Academic researcher. Senior Lecturer, Department Geography and Environmental Sciences. Derek joined Northumbria University in 2008 as a lecturer in Crime Science and has been the BSc Crime Science programme leader since attaining the position of senior lecturer in 2009. He has considerable experience of the teaching and learning quality assessment processes, developed a BA programme in Human Geography & Crime and a number of bespoke accredited training courses for industry. Derek is the Principal Investigator for an EU-funded project in partnership with 6 European agencies and government bodies concerning transnational offending and the exchange of bioinformatics across EU state borders. In addition Derek is actively engaged in securing funding from the private sector for a student bursaries and research projects. Prior to joining academia Derek was a serving UK Police Officer for 30 years during which time he received 8 commendations for investigatory work. He spent the majority of his service in investigation roles working in departments ranging from general localised criminal investigation, Vice & Drug investigations, National and International investigations and major crime operations. Derek has 12 year's experience as a school governor, including 8 years as Chair of Governors at a Primary school. Derek has an MSc in Crime Science with University College London from 2007. Derek became a member of the Board of Governors of Northumbria in December 2012.

Adèle Langlois is Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln. She has degrees in Biological Anthropology and International Relations. Her PhD explored the global governance of bioethics and human genetics, particularly at UNESCO. She held a Wellcome Trust Biomedical Ethics Fellowship at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology as part of her doctoral studies, during which she wrote a policy briefing on research ethics in developing countries. Adèle joined the University of Lincoln in September 2009. She is the author of Negotiating Bioethics: The Governance of the UNESCO Bioethics Programme (Routledge 2013). She has also worked on ethics governance in prehospital research as Co-Investigator on the Network exploring Ethics of Ambulance Trials (NEAT) project and is currently researching regulatory bottlenecks in global health.

Journalist, SDG and Climate change advocates. Coordinator of Youth Development Organization-Yodo Cameroon

I am a Lecturer in Education and Sociology in the School of Education and Sociology (EDSOC). I also recently joined the Citizenship, ‘Race’ and Belonging (CRaB) Research Network. My work sits at the crossroads of inclusive education, bilingual special education, justice and equity studies, culturally sustaining and trauma-informed pedagogies for disabled, migrant and refugee children, and teacher education. My research focuses on increasing access to equitable education for students identified with disabilities and from migrant and forced migrant backgrounds in primary and secondary education. I have developed significant research and teaching expertise in providing differentiated instructions for students in Italy, the United Kingdom, Lebanon and the United States. I use the Disability Critical Race Theory in Education (DisCrit) framework as an intersectional lens to examine inclusive policies and practices in education systems in Europe and the United States. My paper on color-evasiveness and the disablement of asylum-seeking children in Italy is an example of the first application of DisCrit outside of the US context. This work provides a window to explore how neoliberal reforms in education, combined with increasing immigration, are influencing education for those children who face exclusionary practices. In research and teaching I commit to creating a meaningful, equitable, and inclusive learning experience for diverse communities. My stance towards teaching, research and service activities is liberatory.