Honour for studying the scientists

Professor Harry Collins has been made a Fellow of the British Academy for his role in establishing the sociological study of science. Professor Collins is Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Knowledge, Expertise and Science. Fellows of the British Academy are highly distinguished academics, recognised for outstanding research in the social sciences and humanities. Professor Collins' research analyses the nature of science and knowledge in general. He has worked with many international scientists, particularly physicists, to gain a better understanding of how they seek knowledge. His 16 books include studies of the nature of Artifical Intelligence and the scientific quest for gravitational waves - extremely weak cosmic events which are predicted by Einstein's theory. He is also planning a new book on the relationship between science and science policy.