The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes University of Liverpool’s Queen Victoria Chair of Law to its Fellowship
University of Liverpool’s Professor Marie Fox, Queen Victoria Chair of Law in the School of Law and Social Justice, has been elected to The Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship for 2024. Professor Fox is recognised for their substantial contributions to social science in a range of areas including animal law, veterinary ethics, health law, and feminist theory.
Professor Marie Fox is a Co-ordinating Editor of Social and Legal Studies and Medical Law International and sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Animal Law, Ethics, and One Health, and on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Law and Society. Professor Fox has twice been awarded the Socio-Legal Studies Association Article Prize for the ‘most outstanding piece of socio-legal scholarship’ in the award year (2013 and 2019).
Over the academic year 2023-2024, Professor Marie Fox holds a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship for a project on 'Law, Loss and Companion Species'.
Professor Marie Fox, Liverpool Law School, joins the 41 leading social scientists elected across a range of areas including land law reform, rural socio-economic change, ageing populations, urban development challenges and migration. This spring’s cohort of Fellows highlight the importance, breadth, and relevance of the social sciences to tackling the varied challenges facing society today.
President of the Academy, Will Hutton, said:
“At a time when the importance of the social sciences to addressing many pressing issues cannot be overstated, it’s a pleasure to welcome these 41 leading social scientists to the Academy’s Fellowship. Their contributions have furthered our understanding in tackling a wide range of societal challenges including mitigating health and economic inequalities, understanding the causes and effects of hate crime, the development of inclusive practices in education, and the future of cities. We look forward to working with them to further promote the vital role the social sciences play in all areas of our lives.”
The Academy’s Fellowship comprises over 1,500 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 selected through an independent peer review which recognises their excellence and impact, including their wider contributions to social sciences for public benefit.
The new Fellows have been elected from 30 UK organisations, comprising 25 Higher Education Institutions, as well as think tanks, research institutes and nonprofits, and from countries beyond the UK including Australia and South Korea.
Find the full list of this spring’s Fellows on The Academy of Social Sciences website.