Professor Sir John Hills FBA

Public policy and management; economic sociology; sociology of social care; social divisions and inequalities
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2002
Year of birth
1954
Year of death
2020
Subjects
Business and management, Sociology

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Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics

Past appointments

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy

2015 -

Other Institutions Chair, National Equality Panel

2008 -

Other Institutions Member, Pensions Commission

2003 - 2006

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor of Social Policy and Director of Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE

1997 - 2015

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Director, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion

1997 -

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor of Social Policy and Director of Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE

1997 - 2015

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor of Social Policy and Director of Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE

1997 -

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Codirector for the Welfare State Programme

1989 - 1997

Publications

Social policy in a cold climate

Published in 2016

Good times, bad times: the welfare myth of them and us

Published in 2015

Wealth in the UK

Published in 2013, 2015

Towards a more equal society?

Published in 2009

Making social policy work

Published in 2007

A more equal society?

Published in 2005

Inequality and the state

Published in 2004

Understanding social exclusion

Published in 2002

New inequalities

Published in 1996

Unravelling housing finance

Published in 1991

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Mike Power FBA

Accounting, auditing and organisations; sociology of quantification and valuation; the practice of regulation and risk management; risk cultures and corporate governance

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Professor Helen Margetts FBA

The relationship between government, politics and digital technology including: digital government; politics and social media; public policy-making and data-intensive technologies such as artificial intelligence

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Professor Francesco Billari FBA

Demography; life course; family and fertility; transition to adulthood; social norms; comparative and cross-national research; social statistics; agent-based modelling

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