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I am a freelance writer, editor and communications consultant based in London. I specialise in economics, policy and international affairs, and in how best to communicate and amplify research findings. I also regularly write about UK public data. I hold a visiting fellowship at the London School of Economics (LSE) within the School of Public Policy, and am Managing Editor of La Fonte – an online blog I co-founded to promote the latest research from economists based at the European University

Jo Michell is Professor of Economics at UWE Bristol. He studied Economics at SOAS before joining UWE. His research interests include macroeconomics, finance and development. He is Chair of the Post-Keynesian Economics Society, Council member of the Progressive Economy Forum and a Fellow of the Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy of the Hans-Böckler Foundation.

Giovanna Michelon is Professor of Accounting at the University of Bristol, where she co-leads the Accountability Sustainability and Governance Research Group. Her research interests are in the field of sustainability accounting and reporting, and her published work has focused on the governance process and systems that underpin corporate actions and accountability on sustainability issues. and the role that sustainability information plays in capital markets. Her work has been published in many

Lucie Middlemiss’s research focuses on the intersection between environmental and social problems, with a particular interest in finding solutions to fuel poverty, and other forms of vulnerability as part of the Net Zero transition. She has also been part of a team who developed a social relations approach to energy research, understanding the role of relationships and identities in shaping people’s energy consumption.

I am Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Reading and Director of the Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR), also Associate Editor of Open Economies Review. I have been employed by the University of Essex, the Créa Institute of Applied Macroeconomics at the University of Lausanne, and the Bulgarian National Bank. I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Lausanne (2004). My work is mostly in international macroeconomics, monetary policy and socioeconomic dynamics.

Claudio Milano is a social anthropologist with a background in economics. He is a Senior Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Barcelona and he is Co-Chair of the Commission on the Anthropology of Tourism of the (IUAES). His primary area of expertise lies into political economy of tourism. His research focuses on the dynamics of touristification processes, exploring how societies respond to and resist these changes through social movements,