The Academy of Social Sciences is delighted to welcome 64 outstanding social scientists to our Fellowship this spring.
Spanning a range of research and practice areas including health inequalities, the gender wage gap, European cybersecurity governance, AI and big data analytics, and the anthropology of Britain, 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, “I’m delighted to welcome these 64 outstanding social scientists to the Academy’s Fellowship, whose research and practice are helping to develop solutions to pressing societal issues. From informing decision-making around environmental challenges and encouraging entrepreneurial growth to improving planning systems and tackling educational inequalities, their insights, skills and understanding are delivering positive impact to improve 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 32 UK organisations, comprising 28 Higher Education Institutions, as well as think tanks, non-profits and business, and overseas institutions.
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 spring’s Fellows:
- Emeritus Professor Gloria M Agyemang, Emeritus Professor of Accounting and Financial Management, Royal Holloway University of London
- Professor Clare Anderson, Professor of History, University of Leicester
- Professor Margaret Arnott, Professor in Public Policy, University of the West of Scotland
- Professor Michaela Benson, Professor in Public Sociology, Lancaster University
- Professor Ruth Blakeley, Vice-President and Head of Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Sheffield
- Professor Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Human Geography, University of Manchester
- Professor Lisa Calderwood, Managing Director, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, University College London (UCL)
- Professor Paul James Cardwell, Professor of Law, King’s College London
- Professor Helen Carr, Professor of Social Justice and Property Law, University of Southampton
- Professor Helena Farrand Carrapico, Professor of International Relations and European Politics, Northumbria University
- Professor Tao Cheng, Professor of Geoinformatics, University College London (UCL)
- Professor Emilie Cloatre, Professor of Medical Law, King’s College London
- Professor Robert Coe, Senior Associate, Education Endowment Foundation
- Dr Michael Cross, Director, The Green Edge
- Professor Ayona Datta, Professor in Human Geography, University College London (UCL)
- Emeritus Professor Hartley Dean, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics & Political Science
- Professor Cathrine Degnen, Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Newcastle University
- Professor Lauren Devine, Professor of Linguistics and Law, Lancaster University
- Professor Patrick Devine-Wright, Professor in Human Geography, University of Exeter
- Professor Máiréad Dunne, Professor of Sociology of Education, University of Sussex
- Professor Sibel Erduran, Professor of Science Education, University of Oxford
- Professor Irene-Marie Esser, Professor of Corporate Law and Governance, University of Glasgow
- Professor Bethan Evans, Professor of Human Geography, University of Liverpool
- Dr Jennifer Gold, Director of Research, Economic and Social Research Council
- Professor Michael S Goodman, Professor of Intelligence and International Affairs, King’s College London
- Dr Emma Gordon, Director, Administrative Data Research (ADR) UK and ADR England, Economic and Social Research Council
- Professor Roberta Guerrina, Professor of Politics, University of Bristol
- Professor Toni Haastrup, Professor and Chair in Global Politics, University of Manchester
- Professor Jonathan Haskel CBE, Professor of Economics, Imperial College London
- Professor Stephani Hatch, Professor of Sociology and Epidemiology, King’s College London
- Professor Kathryn Haynes, Professor of Accounting, Northumbria University
- Emeritus Professor Christopher Hill, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge
- Professor Muhammad Azizul Islam, Chair in Accountancy and Professor in Sustainability Accounting and Transparency, University of Aberdeen Business School
- Professor Lisa Jack, Professor of Accounting, University of Portsmouth
- Susan Jarvis, Co-Director, Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place, University of Liverpool
- Professor John Jerrim, Professor in Education and Social Statistics, University College London (UCL)
- Dr Andrew N Jones, Urban Planner and Geographer
- Professor Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor of War Studies, Loughborough University
- Professor Anne Kerr, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of Glasgow
- Professor Zhigang Li, Dean of School of Urban Design, Wuhan University
- Professor Sander van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge
- Professor Colin Lindsay, Professor of Work and Employment Studies, University of Strathclyde
- Professor Geraldine Macdonald, Professor of Social Work, University of Bristol
- Professor Sherilyn MacGregor, Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Manchester
- Craig McLaren, National Planning Improvement Champion, Improvement Service
- Professor Zhifu Mi, Professor of Climate Change Economics, University College London (UCL)
- Professor Matthew Paterson, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester
- Professor Nancy Preston, Professor of Supportive and Palliative Care, Lancaster University
- Professor Mike Raco, Professor of Urban Governance and Development, University College London (UCL)
- Dr Howard Reed, Senior Research Fellow in Public Policy/Director of Landman Economics, Northumbria University
- Professor Chrissie Rogers, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent
- Professor Teela Sanders, Pro-Vice Chancellor & Head of the College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities, University of Leicester
- Professor Eleanor Shaw OBE, Head of the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
- Professor Sally Sheard, Andrew Geddes and John Rankin Chair of Modern History, University of Liverpool
- Professor Hyun Bang Shin, Professor of Geography and Urban Studies, London School of Economics & Political Science
- Professor Jo Swaffield, Professor of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton
- Professor Gabriel Siles-Brügge, Professor in Global Governance & Public Policy, University of Bristol
- Professor Einar Thorsen, Professor of Journalism and Communication, Bournemouth University
- Kenneth Andrew Lyons Thomson, Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow
- Professor Morag Treanor, Professor of Social Policy and Inequality, University of Glasgow
- Professor Mark Webber, Professor of International Politics, University of Birmingham
- Professor Richard Wiggins, Emeritus Professor of Quantitative Social Science, University College London (UCL)
- Professor Sophie Woodward, Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester
- Professor Nicola Yeates, Professor of Social Policy, The Open University
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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. We exist, as a charity, to promote the social sciences in the UK for public benefit. We showcase, champion and advocate for the social sciences and their applications, raising awareness – in policy, business and with the public – of their immense value in understanding and managing our contemporary human world, and helping to secure their flourishing future.
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.