Dr Edward Brunsdon is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy and an Associate Member of the Centre for Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) in the Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy.

Alex Fox OBE FRSA is CEO of Shared Lives Plus, the UK network for Shared Lives and Homeshare. He Chairs the NHS England, Dept. Health and Public Health England review of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector and sits on the NHSE Empowering People and Communities Taskforce and the Think Local, Act Personalpartnership board. He is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Birmingham ...

Peter Hupe is interested in the ways public actors fulfill public tasks. From a comparative perspective he has a particular focus on discretion as controlled freedom. How do 'professionals in public service' deal with such freedom and what does that mean for governmental performance?

Dr Margaret May is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Social Policy and an Associate Member of the Centre for Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM) in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, School of Social Policy.

Pat Niner is a housing researcher with a wide range of experience of different topics and research methods. Her recent specialisms are the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers, and housing benefit reforms. She is continuing to work on ad hoc projects after formal retirement from the University of Birmingham in 2008.