The Academy is composed of Individual Academicians and Learned Societies. Academicians are distinguished scholars and practitioners from academia and the public and private sectors. Most of the Learned Societies in the Social Sciences in the United Kingdom are represented within the Academy.
The Academy responds to Government and other consultations on behalf of the social science community, organises meetings about social science and seminars on topics that span social science disciplines, and sponsors a number of schemes that promote social science and enhance its value to society.
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President's Lunch. The Annual President's Lunch will take place at Church House, Westminster on Friday 28 November 2008. Professor Cary Cooper AcSS will be the guest speaker. Tickets will cost £55. Come and dine in the hall which was the parliamentary debating chamber during World War II. Click for further details and booking form. Click here for details of Professor Cooper's new book, co-authored with Ronald J Burke, entitled The Long Work Hours Culture: Causes, Consequences and Choices.
Nominations for Academicians are currently being received from Learned Societies and individual Academicians. Each member Learned Society is entitled to submit 5 nominations and each individual Academician may nominate one person and second two others. All members of the Academy are encouraged to use their entitlement to ensure that it can continue to be a strong voice for the social sciences. The closing date for receipt of nominations for the January 2009 meeting, is 12 December. Click here to download the Learned Society nominations form and here for the form for nomination by individual Academician. The Guidance notes for making nominations can be obtained by clicking here.
The Academy response to the DIUS Science and Society consultation is now available from the Publications page (Completed Consultations).
For details of how to become an Affiliate of the Academy of Social Sciences, please click here.
Please click here to download the Academy Calendar of Events.
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