Dr Debra Margaret Costley, Associate Professor of Education, Director of Education and Student Experience, Deputy Head of the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK. I have a Batchelor of Education, first class, from Sheffield City Polytechnic; a MA Education from the Open University; and a PhD from the University of Warwick, all UK. I have worked in schools, further education, and universities in the UK, USA, and Australia and in a not-for-profit national autism organisation (Autism Spectrum Australia). I have experience as a research fellow, tutor on initial teacher education and masters level education and inclusive education courses, doctoral supervisor, project leader, consultant, and senior manager in a range of organisations. My research is focused on inclusion, specifically for young people on the autism spectrum, anxiety in adolescents, social and emotional development, school connectedness and belonging, and developing and implementing participatory research methods with young people.