MICHAEL BANTON is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK DAVID BEER is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK GURMINDER BHAMBRA is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK ROGER BURROWS is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of York, UK. JOYCE E. CANAAN is Reader in Sociology at Birmingham City University, UK ERIKA CUDWORTH is Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Sociology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, at the University of East London, UK. MAX FARRAR is Manager of Community Partnerships and Volunteering in the Leslie Silver International Faculty of Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. DAVID INGLIS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. GAYLE LETHERBY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Plymouth, UK BRUNO LATOUR teaches at Sciences Po in Paris, France GREGOR MCLENNAN is Professor of Sociology at Bristol University, UK MICHAEL RUSTIN is Professor of Sociology at the University of East London and Visiting Professor at the London Tavistock Clinic, UK JOHN SCOTT is Professor of Sociology at the University of Plymouth, UK SASKIA SASSEN is Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, USA