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Professor Ian Acheson
senior advisor, Counter Extremism Project; visiting professor, school of law, policing and forensics, University of Staffordshire; author, Screwed: Britain’s prison crisis and how to escape it

Stephanie Adam
physiotherapist and former athlete; member, Frauenheldinnen

Dr Remi Adekoya
lecturer of politics, University of York; author It’s Not About Whiteness, It’s About Wealth and Biracial Britain

Lord Tariq Ahmad KCMG
foreign minister, diplomat, British businessman, and community leader

Ada Akpala
writer and commentator; head of content, The Equiano Project

Jack Aldane
host and producer, The Booking Club

Dr Shahrar Ali
former deputy leader, Green Party

Dr Natalie Alkiviadou
senior research fellow, The Future of Free Speech, Vanderbilt University

Venice Allan
campaigner for women and children; research assistant, House of Lords

Steve N Allen
broadcaster and comedian

Maxie Allen
journalist; TV and radio producer, Times Radio

Albie Amankona
broadcaster; financial analyst; executive member, 2022 Group; champion, Next Gen Tories; general council, LGBT+ Conservatives; co-founder, Conservatives Against Racism.

Josie Appleton
director, civil liberties group, Manifesto Club; author, Officious: Rise of the Busybody State; writer, Notes on Freedom

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Jonny Ball
contributing editor, UnHerd

Hannah Barnes
associate editor and writer, The New Statesman

Steven Barrett
barrister; broadcaster; writer on law, Spectator

Jo Bartosch
assistant editor, The Critic; journalist and author

Felice Basbøll
history student, Trinity College Dublin; author, The Tyranny of Campus Wellbeing

Chris Bayliss
writer and consultant

Daniel Ben-Ami
journalist; creator, Radicalism of Fools project on rethinking anti-Semitism; author, Ferraris for All: in defence of economic progress

Lucy Beney
counsellor; children's correspondent, Save Mental Health

Piotr Beniuszys
publicist, Liberté!

Dr Piers Benn
philosopher, author and lecturer

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

Professor David Betz
academic, Professor of War in the Modern World, Department of War Studies, King’s College London

Elliot Bewick
host, The Next Generation; former producer, TRIGGERnometry

Julie Bindel
journalist; author, Lesbians: Where are we now?; feminist campaigner; podcast host, Julie in Genderland

Mark Birbeck
founder, Our Fight

Dr Jochen Bittner
UK correspondent, Die Zeit

Dr Tim Black
books and essays editor, spiked

Peter Bleksley
writer and broadcaster; former detective, Scotland Yard

Professor Jean-François Braunstein
professor emeritus of contemporary philosophy, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; author, La religion woke

Colin Brazier
journalist; farmer

Dr Jennie Bristow
reader in sociology, Canterbury Christ Church University; author, Generational Encounters with Higher Education and Growing Up in Lockdown

Kerry Brown
director, Lau China Institute, King’s College; author, The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400 Contest for Power; professor of Chinese Studies

Lara Brown
commissioning editor, the Spectator; former president, Cambridge Union

Jon Bryan
gambling writer and poker player

Nick Busvine OBE
consultant; founding partner, Herminius Holdings Ltd; advisory board member, Briefings for Britain; former diplomat, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tonia Buxton
presenter and executive producer, My Greek Kitchen; author; nutritionist

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Marion Calder
co-director, For Women Scotland

Simon Calvert
deputy director, The Christian Institute

Professor Patricia Casey
consultant in liaison psychiatry, Hermitage Clinic; Dublin professor emerita of psychiatry, University College Dublin

Professor Gerard Casey
professor emeritus of philosophy, University College Dublin; author, Hidden Agender: Transgenderism’s Struggle Against Reality

Baroness Joanne Cash
life peer and radical

Dr JJ Charlesworth
art critic; editor, ArtReview

Patrick Christys
host and presenter, GB News

Tessa Clarke
journalist; author; documentary reporter; board member, Academics for Academic Freedom (AFAF)

