Social science Academicians announced

By Leone Richmond. The Academy of Social Sciences has bestowed more than 50 new Academician awards on to leading social scientists. The recipients come from wide and varied backgrounds in the social sciences including sociology, criminology, law, geography and linguistics. Among the 51 academics given the title are Sir Peter Hall, professor of urban regeneration and planning at University College London, a town planning and regeneration pioneer; Philip Cowley, professor of parliamentary government at the University of Nottingham, who is regularly sought after by the media for comment on political issues; Fran Bennett, an expert on social policy at the University of Oxford; Charles Pattie, professor of geography at the University of Sheffield, an expert on electoral behaviour and David Walker, the journalist, broadcaster and author. More...