Sandy Balfour is currently undertaking a Collaborative Doctoral Award co-designed by the University of East Anglia and the BBC Archive. His doctoral research is concerned with poetry on BBC television, 1936-2009.

This project examines democracy within the John Lewis Partnership and how it has changed throughout the 50 year period, using documents from the business archive and oral histories from retired Partners who would have been involved in the democratic structure.

Eleanor Stinson is currently undertaking a Collaborative Doctoral Award co-designed by the University of East Anglia and the British Museum. Her doctoral research is concerned with the continental influence on English coinage and Royal administration in the 12th century.