Dave Clements
writer and policy advisor; contributing co-editor The Future of Community

Pieter Cleppe
editor-in-chief, BrusselsReport.eu

William Clouston
party leader, Social Democratic Party

Ben Cobley
author, The Tribe: the liberal-left and the system of diversity and The Progress Trap; former Labour Party activist

Poppy Coburn
acting deputy comment editor, Daily Telegraph

Tom Collyer
senior executive, Pagefield; writer; alumnus, Debating Matters

Chloe Combi
columnist; author Generation Z; speaker and researcher

Phil Craig
author, 1945: The Reckoning: War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World;TV producer

Niall Crowley
designer; writer; former East End pub landlord; co-producer and co-host, Arts First podcast

Dr Tim Crowley
lecturer, School of Philosophy, University College Dublin; convenor, Dublin Academics for Academic Freedom

Rosamund Cuckston
senior HR professional; co-organiser, Birmingham Salon

Simon Cullen
faculty research fellow; visiting research professor of civil discourse and artificial intelligence, Heterodox Academy

Dolan Cummings
writer and novelist; co-director, Manifesto Club

Dr Jennifer Cunningham
retired community paediatrician; board member, Scottish Union for Education (SUE)

Laila Cunningham
Reform Westminster City councillor; former senior crown prosecutor

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Pierre d’Alancaisez
co-founder, Verdurin; art critic, The Critic

Helen Dale
senior writer, Law & Liberty; author, Kingdom of the Wicked

Kara Dansky
lawyer; author, The Reckoning: How the Democrats and the Left Betrayed Women and Girls (2023)

Dr Mark Dapin
author; historian; journalist; broadcaster (Australia)

Neil Davenport
cultural critic; head of faculty of social sciences, JFS Sixth Form Centre

Stephanie Davies-Arai
director, Transgender Trend; author, Communicating with Kids

Professor Hugo de Burgh
director, China UK creative industries; recent chair professor of Media, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University; author, WHO ARE WE, and how will we survive in the Age of Asia (2024) and China’s Media in the Emerging World Order (2021)

Linda de Courcy
councillor, Independent Ireland Party

Tanya de Grunwald
podcaster, This Isn't Working

Nicholas De Santo
comedian; TV journalist and commentator

Liam Deacon
communications and campaigns consultant, Pagefield Communications; former journalist; former head of press, Brexit Party

Jay Dee
Grass roots women’s campaigner

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

Ben Delo
entrepreneur, mathematician and philanthropist

John Denning
head of education, The Christian Institute

Dr Stuart Derbyshire
associate professor, deputy head of psychology, National University of Singapore

Ceri Dingle
director, WORLDwrite and WORLDbytes

Alastair Donald
co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; convenor, Living Freedom; organiser, European Free Speech Network

Ella Dorn
journalist, New Statesman; creator, Fairyland! Substack; project assistant, Academy of Ideas

Sonya Douglas
artist, poet and campaigner

Pamela Dow
chief operating officer, Civic Future

Charlie Downes
campaigns director, Restore Britain

Andrew Doyle
writer and comedian; author, The End of Woke: How the Culture War Went Too Far and What to Expect from the Counter-Revolution and The New Puritans

Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards
journalist; historian; crime novelist; broadcaster; awards include the Crime Writers’ Association Non-Fiction Gold Dagger for Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing and the Families’ Pursuit of Justice

Rosie Duffield MP
member of parliament for Canterbury

Bernadette Dugasse
representative of Chagossians from the Seychelles in the UK; member, Indigenous Chagossian Voices

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Dr Wendy Earle
convenor, Arts and Society Forum; co-host, Arts First podcast

Tracy Edwards
round-the-world sailor; founder/trustee of the Maiden Factor Foundation

Dr Rakib Ehsan
author, Beyond Grievance: what the Left gets wrong about ethnic minorities

Faika El-Nagashi
director, Athena Forum; political scientist; former MP (Austria)

