, Centre for Men’s Health, Leeds Beckett University.
Dr Imran Awan, Associate Professor in Criminology, Birmingham City University
Scott Grant, Lecturer in Social Work, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Dr Liz Oakley-Brown, Senior Lecturer in Shakespeare & Renaissance Writing, Lancaster University
Dr Helen Nichols, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Leeds Beckett University
Dr Louise Grove, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, Loughborough University
Prof John Field, Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Stirling
Dr Dan Bishop, Senior Lecturer in Education, Bath Spa University
Rachel Willie, Senior Lecturer in English, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Nicholas J. Gervassis, Lecturer in Law, Plymouth University
Sigrun Mackenzie, Msc Criminology Student, University of Teesside
Dr. Yahya M. Madra, Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Drew University, NJ
Dr Alex Dymock, Lecturer in Criminology and Law, Royal Holloway, University of London
Tim Colbourn, Lecturer in Global Health Epidemiology and Evaluation, UCL
Veronique Pouillard, Associate Professor, History of Modern Europe, University of Oslo, Norway.
Arild Engelsen Ruud, University of Oslo
Dr Gilly Sharpe, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Sheffield
Iain Stainton, Senior Lecturer Policing & Criminology, University of Cumbria
Michael Edwards, Honorary Professor, Bartlett School UCL
Karen Lowton, Professor of Sociology (Ageing & Health), University of Sussex
Craig Webber, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Southampton
Mohammed Rahman, Lecturer in Criminology, Birmingham City University
Prof Steve Redhead, Professor of Cultural Studies, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
Dr Steve Wakeman, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Jonathan G. Heaney, Lecturer in Sociology, Queen’s University Belfast.
Dr Baris Cayli, Research Fellow in Criminology, University of Derby
Prof Jo Phoenix, Professor of Criminology, Open University
Laura Naegler, University of Liverpool
John Lea, Honorary Professor of Criminology, Roehampton University
Dr Hannah Graham, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Stirling
Dr Pat Quinn, PhD Sociology, University of Glasgow.
Elaine Campbell, Professor of Criminology, Newcastle University
Prof Ilan Kapoor, York University, Toronto
Michael DeValve, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Fayetteville State University, USA.
Xavier L’Hoiry, Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, University of Sheffield
Dr Deirdre O’ Neill,Lecturer in Screen Studies, Brunel University
Michael Devine, BA Criminology, University College Cork
Prof Mike Wayne, Brunel University
Dr Martijn Kiers, University of Applied Science, Austria
Prof Adam Crawford, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Leeds
Jarrett Blaustein, Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
Dr David Skinner, Reader in Sociology, Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Mary Corcoran, Senior Lecturer in Criminology Keele University
Dr Kelly J. Stockdale, Research Associate
Vanita Sundaram, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of York
Prof Tim Newburn, Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, London School of Economics
Nicholas Kimberley, PhD Candidate in Economic Geography, Australian Catholic University
Peter Goddard, Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool
David Barker, Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Edinburgh.
Dr Hannah King, Assistant Professor, Durham University
Nathan W. Pino, Professor of Sociology, Texas State University
Professor Rosemary Barberet, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA
Dr Travis Linnemann, Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
Dr Stephen Tong, Reader in Policing & Criminal Justice, Canterbury Christ Church University
Alex Luscombe, PhD student, University of Toronto
Dr Mark Wood, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jostein Jakobsen, PhD candidate, University of Oslo
Dr Iain Lindsey, Lecturer, Durham University
Dr Rose Broad, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Manchester
Dr Andrew Henley, Lecturer in Criminology, Keele University
Dr Joanne Hulley, Research Assistant Sport & Physical Activity, Edge Hill University
Stephanie Mulrine, PhD Researcher and Research Assistant, Teesside University
Anna Barker, Lecturer in Criminal Justice, University of Leeds
Dr Tom May, Research Fellow in Criminology, University of South Wales
Dr Nicholas Page, Senior Research Assistant, University of South Wales
Dr Elizabeth Yardley, Associate Professor of Criminology, Birmingham City University
Deborah Jump, Lecturer in criminology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Dr Chris Platts, Sheffield Hallam University
Prof Steve Tombs, Professor of Criminology, The Open University
Dr Karim Murji, The Open University, UK
Alexandra Thornton, DClinPsych student, University of Essex
Dr John Drury, University of Sussex
Dr Susan A. Batchelor, Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow
Dr Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Westminster
Dr James Richards, Associate Professor in HRM, Heriot-Watt University
Professor Madeleine Leonard, School of Social Science, Education and Social Work,
Dave Bond, Systems Librarian, Heriot-Watt University
Dr Tanya Wyatt, Associate Professor of Criminology, Northumbria University
Dr Alexa Neale, Research Fellow, University of Sussex
Dr Andy Aydın-Aitchison, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, School of Law
Dr Emily Cooper, Lecturer in Human Geography, UCLan
Dr Dawn Lyon, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent
Dr Joanne N Smith Finley East Asian studies School of Modern Languages Newcastle University
Dr Edmund Coleman-Fountain, Lecturer in Sociology, Northumbria University
Dr Agnieszka Martynowicz, Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University
Dr Jessica Guth, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University
Dr Amy Chandler, Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Clare Wiper, PhD Researcher, Northumbria University
Professor Vron Ware, Chair in Criminology, Kingston University
