Professor Alessandrini is among 74 leading social scientists elected to the Academy’s Fellowship this autumn. The new Fellows come from 38 organisations across the UK and internationally, including Canada, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and New Zealand, and represent a broad range of research areas, including global justice, environmental sustainability, digital democracy, mental health and wellbeing, and social inequalities.
The Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship comprises around 1,750 leading social scientists from academia, the public, private and third sectors. Fellows are elected through an independent peer-review process that recognises excellence in academics’ respective fields and significant contributions to social science for public benefit.
President of the Academy, Will Hutton FAcSS, said, “Our newest Fellows represent some of the most influential voices in social science today. Their work is expanding knowledge, challenging assumptions and generating insights that are informing and even redefining decision-making across government, business, education and civil society. I am delighted to welcome them to the Academy and look forward to working with them to raise the profile and impact of the social sciences across the UK and beyond.”
Professor Donatella Alessandrini is a Professor of Law at Loughborough University, whose research includes law and political economy, with a particular interest in critical trade and development literature, feminist political economy and political theory.
Speaking about the fellowship, Professor Alessandrini said:
‘I am delighted to have been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and pleased that this recognition reflects the value of collaborative research that connects law, political economy and global justice.’
The Academy of Social Sciences is the national academy of academics, practitioners and learned societies in the social sciences. It promotes the social sciences in the UK for public benefit through advocacy, engagement and awareness-raising activities. Its disciplines include anthropology, business and management, development studies, economics, education, geography, law, planning, politics, sociology, social policy, social psychology, and social statistics and methodologies.