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Matthew Stallard is a Research Associate at University College London’s Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences, focusing on database development and innovative digital techniques to reconstruct personal and community histories of enslavement as part of the Valuable Lives project. He has extensive experience in public history collaborations, co-leading the Global Threads project which traces connections of global narratives of resistance and solidarity concerning colonization and slavery, particularly connected to Manchester's industrial heritage. Stallard has published widely on topics including environment, colonization, class, and race as reflected in Victorian public discourse and the post-industrial regional identity explored in the Inventing Black Country research project. He has also conducted various public community history projects and engagement events and has been involved in oral history research across continents. Stallard has contributed as an advisor to the Guardian’s Cotton Capital series, enriching public understanding of historical narratives.