
Prof Paul Sermon
(Principal Investigator) Professor of Visual Communication at the University of Brighton, pioneered telematic video art since 'Telematic Dreaming' in 1992. Produced over 100 internationally exhibited installations, including commissions from ZKM Karlsruhe and the Millennium Dome UK. Directed AHRC telepresence art project '3x4' in 2014 and advisory editor for 'International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media' (Routledge).

Prof Steve Dixon
(Co-Investigator) President of LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore, theorist, practitioner and author of 'Digital Performance' (MIT Press 2007) and 'Cybernetic-Existentialism' (Routledge 2020). Director of digital performance company 'The Chameleons Group'. Co-director of the AHRB 'Digital Performance Archive', journal editorial boards include 'Body, Space and Technology', 'CTheory' and 'Global Performance Studies'.

Dr Jayne Lloyd
(Co-Investigator) Senior Lecturer in Fine Art and former Course Leader of MA Inclusive Arts Practice at the University of Brighton. An artist and researcher who works across sculpture, drawing, and performance in her own arts practice and in the development and realisation of inclusive arts projects. Her research focuses on the role of arts and artists can play in the lives of disabled people and people living with dementia.

Richard Rieser
(Research Consultant) A UK-based disabled teacher, activist, researcher, writer and consultant. His interests are enhancing disability equality, especially inclusion in education and the media. Richard is the Director of World of Inclusion Limited, Founder and Coordinator of UK Disability History Month, now in its 15th year, and elected General Secretary of the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum.

Trish Wheatley
(Research Consultant) Chief Executive at Disability Arts Online and co-chair of John Hansard Gallery. Co-founded We Are Freewheeling Ltd, specialising in accessible 360º technology and underwater live art performance. Has worked in various roles in the disability arts field since 2005, producing, curating and developing projects with and for disabled artists.

Colin Hambrook
(Research Consultant) Founder and editor of Disability Arts Online. He has worked as a manager/ editor/ researcher/ sub-editor for a variety of web and print-based disability arts and mainstream publications since 1994. He established Disability Arts Online in 2004 as a place which publishes professional arts writing, arts media and discussion, giving a voice to arts practitioners who identify with disability as a creative, artistic and political force.

Dr Alison Lapper
(Research Consultant) An artist, television presenter, charismatic speaker, and member of the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists of the World. Alison was awarded an MBE for her services to Art in 2003, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Brighton in 2014. She was the subject of Marc Quinn's sculpture 'Alison Lapper Pregnant' which occupied the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square between 2005 and 2007. Her autobiography 'My Life in My Hands' was published in 2005 and has been translated into 9 languages.
Tom Truscott
(Technical Assistant) University of Brighton, Information and Digital Technologies.
Siobhan O'Dowd
(Project Manager) University of Brighton, Research Enterprise & Social Partnerships.
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UK Disability History Month was established in 2010 to raise awareness on the unequal position of disabled people in society and to advocate disability equality, supported by over 60 disability organisations and groups across the UK.

Founded in 2004 Disability Arts Online was set up to advance disability arts and culture through the pages of their online journal, providing disabled artists with a platform to blog and share disability arts and culture with the world.