Five UCL academics elected to the British Academy

Five UCL academics have been made Fellows of the British Academy for humanities and social sciences, in recognition of their outstanding work. Professor Meg Russell (UCL Political Science), Professor Essi Viding (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences), Professor Elaine Unterhalter (UCL Institute of Education), Professor Christopher Pinney (UCL Anthropology) and Professor Rick Rawlings (UCL Laws) are among 86 distinguished scholars to be elected to the prestigious fellowship this year. Fifty-two Fellows were elected from UK universities and 30 Corresponding Fellows were elected from overseas. The Academy also announced four new Honorary Fellows. They join a community of over 1,500 leading minds that make up the British Academy, the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Professor Meg Russell is Director of the UCL Constitution Unit and a renowned expert on British parliament and the House of Lords. She is the author of four books on the UK legislative process, the House of Lords, comparative bicameralism and organisational change in the UK Labour Party, as well as numerous reports, articles and papers.