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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Media Law, University of Essex
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
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Research Fellow in the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
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Professor in Criminology, University of Essex
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Professor of Economics, University of Essex
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Professor of Sociology, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Essex
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Assistant researcher in Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Essex
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Chair Professor of British Social History, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer of Psychology, University of Essex
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Senior lecturer, University of Essex