Isobel Elkan
16-year-old A-level student

Paul Embery
firefighter; trade unionist; author, Despised: why the modern Left loathes the working class; broadcaster

James Esses
psychotherapist; writer and investigative journalist; founder, Just Therapy

Sabrina Esses
chief privacy officer & data protection officer, UK and EU, Marsh McLennan

Simon Evans
comedian; GB News and BBC TV and radio regular; presenter, BBC Radio 4's Simon Evans Goes to Market

Suzanne Evans
director, Political Insight

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Simon Fanshawe
consultant and non-executive director, Diversity by Design

Thomas Fazi
journalist and writer; author, Reclaiming the State: A progressive vision of sovereignty for a post-neoliberal world; columnist, UnHerd; contributing editor, Compact

Robert Fig
partner, the metals risk team

Paul Finch OBE
programme director, World Architecture Festival

Naomi Firsht
journalist and commentator

Ben Flatman
architectural editor, Building Design and Building; author, Birmingham: Shaping the City

Inaya Folarin Iman
broadcaster and columnist; founder and director, The Equiano Project

Michael Foran
associate professor of law, University of Oxford; tutorial fellow in law, Keble College, Oxford

Maya Forstater
chief executive, Sex Matters

Claire Fox
director, Academy of Ideas; independent peer, House of Lords; author, I STILL Find That Offensive!

Dr Ashley Frawley
sociologist; author, Significant Emotions and Semiotics of Happiness

Dominic Frisby
writer; comedian; author, The Secret History of Gold: Myth, Money, Politics and Power

Lord David Frost
member of the House of Lords

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

Frank Furedi
sociologist and social commentator; executive director, MCC Brussels

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Amy Gallagher
nurse; political commentator

Sonia Gallego
reporter, Al Jazeera English

Yoel Gamzou
conductor and composer

Elisabetta Gasparoni
linguist; teacher; founder, Aesthetic Study Group

Rory Geoghegan
founder and CEO, SafetyScore; founder, The Public Safety Foundation; former police officer and special adviser

Tony Gilland
chief of staff, MCC Brussels; associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Emma Gilland
project assistant, Academy of Ideas; convener; Battle Book Club

Luke Gittos
criminal lawyer; author, Human Rights – Illusory Freedom; director, Freedom Law Clinic

Lord Maurice Glasman
Labour life peer; author, Blue Labour: the politics of the common good; director, the Common Good Foundation

Andrew Gold
YouTuber; host, Heretics

Professor Carl Gombrich
university dean, programme director

Matilda Gosling
social researcher; author, Evidence-Based Parenting and Teenagers – The Evidence Base

Manick Govinda
independent writer, commentator, mentor/arts adviser and curator

Mike Graham
radio presenter, Talk TV/Radio; host, Morning Glory; podcast host, The Thought Police

Jonathan Grant
chartered accountant; arts critic

Freddy Gray
deputy editor, Spectator; host, Americano podcast

Dominic Green
historian; columnist, Wall Street Journal and Washington Examiner

Naomi Gryn
writer; filmmaker

Professor Ulrike Guérot
publisher; author; director, European Democracy Lab e.V.

Fatima Gunning
reporter, Gript Media

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Dr Az Hakeem
consultant psychiatrist and medical director, Psyche Clinic; author, Trans and Detrans

Liam Halligan
columnist, Sunday Telegraph; author, Home Truths: the UK's chronic housing shortage

Maeve Halligan
co-founder and president, Cambridge University Society of Women; postgraduate student, Eastern European literature; Living Freedom alumna

Simon Hankinson
senior research fellow, The Heritage Foundation; author, The Ten Woke Commandments (You Must Not Obey)

Timandra Harkness
journalist, writer and broadcaster; author, Technology is Not the Problem and Big Data: does size matter?; presenter, Radio 4's FutureProofing and How to Disagree

Bryn Harris
Chief Legal Counsel, Free Speech Union

Dennis Hayes
founder and director, Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF); author, The Death of Academic Freedom? Free speech and censorship

James Heartfield
lecturer and writer; author, Britain’s Empires 1600-2020 and Let's Build!

