The group is led by Sara Hennessy. The CEDiR steering group also includes Rupert Wegerif, Farah Ahmed, Riikka Hofmann, Steve Watson, Emma Cooper and Alison Twiner. PhD students Yi Zhao and Mher Davtyan support CEDiR's communications and community activities.

Over 70 early career researchers, established academic staff and others based in the Faculty, wider University and beyond are also members of CEDiR. These include:

• Ayesha Ahmed
• James Biddulph
• Pete Dudley
• Dunya Habash
• Geoff Hayward
• Linda Hargreaves (Emerita)
• Christine Howe (Emerita)
• Ruth Kershner (Emerita)
• Yongcan Liu
• Ros McLellan
• Neil Mercer (Emeritus)
• Daniel Moulin-Stozek
• Fran Riga
• Sue Swaffield
• Pablo Torres
• Paul Warwick (Emeritus)
• Mark Winterbottom