Rob Lyons is a columnist for spiked. He writes on a wide range of issues, but takes a particular interest in issues around the economy, environment, food, energy and risk. Rob is author of Panic on a Plate: How society developed an eating disorder (2011) and has written reports on sugar taxes and the impact of the smoking ban on pubs. He is a frequent commentator on TV and […]
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Maurice Glasman
Maurice Glasman is a Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He is director of the Common Good Foundation. Prior to becoming a peer, Baron Glasman worked for ten years for London Citizens on their Living Wage campaign. Baron Glasman is widely known for establishing “Blue Labour”, a conservative form of socialism within the Labour party which encourages a return to community values based […]
Steve Crocker
Steve Crocker is a Development Volunteer for Leeds City Ambassadors, a volunteer scheme, managed and supported through Leeds City Council. Steve is also a musician, and set up Jazz Leeds in 2007. […]
Richard Jackson
Richard Jackson is Chief Officer at Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL), which provides support services to the third sector in Leeds. […]
Jim Parry
Jim Parry is Head of Department of Philosophy at the University of Leeds. His work specialises in Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy. He was formerly a high school teacher of PE and English, and worked for many years in teacher training. He is a former professional footballer, has a book series in Ethics and Sport, and is Founding Director of the British Olympic Academy. He has been an International Professor […]
David James
David James is the Director of the Centre for Sports Engineering Research at Sheffiled Hallam University. His research is focused sports mechanics, injury prevention and the ethical considerations of an increasingly scientific sporting arena. David is a visiting professor at TU Delft, Netherlands, and is also the treasurer of the International Sports Engineering Association, grant reviewer for the Royal Academy of Engineering, project advisor to […]
Andy Miah
Andy Miah is Chair in Science Communication & Digital Media, School of Environment & Life Sciences, University of Salford. He is also global director for the Centre for Policy and Emerging Technologies, fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, USA and fellow at FACT, the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, UK. HIs research discusses the intersections of art, ethics, technology and culture […]
Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor senior lecturer in Communications and Cultural Theory at the University of Leeds. He is a critical theorist educated at Edinburgh University where he read economics and politics for his Undergraduate degree and conducted his PhD thesis on the topic of the early history of computer hackers. Paul has written about a range of philosophers with relevance to media technologies including Slavoj Zizek and […]
Javier Stanziola
Javier Stanziola is an economist, playwright and novelist. He obtained his Ph.D. at Florida International University exploring the impact of artists and arts organizations on urban development. He has worked as an Assistant Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University and University of West Florida in the United States and at the University of Leeds. He has published academic articles on cultural economics, NGO management, monitoring […]
Dave O’Brien
Dave O’Brien has just moved to City University, London, from Leeds Beckett University, where is working on two research areas; cultural value and urban cultural policy. His work on cultural value includes a recent secondment and report to the Department for Culture Media and Sport, along with several conference papers and forthcoming research articles. His work on urban cultural policy can be found in his […]