Dr Carolyn Pedwell. Reader in Cultural Studies, University of Kent
Dr Oliver Smith, Reader in Criminology, University of Plymouth
Professor Les Back, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Persephone de Magdalene, Project Development Manager & Associate Tutor, University of East Anglia, Norwich
James Pattison, PhD candidate in Sociology, University of Nottingham
Dr Edina Doci, Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dr Tom Smith, Teaching Fellow in German, Newcastle University
Susie Atherton PhD Student De Montfort University
Dr Una Barr, Lecturer in Criminology, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Patrizia Kokot, Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, University of Reading
Dr Anna Backman Rogers, Senior Lecturer Feminist Philosophy and Visual Culture. University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Fiamma Terenghi, Research Fellow eCrime – University of Trento
Dr. Zoe Zontou, Senior Lecturer in Drama, Liverpool Hope University
Clifton Evers, Lecturer in Media Culture Heritage, Newcastle University
Dr Wendy Bottero, University of Manchester
Dr Rachel Robbins, Senior Research Fellow – Connect Centre, University of Central Lancashire
Dr Sarah Leahy, Senior Lecturer in French and Film, Newcastle University
Dr Nicola Clarke, Lecturer in the History of the Islamic World, Newcastle University
Joseph Lawson, Lecturer in History, Newcastle University
Dr Gareth Millington, Department of Sociology, University of York
Paul Prinsloo, Research Professor, University of South Africa
Dr Howard Davis, Senior Lecturer in Criminolgy, Edge Hill University
Alison Lamont, Visiting Lecturer (Conversion) at Roehampton University.
Stijn Summers, Professor in Law, Cardiff University
Samantha Walker, PhD researcher, Keele University
Dr Kayleigh Garthwaite, Research Associate, Newcastle University
Alessia Contu, Chair of the Management Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Dr Emmanuelle Tulle, Reader in Sociology, Glasgow Caledonian University
Professor Akwugo Emejulu, University of Warwick
Dr Marco Galea, Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies, University of Malta
Dr Barbara Read, Reader, School of Education, University of Glasgow
Dr Kris Darby, Lecturer in Drama and Performance Studies, Liverpool Hope University
Dr Emma Kennedy, Education Adviser, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Karen Lumsden, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Loughborough University
Diana Paton, William Robertson Professor of History, University of Edinburgh
Dr Chris Moreh, University of Southampton
David Thomas, PhD candidate, Birkbeck College, University of London
Alastair Hudson, Professor of Law, University of Exeter
Dr Silvia Battista, Performance Studies Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University.
Dr Veronica Skrimsjö, Lecturer in Popular Music Studies, Liverpool Hope University
Anna Grear, Professor of Law and Theory, Cardiff University
Dr. Rachel Cahill-O’Callaghan, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
Ms Sarah Black, Lecturer in Dance, Liverpool Hope University
Professor Jim Stewart, Liverpool John Moores University
Guy Standing, Professorial Research Associate, SOAS University of London
Dr James Banks, Reader in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
Martin Parker, School of Business, Leicester University
Alan McGauley, Principal Lecturer in Politics, Sheffield Hallam University
Ian Parker, Emeritus Professor of Management, University of Leicester, UK
Dr Soenita Ganpat, Postdoctoral Fellow in Criminology, Nottingham Trent University
Associate Professor Keir Martin, Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
Dr Alex Bellem, Assistant Professor of Arabic, University of Durham
Louise Cummings, Visiting Professor, York St John University
Sean O’Connell, Queen’s University Belfast
Kate Herrity, PhD candidate, University of Leicester
Dr Neil Cocks, Lecturer in English Literature, University of Reading
Professor Jon Garland, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
Dr Elena Boschi, Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, Edge Hill University
Dr Sarah Campbell, Newcastle University
Sabine Sharp, PhD Candidate Arts Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester
Dr Tim McNelis, Independent Scholar
Steven Pierce, Senior Lecturer in Modern African History, University of Manchester
Robert G. Lee, Senior Lecturer in BSL & Deaf Studies, University of Central Lancashire
Dr Ruth Stirton, Lecturer in Healthcare Law, University of Sussex
Dr Rosalba Biasini, Lecturer in Italian, University of Liverpool
Anna Kotova, Associate Lecturer in Criminology, Exeter University
Dr Siân Adiseshiah, Reader in English Literature and Drama, University of Lincoln
Falk Morawitz, PhD Researcher, University of Manchester
Dr Kaja Marczewska, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English, Linguistics and
Cultural Studies, University of Westminster
Vasilios Ioakimidis, Professor of Social Work, University of Essex
Eleanor Coghill, Professor (Chair) of Semitic Languages, University of Uppsala
Dr Ben Davies, University of Portsmouth
Dr Aliraza Javaid, Newcastle University
Sean Butcher, PhD Researcher, University of Leeds
Sam Burgum, Teaching Fellow (Sociology), University of Warwick
George Walkden, Professor of English and General Linguistics, University of Konstanz
Dr Adam Stock, Lecturer in English Literature, York St John University
Martin Paul Eve, Professor of Literature, Technology and Publishing, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr S.J .Hannahs, Reader in Linguistics, Newcastle University
Dr Ruth Lewis, Northumbria University
Cora Xu, Lecturer in Education, Keele University
Sharon Winfield, PhD researcher, University of York
Kyle Mulrooney, PhD fellow, University of Kent/Universität Hamburg
Alison Smith, Subject Head, Film Studies, University of Liverpool
Ken McLaughlin, Manchester Metropolitan University
Helen Kingstone, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Leeds Trinity University
Brian Leiter, Karl N. Llewellyn Professor of Jurisprudence, Director, Center for Law,
Philosophy & Human Values, University of Chicago
Dr Kathryn Dutton, Head of Law, The University of Bradford.
