The British Academy is a fellowship of around 1,400 leading national and international academics elected for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences.
The British constitution; British politics and government; comparative European politics; constitutional development in the United States; ‘the blunders of our governments’ and how their incidence might be reduced
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, psychology, language acquisition, Latin America
Economic History (Economics)
History
The philosophy of the visual and narrative arts and their relations to human cognition and its evolution
Comparative work on the ecological and social intelligence of primates with the ultimate goal of elucidating how cognition evolves
African-language political and moral thought; the historical-linguistic translation of freedom, equality and human rights; the racial and humanitarian politics of Christian missions in 19th-century Africa
Prehistorian, focusing on the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age of Britain and Ireland and specialising in ceramics, stone axeheads and jewellery of jet and jet-like materials, gold, amber and faience
Theories of public policy, the role of knowledge in policy and politics, governance and performance measurement, UK and EU immigration and asylum policy
The history of education, science and medicine in Europe 1500-1914; the social history of knowledge creation and diffusion; the history of childhood
Environmental governance and politics: climate change, especially cities, business and finance; low carbon transitions; urban sustainability; the nature of governing contemporary society; environmental justice
Technology-based and technology-enabled entrepreneurship and innovation; entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems; new venture internationalisation; impact of digitalisation on these dynamics; comparative entrepreneurship in developed and emerging economies
Historical and systematic theology; philosophy of religion; theology and the biological sciences ('natural theology'); theology and the social sciences; gender, 'race', and religion
London in film and television; the British audio-visual landscape; television and cinema as objects of study
Social class and politics in Britain; the comparative study of political cleavages, social divisions and political representation; understanding the relationships between people’s perceptions, values and political preferences
