First and foremost we are grateful for the generous support of the A B Charitable Trust, without which this report would not have been possible. Thank you to all the A B Charitable Trust Trustees for their support and feedback throughout the project.

In particular, special thanks are due to Sara Harrity for her support, hard work and confidence in us and in the project.

We would like to thank all the members of our project Advisory Group, including Eric Carlin, Bobby Duffy, Dr. Evan Harris, Dr. Les King, Juliet Lyon, Dr. Susanne MacGreggor, Dr. Fiona Measham and Robin Wilkinson, for taking the time to guide us in the project and comment on drafts of the report.

We are grateful to those individuals and organisations who participated in the two ‘soft systems’ workshops, and whom we interviewed, but will remain anonymous. Thank you also to Peter Reuter for agreeing to take part in the project and producing an excellent international review on the issue.

At UKDPC, thanks are due to Roger Howard for his guidance, wisdom and feedback on the project and the report.

We would also like to thank the Commissioners for their feedback on drafts of the report. Thanks to Victoria Silver for her role at the early stages of the project, and to Leo Barasi for providing very helpful comments on drafts of the report.

At Demos, special thanks are due to Eugene Grant for his indispensable help at the beginning of the project, as well as Georgina Duffin and Tom McDonald. Thanks to Jamie Bartlett, Matt Grist, and Julia Margo for reviewing drafts and providing helpful comments. Thank you to Beatrice Karol Burks and Ralph Scott for their patience and support in seeing the report through publication, and to Sarah Kennedy for her work in organising the launch.

Any errors and omissions remain our own.

Jonathan Birdwell
Jake Chapman
Nicola Singleton
April 2011