Dr Adam Lynes, Lecturer in Criminology, Birmingham City University
Dr Tracey Yeadon-Lee, University of Huddersfield
Dr A.M. Viens, Associate Professor in Law, University of Southampton
Dr Naill Scott, Reader in Philosophy and Popular Culture, UCLan
Sharon Grace, Lecturer Social Policy and Crime, University of York
Professor Caroline Heycock, University of Edinburgh
David Ozonoff, Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Victoria Collins, Associate Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
David Cairns, Senior Research, ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon
Tammy Ayres, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Leicester
Michael Pettit, Associate Professor, York University
Debbie Epstein, Professor of Cultural Studies in Education, University of Roehampton
Roger Smith, Professor of Social Work, Durham University
Dr. John Filling, Lecturer, Faculty of Philosophy, Director of Studies and Bye Fellow, King’s College, University of Cambridge
Dr Rebecca Woods, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Modern Languages, University of Huddersfield.
Dr Rachel Bower, University of Leeds
Dr Russell Jackson, Senior Lecturer, Sociologist, Sheffield Hallam University
Dr. Jennifer Bulcock, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Cabrini University
Dr Aidan Byrne, English course leader, Department of English, School of Humanities, University of Wolverhampton
Ashley Tiffen, Senior Lecturer, University of Cumbria
Dr. Neil Armitage, Learning Strategist & Sociology Instructor, University of British Columbia
Emma Wincup, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Leeds
Dr AK Antoniou, Lecturer in Criminology, University of West London
Dr. Gordon Ramsey, School of History, Anthropology, Politics and Philosophy, Queen’s University of Belfast.
Professor Bernadette O’Rourke, Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, School of Social Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Professor Bridie Kent, University of Plymouth
Dr. Dimitris Akrivos, Lecturer in Criminology, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Dr Mark Bould, Associate Professor, UWE Bristol
Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in History, Newcastle University
Dr David Beer, Reader in Sociology, University of York
Daniel Butt, Associate Professor in Political Theory, University of Oxford
Dr Tim Turner, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Coventry University
Dr Steve Kirkwood, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Edinburgh
Dr Steve Corbett, Lecturer in Social Policy, Liverpool Hope University
Duncan Fisher, Graduate Tutor, Teesside University
Dr Ioannis Papageorgiou, Associate Researcher, Rhodes Centre for Historical and Social Research
Prof Maggie Humm, Emeritus Professor, University of East London
Prof. Chris Ashford, Professor of Law and Society, Northumbria University
Harriet Pierpoint, Reader in Criminology, University of South Wales
Richard Poole, Associate Lecturer/PhD Candidate, Newcastle University
Matthew Hawkins, Senior Lecturer in Film Practice, London South Bank University.
Laura Graham, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University
Professor Clarissa Smith, University of Sunderland
Professor Majid Yar, Lancaster University.
Dr Alan Greene, Assistant Professor in Law, Durham University
Inge Aben, Senior Lecturer, Organisation Studies, University of the West of England
David Gadd, Professor of Criminology, University of Manchester
Dr Anna McFarlane, University of Glasgow
Dr Catherine Lawless, Trinity College Dublin
Professor Katharine Hodgkin, University of East London
Dr Moti Gorin, Colorado State University, USA
Dr Una McCormack, Lecturer in Creative Writing, Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Hadas Elber-Aviram, University College London
Chris Heathwood, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder
Dr Sarah Ilott, Teesside University
Professor Vicky Lebeau, University of Sussex
Dr James Murphy, University of the West of England
Dr Linda Moore, Lecturer in Criminology, Ulster University.
Andrew Sneddon, Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada
Dr Lisa Sugiura, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Cybercrime, University of Portsmouth
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