Sylvia Walby is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and UNESCO Chair in Gender Research at Lancaster University. She is the author, most recently, of Globalization and Inequalities: Complexity and Contested Modernities . Philippa Olive and Jude Towers are senior research fellows in the Department of Sociology, and Brian Francis is professor of social statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, all at Lancaster University. Sofia Strid is a lecturer in gender studies and political science at Örebro University, Sweden. Andrea Krizsán is a research Fellow in the Centre for Policy Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Emanuela Lombardo research fellow in political science at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Corinne May-Chahal is professor of social work at Lancaster University. Suzanne Franzway is professor of sociology and gender studies at University of South Australia.

David Sugarman is professor of law at Lancaster University. Bina Agarwal is professor of development economics and environment at the University of Manchester. Jo Armstrong is a research associate in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University.