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Neil Selwynis a senior lecturer at Cardiff University School of Social Sciences where his research and teaching focuses on technology and society. He is currently researching the role of ICT in adults' everyday lives as part of a two year ESRC-funded project. His recent books include The Information Age (2002, University of Wales Press) and Telling Tales on Technology (2002, Ashgate). Address: Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WT, UK. [email: [email protected]]

Ravi Srinivas Krishnais a Post-doctoral Fellow with South Centre, Geneva, researching on Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy. He was visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University, Bloomington. Address: University West Apts No. 10, 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA. [email: [email protected]]

Pat Maierhas been involved with e-learning since 1993 when she was involved in a HEFCE Teaching and Learning Technology Program project. The aim of this project was to increase staff awareness of the use of educational technology. Since then she has continued to be involved in e-learning projects within the university and staff development in relation to the pedagogy of e-learning. At a strategic level, she was the main architect for the university's e-learning strategy, which is attracting internal funding to operationalize it. She has written several books and colleagues in this field: Integrating Technology in Learning Teaching has been used by many universities as the course book for new lecturer programmes. Address: School of Civil Engineering & the Environment & Institute of Sound Vibration Research, Building 7, Room 5049, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, S017 1BJ, UK. [email: [email protected]]

Stephen Coleman is Cisco Professor of e-Democracy at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and former Director of the Hansard e-democracy programme. Address: Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS, UK. [email: [email protected]]

Duncan Langfordlectures in Computing at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. Dr Langford specializes in the relationship between computing and professional issues, and is regarded as an international expert in the field. Apart from many academic papers, his publications include Practical Computer Ethics (McGraw Hill, 1995) and Business Computer Ethics (Addison Wesley, 1999). Internet Ethics (2000), is published in the USA by St Martin's Press, and elsewhere by Pearsons (Macmillan). He is currently writing a new book, to be published in 2006 by Thompsons. Address: Computing Laboratory, University of Kent, UK. [email: [email protected]]

Jan Brace-Govanis a lecturer at Monash University. She holds a PhD in Sociology and has researched social aspects of information and communication technologies in the exchange of knowledge and education. Currently her research interests focus on social marketing and non-profit organizations. Address: Department of Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Caulfield East 3145, Victoria, Australia. [email: Jan.Brace-Govan@ BusEco.monash.edu.au]

Paul Reynoldsis the Convenor of the Social and Cultural Movements Group and Programme Leader of the Sociology and Social Psychology programmes at Edge Hill College in the UK. His research is in contemporary radical theory and politics and the politics of difference, with special reference to sexuality. He is on the editorial boards of Historical Materialism and Sexualities, Evolution and Gender and is co-convenor of the Society for Applied European Thought. Address: Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Edge Hill College, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK. [email: [email protected]]