The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the

Academy of Social Sciences The Academy of Social Sciences is a representative body for social sciences in the United Kingdom. The Academy promotes social science through its sponsorship of the Campaign for Social Science, its links with Government on a variety of matters, a ...

to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the

social sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of so ...

. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used the post-nominal letter "AcSS". This was changed in July 2014 to bring the Academy in line with other British

learned societies A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may ...

Notable fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

1999

The first fellows (then known as academicians) were elected in 1999. The inaugural fellows include: * Archie Brown * Ron Johnston * Susan J. Smith * John Urry

2000

* Andrew Gamble

2002

* Ronald Carter * David N. Livingstone

2003

* Nirmala Rao

2004

Tariq Modood Tariq Modood, (born 1952) is a British Pakistani Professor of Sociology, Politics, and Public Policy at the University of Bristol (1997– ). Modood is the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship and one of th ...

Prior to 2007

These people are known to have been selected sometime prior to 2007: *

Rick Trainor Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality *Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...

Lawrence Freedman Sir Lawrence David Freedman, (born 7 December 1948) is a British academic, historian and author with specialising in foreign policy, international relations and strategy. He has been described as the "dean of British strategic studies" and wa ...

* Paul Matthews * Theresa Marteau *

Til Wykes Professor Dame Til Wykes, Lady Davies (born March 1953) is an English academic, author and editor. Born as Hilary Margaret Wykes, she is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation and Head of the School of Mental Health and Psychologi ...

Ken Young Kenneth George Young FAcSS FRHistS (3 January 1943 – 20 February 2019) was a British political scientist and historian who was Professor of Public Policy at King's College London in its Department of War Studies. Earlier he was instrumental i ...

2007

* Susan Castillo

2008

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2009

* Thom Brooks * Douglas Davies * Anthony Forster

2011

Wendy Larner Wendy Larner is a New Zealand social scientist who has focussed on the interdisciplinary areas of globalisation, governance and gender. She is currently Provost at Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand. In July 2018 she became the Preside ...

2012

* Greg Bamber

2013

There were 51 people elected to the fellowship in 2013, including: *

Perri 6 Perri 6 is a British social scientist. He changed his name from David Ashworth to Perri 6 in 1983. Whilst not an academic at the time, many years later he said he was amused by the notion of "6, P" appearing in academic papers. 6 worked for De ...

* Ruth Wodak

2014

There were 34 people elected to the fellowship in 2014, including: *

Richard Best, Baron Best Richard Stuart Best, Baron Best, (born 22 June 1945) is a British social housing leader and member of the House of Lords. Biography The son of late Walter Best DL and Frances Chignell, Best was educated at Shrewsbury School and the University o ...

* Peter Buckley * Iain Hay * Jennifer Jenkins *

David Willetts David Linsay Willetts, Baron Willetts, (born 9 March 1956) is a British politician and life peer. From 1992 to 2015, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire. He served as Minister of State for ...

* Simon Williams

2015

There were 33 people elected to the fellowship in 2015, including: * Julian Birkinshaw *

Craig Calhoun Craig Jackson Calhoun (born 1952) is an American sociologist, currently University Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University. An advocate of using social science to address issues of public concern, he was the Director of the ...

Jane Elliott Jane Elliott (' Jennison; born on November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the da ...

* Becky Francis * Bob Kerslake, Baron Kerslake * James Nazroo *

Martin Partington Thomas Martin Partington, (born 5 March 1944) is a British retired legal scholar and barrister. He is Emeritus professor of Law at the University of Bristol.'PARTINGTON, Prof. (Thomas) Martin', ''Who's Who 2017'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloo ...

Stephen Whittle Stephen Thomas Whittle, (born 29 May 1955) is a British legal scholar and activist with the transgender activist group Press for Change. Since 2007, he has been Professor of Equalities Law in the School of Law at Manchester Metropolitan Unive ...

2016

There were 84 people elected to the fellowship in 2016, including: * John Appleby * Madeleine Atkins * Jo-Anne Baird * Frances Cairncross *

Nancy Cartwright Nancy Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress. She is the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', for which she has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Perform ...

* David M. Clark *

Greg Clark Gregory David Clark (born 28 August 1967) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities from 7 July 2022 to 6 September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he has served as Member of P ...

Diane Coyle Diane Coyle (born February 1961) is an economist and a former advisor to the UK Treasury. She was vice-chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and was a member of the UK Competition Commission fr ...

* Mary Daly * Gillian Douglas * Peter Fonagy * Emily Grundy *

Andy Haldane Andrew G. Haldane, (; born 18 August 1967) is a British economist who worked at the Bank of England between 1989 and 2021 as the chief economist and executive director of monetary analysis and statistics. He resigned from the Bank of England i ...

