The project is being led by Professor Paul Almond, of the School of Law at the University of Reading:

http://www.reading.ac.uk/law/about/staff/p-j-almond.aspx

Paul is a lawyer and socio-legal scholar with a research interest in issues of regulation, criminal law, and legitimacy.

The project co-investigator is Dr Mike Esbester, of the School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies at the University of Portsmouth:

http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/sshls/staff/title,143105,en.html

Mike is a historian with a research interest in the cultural and social construction of safety at different times in history.