Katy Pilcher, PhD, is a Lecturer in Sociology at Aston University. Katy has completed research projects relating to erotic dance, sex work, and ageing and everyday life. Katy is an executive committee member of the Feminist and Women’s Studies Association UK and Ireland and has publications in Sexualities, Sociological Research Online, Leisure Studies and Journal of International Women’s Studies.

Nicola Smith is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her research draws on feminist political economy and queer theory to interrogate the (re)production of unequal gendered and sexualised power relations.

Mary Laing is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University, UK. Her research focuses on the regulation and criminalisation of sex work. She is the joint academic board representative for the UK Network of Sex Work Projects, and has publications in Sexualities, Geoforum and the Journal of Law and Society.