* David Halpern *

Charles Hulme Charles Hulme, (born 12 October 1953) is a British psychologist. He holds the Chair of Psychology and Education in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, and is a William Golding Senior Research Fellow at Brasenose College, Ox ...

* John Kay *

Richard Layard, Baron Layard Peter Richard Grenville Layard, Baron Layard FBA (born 15 March 1934) is a British labour economist, currently working as programme director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Layard was Senior Research ...

Gus O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell Augustine Thomas O'Donnell, Baron O'Donnell, (born 1 October 1952) is a former British senior civil servant and economist, who between 2005 and 2011 (under three Prime Ministers) served as the Cabinet Secretary, the highest official in the Bri ...

* Ben Page *

Bridget Rosewell Bridget Clare Rosewell, (born 18 September 1951) is a British economist. Her expertise includes economic development, transport and agglomeration economics, development evaluation, infrastructure, forecasting, industry dynamics and competiti ...

* Eileen Scanlon * Mitchell Silver *

Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford Nicholas Herbert Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, (born 22 April 1946 in Hammersmith) is a British economist, banker, and academic. He is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on C ...

* Matthew Taylor *

Anthony Teasdale Anthony Teasdale, FAcSS, is the former (now retired) Director General of the Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (DG EPRS) in the permanent administration of the European Parliament - or the European Parliamentary Research Serv ...

Claire Tyler, Baroness Tyler of Enfield Claire Tyler, Baroness Tyler of Enfield, (born 4 June 1957) is a Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat life peer in the House of Lords. Education and early career After graduating with a BSc in Law and Politics from the University of So ...

* Gary Younge

2017

There were 69 people elected to the fellowship in 2016, including: * Svenja Adolphs * Louise Archer *

Peter Clinch Peter Clinch is an Irish academic and economist, who has served as Chairperson of Science Foundation Ireland. Career Clinch's academic specialisms are sustainable economic growth and environmental economics. In 2002, he co-authored After the C ...

Paul Connolly Paul Connolly (born 29 September 1983) is an English former professional footballer who plays as a right back. He played in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Derby County, Sheffield United, Leeds United, Portsmouth, Preston North End, M ...

Sarah Franklin Sarah Franklin (born 1960) is an American anthropologist who has substantially contributed to the fields of feminism, gender studies, cultural studies and the social study of reproductive and genetic technology. She has conducted fieldwork on I ...

Rachel Griffith Dame Rachel Susan Griffith (born 16 May 1963) is a British-American academic and educator. She is professor of economics at the University of Manchester and a research director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Griffith was president of ...

Susanne Küchler Susanne Küchler, FBA is a German anthropologist and academic, who specialises in material culture. Since 2006, she has been a professor at University College London. She previously worked at the University of East Anglia and the Johns Hopkins Uni ...

* Alison Phipps * Cynthia Weber * Kaye Wellings *

Wei Yang Yang Wei or Wei Yang may refer to: *Shang Yang or Wei Yang (Chinese: 衞鞅; c. 390–338 BCE), ancient Chinese philosopher and politician *Yang Longyan (897–920) or Yang Wei (楊渭), King of Wu of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period *Yan ...

2018

* Vivienne Marie Baumfield * Katrina Brown * Claudio Radelli

2019

There were 73 people elected to the fellowship in 2019, including:Press Release: Seventy-three leading social scientists conferred as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Academy of Social Sciences, 19 March 2019 * Neil Adger * Linda Bauld * Michael Burton * Jane Duckett *

Alison Fuller Alison Fuller is a British educational researcher and Professor of Vocational Education and Work at the Institute of Education of the University College London and, where she also serves as Pro-Director for Research and Development. She is a lead ...

Tim Leunig Timothy Charles Leunig (born 26 February 1971) is an economist at the London School of Economics's Department of Economic History. He is currently on two years' leave to work as a Ministerial Policy Adviser at the Department for Education. Early ...

Robin Mansell Robin Elizabeth Mansell, (born 3 January 1952) is a Canadian-British scholar, who is Professor of New Media and Internet and was the Head of the Department of Media and Communications at the LSE. She is an expert on the internet and copyright and ...

* Stephen McKay * Richard Moorhead * Inderjeet Parmar *

Carol Propper Dame Carol Propper is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, Professor of Economics of Public Policy at Bristol University, and Professor of Health Economics at Monash University. She is also a senior research associate wi ...

* Sarah Radcliffe *

Gillian Rose Gillian Rosemary Rose (née Stone; 20 September 1947 – 9 December 1995) was a British philosopher and writer. Rose held the chair of social and political thought at the University of Warwick until 1995. Rose began her teaching career at th ...

Rorden Wilkinson Rorden Wilkinson FAcSS FRSA (born 13 February 1970) is a British academic and author. He is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Professor of International Political Economy at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He was previously Pro Vi ...

* Daniel Wincott

References

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