The following university staff are involved with the research activities of this research area and participated in the 2001 RAE:
| Biggart | A |
| Birrell | WD |
| Borooah | VK |
| Byrne | G |
| Carmichael | P |
| Cook | SAS |
| Donnelly | C |
| Dunn | JA |
| Erridge | AF |
| Evason | EMT |
| Fee | R |
| Fullerton | D |
| Gray | AM |
| Heenan | DA |
| Hillyard | P |
| Hughes | JE |
| Knox | CG |
| Mackay | CJ |
| McCallion | G |
| Morrissey | M |
| O'Connor | JS |
| Offer | JW |
| O'Halloran | K |
| O'Neill | C |
| Osborne | RD |
| Osmani | SR |
| Paris | CT |
| Robinson | GM |
| Williamson | AP |
| Marnoch | GJ |
| Murtagh | BJ |
| Beer | A |
| McWilliams | M |