Franziska Heine
executive director, Wikimedia Deutschland

Dr Caspar Hewett
lecturer, School of Engineering, Newcastle University; co-director, NERC FLOOD-CDT; director, The Great Debate

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

William C. Hicks
co-chair, Life Sciences Practice Group, Mintz

Milli Hill
freelance journalist; founder, Positive Birth Movement; author, Ultra-Processed Women

Nick Hillman
director, Higher Education Policy Institute

Jonathan Hinder MP
Labour MP for Pendle and Clitheroe

Dr Renée Hoenderkamp
GP; broadcaster; author

Baroness Kate Hoey
non-aligned peer, House of Lords; former Labour MP; former sports minister; former unpaid commissioner for sport, London Mayor's office; Leave campaigner

Jon Holbrook
barrister; writer, spiked, Critic, Conservative Woman

Jenny Holland
writer and critic; former assistant, New York Times; author, Saving Culture (from itself) Substack

James Holland
political advisor, European Parliament

Josh Howie
producer and host, GB News show Free Speech Nation

Katja Hoyer
journalist; historian, King's College London

Dr Cheryl Hudson
lecturer in US political history, University of Liverpool; author, Citizenship in Chicago: Democracy, Race, and the Remaking of American Identity 1894-1924

Stani Huepfl
researcher, Stiftung Maximilianeum

Alan Hughes
business owner, Farmers to Action

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Ike Ijeh
author; architect; founder, London Architecture Walks; founding signatory, Don't Divide Us

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Bev Jackson
co-founder and trustee, LGB Alliance and LGB International

Abbot Christopher Jamison
Abbot President, English Benedictine Congregation; author, Finding the Language of Grace: rediscovering transcendence

Dr Tiffany Jenkins
writer and broadcaster; author, Strangers and Intimates and Keeping Their Marbles

Animesh Jha
professor, applied material science

Dr Richard Johnson
writer; senior lecturer in politics, Queen Mary University of London; co-author, Keeping the Red Flag Flying: The Labour Party in Opposition since 1922

Virginie Joron
French member of the European Parliament, Patriots for Europe Group

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Vinay Kapoor
education and engagement officer; Free Speech Union

Eric Kaufmann
professor of politics, University of Buckingham; advisory council member, Free Speech Union; author, Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Led to a Cultural Revolution

Eve Kay
award-winning executive producer

Rosie Kay
dancer; choreographer; CEO and artistic director, K2CO LTD; co-founder, Freedom in the Arts

Leo Kearse
comedian; writer, Breaking The News, Mock The Week and The Mash Report; co-creator, Hate 'n' Live

Lord Ross Kempsell
member of the House of Lords

Khadija Khan
journalist and broadcaster; editor, A Further Inquiry; co-host, A Further Inquiry podcast

Geoff Kidder
director, membership and events, Academy of Ideas; convenor, AoI Book Club

Dr Philip Kiszely
senior fellow, New Culture Forum; director, NCF Literary Festival, national organiser, NCF Locals

Stephen Knight
reporter and podcaster; host, The Knight Tube

Professor Stefan Kooths
research director, Business Cycles and Growth, Kiel Institute for the World Economy; chairman, Friedrich August von Hayek Gesellschaft

Esther Krakue
columnist and broadcaster

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Intel Lady
satirist, performer

Nicole Lampert
journalist

Professor Ellie Lee
professor of family and parenting research, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies

Ralph Leonard
author, Unshackling Intimacy: Letters on Liberty; contributor, UnHerd, Quillette, New Statesman and Sublation Magazine

Matthew Lesh
country manager, Freshwater Strategy; public policy fellow, Institute of Economic Affairs

Dr Norman Lewis
visiting research fellow, MCC Brussels; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation

