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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist; vaccinologist, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Eye Research Australia and Honorary Fellow, Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, researching Greco-Roman antiquity, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Law, The University of Melbourne
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Ronald Henderson Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre, The University of Melbourne
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Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
