1. Introduction.- Theme 1 - Pracademic Identities.- 2. The Value of 'Things': how objects and artefacts can enrich professional reflection.- 3. The Pracademic, where practice meets theory. The value of practitioner experience when teaching and researching in a Higher Education (HE) environment.- 4. 'Double vision: personal agency and cultural capital' - Terrence Gregory - Institute of Contemporary Music Performance.- 5. Imposter Syndrome and the Non-Pracademic.- 6. From Novice to Expert - there and back again; a lecturer's tale.- 7. The Mirrored Mask: Behind the Mask: Reflections on a pracademic's journey.- 8. Don't take your Briefcase' Navigating a career change from professional practice to the academic role.- 9. Finding your people': the role of networks in pracademic identity construction.- Theme 2: Professional development.- 10. Pracademics: Facilitating Smooth Transition from Industry to Academia.- 11. [Working draft title to be confirmed].- 12. [Working draft title awaited] .- 13. The Pracademic as Consultant: Professional educator development through collaborative inquiry with practitioners.- 14. Resilient networking and collaboration - Looking for a roadmap. Is it possible to balance being a practitioner and a researcher?.- 15. The Transition from Practice to Academe in Criminal Justice.- Theme 3: Teaching Practice.- 16. Pracademics in Construction and Engineering Higher Education: a return to Classical Educational norms.- 17. Pracademics - uniquely placed to enhance student employability?.- 18. More than mere context: the role of former practitioners in surveying education.- 19. Those who can, do (and teach): Developing simulations to bring practitioners and students together.- 20. The Value of Autonomy in Clinical Pedagogy.- 21. Conclusion.