Penny Lewis
editor, Scottish Union for Education

Sheila Lewis
retired consultant; former housing association chair

Maria Lisogorskaya
artist; co-founding member, Assemble

Mark Littlewood
director, Popular Conservatism; broadcaster, columnist, the Telegraph and the Mail

Martin Loat
communications expert, business mentor, social campaigner

Dr Julia Long
author; women's rights advocate

Dr Anna Loutfi
employment and human rights barrister; advisory council member, Don’t Divide Us

Dr Mo Lovatt
national coordinator, Debating Matters; programme coordinator, Academy of Ideas

Cormac Lucey
economist; financial commentator; lecturer, Irish Management Institute

Rob Lyons
science and technology director, Academy of Ideas; convenor, AoI Economy Forum; author, Panic on a Plate

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Hans-Georg Maaßen
lawyer; co-chair, Leonhard-Kreis for Freedom of Opinion; former president, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution

Lord Mackinlay
director, The Global Warming Policy Foundation

Helen MacNeil
consultant architect, shedkm; founder, Honest Architecture (HA!) free-speech dinners

Dr Jan Macvarish
education and events director, Free Speech Union

Scarlett Maguire
founder, Merlin Strategy

Professor Khalid Mahmood
former member of Parliament; visiting professor, Birmingham City University; director, KN Strategic Solutions Ltd

John Maier
doctoral student in philosophy, Balliol College, Oxford; writer, the Times; columnist, UnHerd

Amir Makatov
journalist; editor-on-duty, NIUS; musician

Harry Saul Markham
junior research fellow, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism; author, The Melted Pot: Diversity, Antisemitism, and the Limits of Tolerance

James Marriott
columnist and writer, The Times

Beverley Marshall
AoI Parents Forum; working mum of three young adults

Toby Marshall
film studies teacher; member, AoI Education Forum

Matilda Martin
trainee English teacher; tutor

Margo Martin
PhD student, Aberystwth University

Fiona McAnena
director of campaigns, Sex Matters; author, Terf Island: How the UK resisted trans ideology

Catherine McBride
economist and trade specialist

Ruari McCallion
freelance writer

Professor Ronan McCrea
professor of Constitutional and European Law, UCL; author, The End of The Gay Rights Revolution

Kevin McCullagh
founder, Plan; innovation strategist and writer

Nancy McDermott
director, Genspect USA; US editor, Inspecting Gender; author, The Problem with Parenting

John McGuirk
editor, Gript Media

Jacob Mchangama
executive director, The Future of Free Speech

Lisa McKenzie
working-class academic; author, Lockdown Diaries of the Working Class

Simon McKeon
founder member, Our Fight UK; QPR season ticket holder; archivist

Dr Ken McLaughlin
former social worker; academic; author, Surviving Identity: Vulnerability and the psychology of recognition and Stigma, and its discontents

Shelagh McNerney
head of regeneration, Manchester City Council

Kevin Meagher
commentator; associate editor, Labour Uncut; author, A United Ireland: Why unification is inevitable and how it will come about; former ministerial special adviser, Labour

Sabine Mertens
spokesperson, Gender Language Working Group at the German Language Association (VDS)

Dr Ruth Mieschbuehler
senior lecturer in education studies, University of Derby; author, The Racialisation of Campus Relations

Sally Millard
director of finance; co-founder, AoI Parents Forum

Alan Miller
co-founder and chair, Together Association

Blair Milo
senior fellow, Sagamore Institute

Ali Miraj
broadcaster; founder, the Contrarian Prize; infrastructure financier; DJ

Munira Mirza
chief executive, Civic Future

Ian Mitchell
English literature and psychology teacher; writer, Teachwire; member, AoI Education Forum

Omar Mohamed
writer and activist

Tim Montgomerie
conservative journalist; founder, ConservativeHome, UnHerd and Centre for Social Justice

