COP26 Briefings
Raising awareness of the importance of the humanities and the social sciences in understanding the complex human and social dimensions to environmental challenges and their solutions.
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Social Science and Humanities Representative Bodies of the G7 (SSH7)
Social Science and Humanities Representative Bodies of the G7 (SSH7)
A series of statements from national social science and humanities bodies in the G7 on one of the greatest challenges we face: the COVID-19 pandemic and our recovery from its impacts.
The COVID Decade
The COVID Decade: understanding the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19
Evidence report
The British Academy was asked by the Government Office for Science to produce an independent review on the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19. This report outlines the evidence across a range of areas, building upon a series of expert reviews, engagement, synthesis and analysis across the SHAPE research community. It shows that COVID-19 has generated a series of social, economic and cultural effects which will have long-term impacts.
Shaping the COVID decade: addressing the long-term societal impacts of COVID-19
Policy report
The British Academy has undertaken the substantial task of beginning to answer the longer-term question about what the societal impacts of COVID-19 will be and how we address them. This report sets out an interrelated set of nine areas of long-term impact, seven strategic policy goals and five key principles of a facilitative policy environment for 2030. We aim here to provide decision-makers with a sense of how to start to respond to these longer-term impacts based on the current evidence, and how to shape the COVID decade.
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Publish with us – call for proposals now open
The British Academy has been publishing books for over 100 years. From early career scholars to established authors, our publishing programme showcases scholarship in the humanities and social sciences, enriching and shaping academic discourse. We are now accepting proposals for themed volumes in the ‘Proceedings of the British Academy’ series, and for monographs by Academy-support early career researchers.
Funding opportunities
Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners
Closing date: 8 December 2021
Innovation Fellowships Scheme – Route A: Researcher-led
Closing date: 8 December 2021
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2022
Closing date: 8 December 2021
The British Academy / Wolfson Research Professorships
Closing date: 8 December 2021
Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund
Closing date: 19 January 2022
Neil Ker Memorial Fund
Closing date: 19 January 2022
British Academy Conferences
Closing date: 26 January 2022
Global Professorships
Closing date: 27 April 2022
Policy and research
British Academy SHAPE Observatory
Bringing independence, authority and objectivity, the SHAPE Observatory monitors the health and development of the humanities and social sciences
