British Academy elects six new Fellows from UCL

Six leading academics from UCL have been elected as Fellows of the British Academy, in recognition of their contribution to humanities and the social sciences. Founded in 1902, the British Academy is the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. It is a fellowship of over 1400 of the leading minds in these subjects from the UK and overseas. The Academy is also a funding body for research, nationally and internationally, and a forum for debate and engagement. The six academics joining the British Academy Fellowship from UCL are: - Professor Becky Francis (UCL Institute of Education), Professor of Education Professor Susanne Kord (UCL School of European Languages, Culture and Society) Chair of German   Professor Susan Michie (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences), Professor of Health Psychology   Professor Andrew Steptoe (UCL Epidemiology & Health), Professor of Psychology and Epidemiology   Professor Sacha Stern (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies), Professor of Jewish Studies Professor Li Wei, Director and Dean (UCL Institute of Education), Chair of Applied Linguistics   - This year a total of  84 Fellows - 52 UK Fellows, 29 Corresponding Fellows and 3 Honorary Fellows - have been elected to the Fellowship. Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research) said:  "This is recognition of the extraordinarly contribution UCL makes to humanities, social sciences and the arts in the UK, which has been so evident over the last year as our expertise has informed the debate over the response to and recovery from the pandemic.