Four University of Liverpool academics have been elected to the prestigious Academy of Social Sciences, the most of any institution in this cohort.
Professor Lisa Anderson, Professor Catherine Durose, Professor Alex Singleton and Professor Helen Stalford join the Academy’s Fellowship in recognition of the substantial contribution their work makes to tackle the challenges facing society.
The Liverpool academics, representing a diverse range of disciplines, are part of a group of 45 leading social science researchers from institutions across the world.
The Academy of Social Sciences comprises 1,600 leading social scientists from academia, the public, private and third sectors with expertise covering the breadth of the social sciences.
Fellows are selected via an independent peer review process which recognises excellence and impact, including their wider contributions to social sciences for public benefit.
Lisa Anderson, a Professor of Management Learning, has served as Vice Chair of the British Academy of Management and is a Trustee and Council Member of the Academy of Social Sciences. She has held numerous roles at the University of Liverpool, including Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Education for Humanities and Social Sciences. Lisa’s research focuses on how managers learn in a range of contexts, and how scholarship is used in managers’ practice.
Professor Catherine Durose is Co-Director of the University’s Heseltine Institute. She is recognised as a leading expert on urban governance and public policy and has written extensively on devolution and policy design and implementation. Catherine has worked extensively with policy, practice and community partners, and consulted to the UK government and Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Professor Alex Singleton is a globally recognised expert in Geographic Data Science and Urban Analytics, with an extensive publication record in the field. He serves as the Deputy Director of the ESRC Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) and Director of the ESRC Data Analytics & Society CDT. He is also the academic lead for the University’s ESRC Impact Accelerator Account and the Turing University Network academic Liaison.
Professor Helen Stalford, from the University’s Law Department, is a leading expert on children’s rights and a founding member of the European Children’s Rights Unit (ECRU). She established and continues to run the University of Liverpool’s Young Person’s Advisory Group. Helen was awarded funding from the ESRC to lead an 18-month empirical project on the impact of Covid-19 on young unaccompanied asylum seekers legal and welfare rights and experiences.
President of the Academy of Social Sciences, Will Hutton, 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 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, it champions the vital role social sciences play in education, governments and business.