Sebastian Moore
North West chair, Social Democratic Party

Suzanne Moore
writer, the Daily Telegraph

Kurt Morton
farmer and owner, Manor Farm Partnership; member, Farmers To Action

Anne-Elisabeth Moutet
columnist and commentator for Telegraph, UnHerd, GB News, BFMTV (Paris)

Lord Moylan
Conservative peer; opposition front bench spokesman on transport, House of Lords

Jon Moynihan
businessman; former chair, Vote Leave; Conservative peer; author, Return to Growth: How to Fix the Economy

Phil Mullan
writer, lecturer and business manager; author, Beyond Confrontation: globalists, nationalists and their discontents

Para Mullan
former operations director, EY-Seren; fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Georgina Mumford
intern and writer, spiked

Dr Linda Murdoch
former director of careers, University of Glasgow; researcher on wellbeing and work ethic

Meghan Murphy
writer and journalist; podcast host, The Same Drugs

Michael Murphy
journalist and documentary filmmaker

Fraser Myers
deputy editor, spiked; host, the spiked podcast

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Jo-Anne Nadler
political journalist; campaigner, Don't Divide Us

Simon Nash
environmentalist; speaker; activist and founder, Green Oil bicycle lubes; chair, Green Drinks London

Dr Lawrence Newport
director, Looking for Growth

Fabian Nicolay
partner and publisher, Achgut.com

Dr Ella Nixon
art historian and writer; post-doctoral researcher, University of Cambridge

Larissa Nolan
journalist and columnist

Joe Nutt
educational consultant; author, including John Donne: The Poems and An Introduction to Shakespeare’s Late Plays

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Stella O'Malley
psychotherapist; director, Genspect; author, What Your Teen is Trying to Tell You

John O’Brien
head of communications, MCC Brussels

Kevin O’Sullivan
presenter, TalkRADIO and TalkTV; reporter; showbiz editor; media correspondent; features editor

Dr Bijan Omrani
historian, University of Exeter; columnist; author, God is an Englishman: Christianity and the Creation of England

Dr James Orr
associate professor of philosophy of religion, University of Cambridge

Dr Michael Owens
urban planning researcher and lecturer; author, Play the Game

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Professor Ian Pace
pianist and professor of music at City, University of London

Dr James Panton
deputy head welfare, St Edwards School, Oxford; associate lecturer in philosophy, The Open University

Dr Pamela Paresky
academic dissident, Harvard; founder, Free Mind Foundation

Allison Pearson
columnist and chief interviewer, Daily Telegraph; co-presenter, Planet Normal podcast

David Perks
retired head teacher

Martyn Perks
co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation; former Islington by-election independent candidate; property investment broker

Laura Perrins
co-founder, Conservative Woman; former barrister; columnist, Gript

Charlie Peters
GB News national reporter

Gillian Philip
writer and haulage worker

Sarah Phillimore
barrister; co-founder, Fair Cop

Jacob Phillips
professor of systematic theology, St Mary’s University, Twickenham; author, Obedience is Freedom

Professor Gavin Phillipson
professor of law, University of Bristol

Professor Jo Phoenix
professor of Criminology, and deputy head of the School of Law, University of Reading

Kathryn Porter
consultant, Watt-Logic

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

Nina Power
writer and philosopher; author, What Do Men Want? Masculinity and its Discontents

Jean-André Prager
senior fellow, Policy Exchange

Professor Vicky Pryce
chief economic adviser and board member, Centre for Economics and Business Research; author, How to be a Successful Economist

Dr Vanessa Pupavac
honary associate lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham; author, Translation as Liberation

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Peter Ramsay
professor of law, London School of Economics and Political Science; author, Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit

Lauren Razavi
executive director, Plumia; author, Global Natives

Dr Paul Reeves
developer of manufacturing simulation technology

David Reid
visiting fellow, Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, the National University of Singapore; director, Global Advocacy; author, Running The Risk

Akua Reindorf KC
barrister, Cloisters Chambers

Ed Rennie
psychotherapist; co-founder Climate Debate UK

Jacob Reynolds
head of policy, MCC Brussels; associate fellow, Academy of Ideas

Vicky Richardson
architectural writer and curator; former head of architecture and Drue Heinz Curator, Royal Academy of Arts

