Adam Hart, University of Gloucestershire

Adam Hart is Professor of Science Communication at the University of Gloucestershire. He teaches and carries out research in behaviour, ecology and evolution. Adam is also a science presenter on television and radio and has cofounded several Citizen Science surveys.

Twitter: @AdamHartScience

Instagram: @AdamHartScience

Franziska Kohlt, University of York

Franziska Kohlt is a researcher in Science Communication, the History of Science & Literature, with a background in Communication and Media Science and Comparative Literature. Her doctoral thesis on Dreams and Visions in Victorian Psychology Fantastic Literature established the latter as primary medium to digest and communicate new scientific knowledge, its societal and epistemological implications.

Twitter: @frankendodo

Instagram: @frankendodo

Liam Hathaway, De Montfort University

Liam Hathaway recently earned his PhD at De Montfort University by conducting an eco-cultural investigation of the killer bug movie. Though he is interested in all kinds of film, his key interests lie in neo-noir, horror and the post-apocalyptic, with a particular emphasis on how genre films engage with the cultural moment. He has written for multiple edited collections, often provides screening notes for London’s Science Fiction Theatre and has delivered papers at several conferences.

Twitter: @LiamVIII

Instagram: @ liam__viii

Seirian Sumner, University College London

Seirian Sumner is Professor in Behavioural Ecology at University College London. She looks at the evolution of social behaviour in insects and cofounded the Big Wasp Survey. Seirian is an advocate for female scientists and cofounded Soapbox Science. In 2022 Seirian’s book Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps is published.

Twitter: @WaspWoman

Instagram: @waspprof

Verity Jones, University of the West of England

Verity is an Associate Professor at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her research interests lie in education and issues of social and environmental justice, within which food systems are a major part. Verity has undertaken research with 7-11 year olds regarding the acceptance of edible insects into school meals at a time of climate and ecological emergency.

Twitter: @VerityJones_edu

Instagram: @VerityJones_edu