The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes 45 outstanding social scientists to its Fellowship

The Academy of Social Sciences is delighted to welcome 45 leading social scientists to our Fellowship this autumn.

Spanning a range of research and practice areas including urban governance and public policy, health technology assessment, hunger and food insecurity, migration and forced displacement, and international law, our newly elected Fellows highlight the importance, breadth and relevance of the social sciences to understanding and tackling the varied challenges facing society today. As well as excellence in research and applied professional use of social science, our new Fellows, who are drawn from a variety of backgrounds, disciplines and professions, have also made significant contributions beyond the academy, including to industry, policy and higher education.

Will Hutton FAcSS, President of the Academy, said, “It’s a pleasure to welcome these 45 leading social scientists to the Academy’s Fellowship. Their substantial contributions to social science and wider society have furthered our understanding of the social and environmental factors related to population health, changing cultures of inequality, children and young people’s experiences of gaming and gambling, the importance of diversity and inclusion in organisations, and how businesses can contribute to the sustainable development goals, amongst many others. We look forward to working with them to further promote the important role the social sciences play in our daily lives.”

The Academy’s Fellowship comprises 1,600 leading social scientists from academia, the public, private and third sectors. Our Fellows’ expertise covers the breadth of the social sciences, and their practice and research addresses some of the major challenges facing communities, society, places and economies. All Academy Fellows are elected for their excellence in their fields and their substantial contributions to social science for public benefit. Selection is through an independent peer review which recognises their excellence and impact.

Our new Fellows have been elected from 34 UK organisations, comprising 31 Higher Education Institutions, as well as think tanks, non-profits and business.

We warmly welcome them to the Academy and look forward to engaging with them to advance understanding of our contemporary human world and to shape a better future.

The full list of this autumn’s Fellows:

• Professor Judith Aldridge, Professor of Criminology, University of Manchester
• Professor Ana Aliverti, Professor of Law, University of Warwick
• Professor Lisa Anderson, Professor of Management Learning, University of Liverpool
• Professor Ed Balls, Professor of Political Economy, King’s College London
• Professor Sascha Becker, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
• Zoë Billingham, Director, IPPR North, Institute for Public Policy Research
• Professor Constantin Blome, Academic Dean/ Rektor, Lancaster University Leipzig
• Dr George Buckley, Chief UK and Euro Area economist and Executive Director, Nomura International
• Professor Sara Carter OBE, Vice Principal & Head of College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow
• Professor Gemma Catney, Professor of Human Geography, Queen’s University Belfast
• Anita Charlesworth, Director of Research and REAL Centre, The Health Foundation
• Professor James Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography, University College London (UCL)
• Professor John Craig, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education, Kingston University London
• Professor Steven Cummins, Professor of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Professor Catherine Durose, Professor of Public Policy and Co-Director of the Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool
• Professor Jean-Paul Faguet, Professor of the Political Economy of Development, London School of Economics & Political Science
• Professor Anne-Maree Farrell, Chair of Medical Jurisprudence, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Alan Finlayson, Professor of Political & Social Theory, University of East Anglia
• Professor Pervez Ghauri, Professor of International Business, University of Birmingham
• Professor Neve Gordon, Professor of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Queen Mary University of London
• Professor Matt Henn, Professor of Social Research, Nottingham Trent University
• Professor Kirsty Horsey, Professor of Law, University of Kent
• Professor Alex Kemp, Professor of Petroleum Economics, University of Aberdeen
• Professor Meryl Kenny, Professor of Gender and Politics, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Urfan Khaliq, Professor of International Laws, Cardiff University
• Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira, Professor of Politics, University of Leeds
• Professor Jo Littler, Professor of Cultural, Media and Social Analysis, Goldsmiths, University of London
• Professor Christopher Lloyd, Professor of Geographic Information Science, Queen’s University Belfast
• Professor Mhairi Mackenzie, Professor of Social Policy and Inequalities, University of Glasgow
• Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres, Professor of Clinical and Social Epidemiology, University of Exeter
• Professor Sarah Mills, Professor of Human Geography, Loughborough University
• Professor Charles Musselwhite, Professor of Psychology, Aberystwyth University
• Professor Daniel Nettle, Professor of Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University
• Professor Emma Roe, Professor of More-Than-Human Geographies, University of Southampton
• Professor Thomas Roulet, Professor of Organisational Sociology and Leadership, University of Cambridge
• Professor Mark Scott, Professor and Dean of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin
• Professor Thomas Scotto, Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde
• Professor Nando Sigona, Chair of International Migration and Forced Displacement, University of Birmingham
• Professor Alex Singleton, Professor of Geographic Information Science, University of Liverpool
• Professor Martin Spring, Professor of Operations Management, Lancaster University
• Professor Helen Stalford, Professor of Law, University of Liverpool
• Professor Gabriel Stylianides, Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Oxford
• Professor Martyna Śliwa, Professor of Business Ethics and Organisation Studies, Associate Dean for Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability, Durham University
• Professor Shahzad Uddin, Professor of Accounting, University of Essex
• Professor Simon Winlow, Professor of Social Science, Northumbria University

Notes to Editors

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About the Academy of Social Sciences

The Academy of Social Sciences is the national academy of academics, practitioners and learned societies in the social sciences. The sector’s leading independent voice in the UK, we champion the vital role social sciences play in education, governments and business.

The social sciences include: anthropology; business, finance & management; development studies; economics; economic & social history; education; human geography; law; planning; politics; regional studies; sociology; social policy; social psychology; social statistics & methodologies.