Jasper Robbins
alumnus, Living Freedom; writer; history and politics student

Cheryl Robson
writer, editor and publisher, Aurora Metro Books

Max Roland
political editor, Apollo News

Kevin Rooney
religion, philosophy and ethics teacher; editor, irishborderpoll.com; convenor, AoI Education Forum; co-author, The Blood Stained Poppy

Catherine Roy
maternity safety campaigner, Infant Feeding Alliance

Samuel Rubinstein
postgraduate historian and writer

Sarah Ryan
barrister; commentator; journalist

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Professor Abhishek Saha
professor of mathematics, Queen Mary University of London

Dr Lola Salem
lecturer in French and music, University of Oxford; author; professional singer, Maîtrise de Radio France

Hilary Salt
Greater Manchester co-ordinator SDP; actuary; founder, First Actuarial

Tim Samuels
documentary-maker; broadcaster; author

Jane Sandeman
founder, AoI Parents Forum; former director of finance

Max Sanderson
assistant managing editor, Guardian

Henry Sanderson
journalist; author, Volt Rush, the Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green

Alastair Santhouse
consultant neuropsychiatrist; author, No More Normal: Mental Health in an Age Over-Diagnosis

Joolz Saville-Hippely
former home educator

Freddie Sayers
editor-in-chief, UnHerd; CEO, OQS Media; former editor-in-chief, YouGov; founder, PoliticsHome

Richard Schenk
research fellow, MCC Brussels

Patrice Schneider
chief strategy officer, Media Development Investment Fund

Dr Ralph Schoellhammer
commentator and podcaster; professor of International Relations; head of Center for Applied History and IR Theory, MCC Budapest

Eloise Schultz
law student; political activist

Dr Patrik Schumacher
principal, Zaha Hadid Architects; author, The Autopoiesis of Architecture and Tectonism – Architecture for the 21st Century

Tim Scott
executive director, The Freedom Association

Malica Scott
educational consultant

Helen Searls
co-founder, Hyenas book club, Washington DC

Jacob Sebastian
producer, UnHerd

Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
director, Don't Divide Us; author, What Should Schools Teach? Disciplines, subjects and the pursuit of truth

Dr Tony Sewell
founder and director, Generating Genius; author, Black Success, The Surprising Truth

Rajiv Shah
former special adviser

Andy Shaw
co-founder and organiser, Comedy Unleashed

Connie Shaw
external affairs officer, The Free Speech Union; contributor, GB News

Hardeep Singh
journalist; author, The many tiers of British justice: When identity politics and progressivist causes trump impartial policing; deputy director, Network of Sikh Organisations

David Skelton
author, The New Snobbery and Little Platoons

Edward Skidelsky
senior lecturer in Philosophy, University of Exeter; director, Committee for Academic Freedom

Tom Slater
editor, spiked; co-host, spiked podcast and Last Orders

Jean Smith
founder member, Our Fight UK; co-founder and director, NY Salon

Joan Smith
author & columnist

Susan Smith
co-director, For Women Scotland; director, Beira’s Place; contributor, The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht

Linzi Smith
hospitality manager

Christopher Snowdon
head of lifestyle economics, Institute of Economic Affairs; author, Killjoys and other books; co-host, Last Orders

Sonia Sodha
columnist and broadcaster

Baroness Amanda Spielman
conservative peer, former chief inspector; Ofsted

Dr Alex Standish
associate professor of geography education, University College London; co-author, What Should Schools Teach? Disciplines, Subjects and the Pursuit of Truth

Dr Dominic Standish
writer and commentator on risk and sport; professor, University of Iowa; author, Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and reality

Sandy Starr
deputy director, Progress Educational Trust; author, AI: Separating Man from Machine

Maria Steen
barrister; educator; commentator

Dr Rebecca Steinfeld
reproductive rights researcher; special projects lead, campaigns and communications team, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)

