Professor Jane Whittle conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Professor Jane Whittle conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Professor Jane Whittle has been made a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences for her work in economic and social history. She researches the history of economic development, gender, work and consumption in late medieval and early modern rural England.
Professor Whittle is one of 47 leading social sciences to be given the honour, including academics, practitioners and policymakers. They have been recognised after an extensive peer review process for the excellence and impact of their work through the use of social science for public benefit.
Professor Roger Goodman FAcSS, Chair of the Academy said: “The outstanding contributions of each new Fellow are a testament to the breadth of the social sciences, both in their ability to inform policy for public benefit, as well as in addressing some of our most pressing societal issues.
“The range of expertise of our more than 1,100 eminent Fellows speaks to the Academy’s growing reach as the representative voice of the social science community as a whole.”
The Academy of Social Sciences is the national academy of academics, learned societies and practitioners in the social sciences. Its mission is to promote social science in the United Kingdom for the public benefit. The Academy is composed of more than 1100 individual Fellows, 42 Learned Societies, and a number of affiliate members, together representing nearly 90,000 social scientists.
Date: 5 April 2017