Dr Kathleen Stock
columnist, UnHerd; co-director, The Lesbian Project; author, Do Not Go Gentle: The Case Against Assisted Death

Baroness Stowell
former chair, Communications & Digital Select Committee

Graham Stringer MP
member of parliament, Blackley and Middleton South

Nadine Strossen
John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School; senior fellow, FIRE; former president, American Civil Liberties Union

Gareth Sturdy
education and science writer; co-organiser, AoI Education Forum

Tallulah Sutton
sociology and politics researcher; University of Cambridge; author, Labour Heartlands in Brexit Britain

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Sally Taplin
business consultant, Businessfourzero; visiting MBA lecturer, Bayes Business School; former board member, Lewes FC

Dr Maren Thom
lecturer; writer; acting and vocal trainer; podcast host, Performance Anxiety

Max Thompson
legislative affairs and campaign officer, Free Speech Union

Nick Timothy MP
member of parliament, West Suffolk; former special advisor, Home Office; author and comment writer

Professor Robert Tombs
emeritus professor of French history, Cambridge University; co-editor, History Reclaimed

Matthew Torbitt
political commentator and writer; senior fellow, The Centre for Social Justice

Gawain Towler
former head of press, Reform UK

Emma Trimble
writer and broadcaster; fellow, New Culture Forum

Luke Tryl
executive director, More in Common UK; writer and commentator; former political special advisor

Stella Tsantekidou
political commentator

Sarah Tucker
novelist; broadcaster; columnist

David Turver
energy policy analyst, Eigen Values

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Niamh Uí Bhriain
assistant editor, Gript; founder, The Life Institute

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Leo Villa
archivist and promotions manager, Academy of Ideas

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Dr Stuart Waiton
senior lecturer, sociology and criminology, Abertay University; author, Scared of the Kids: curfews, crime and the regulation of young people; chair, Scottish Union for Education

Barry Wall
creator, the winning mindset seminars; youtuber, Court of the EDIJester

Nick Wallis
journalist, presenter, BBC Radio 4 series The Great Post Office Trial

Dr Jake Wallis Simons
author, Never Again? How the West betrayed the Jews and itself

Bruno Waterfield
Brussels correspondent, The Times

Andreas Wesemann
partner, Ashcombe Advisers LLP

Cressida Wetton
comedian; TV producer; Free Speech Nation and Comedy Unleashed regular

Ella Whelan
co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; journalist; author, What Women Want

Morgan Wild
chief policy adviser, Labour Together

Harry Wilkinson
head of policy, Global Warming Policy Foundation

Austin Williams
director, Future Cities Project; honorary research fellow, XJTLU, Suzhou, China; author, China’s Urban Revolution

Dr Joanna Williams
academic; author, How Woke Won and Women vs Feminism

Karl Williams
research director, Centre for Policy Studies

Alexandra Wilson
arts writer, author, academic

Charlie Winstanley
author, Bricking it: The UK Housing Crisis and the Failure of Policy; public affairs & social policy development professional

Christopher Worrall
industry fellow, Onward; commentator on housing, planning, and political realignment

Martin Wright
director, Positive News; formerly editor-in-chief, Green Futures; former director, Forum for the Future

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John Yorke
narrative expert; author, Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them; presenter, BBC Radio 4’s Opening Lines

Toby Young
general secretary, Free Speech Union; associate editor, Spectator; editor-in-chief, Daily Sceptic

Dr Linda Yueh
fellow in economics, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; adjunct professor of economics, London Business School; associate fellow, Chatham House

Professor Kevin Yuill
emeritus professor of history, University of Sunderland; author, Assisted Suicide: the liberal, humanist case against legalization

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Matt Zarb-Cousin
director, Clean up Gambling; co-founder, Gamban

Kolja Zydatiss
journalist; co-author, Interregnum: Was kommt nach der liberalen Demokratie? author, Cancel Culture: Democracy in Danger