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PROFESSOR JUDITH SQUIRES APPOINTED TO ESRC COUNCIL Greg Clark, the Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities, has appointed Professor Judith Squires as a new Council member for the ESRC. Professor Squires is Pro Vice- Chancellor for Education and Students at the University of Bristol, where she leads on teaching and learning and champions the university’s Engaged University strategy to foster knowledge exchange activities and user engagement across the broad portfolio of its activities. Judith is a scholar of Politics
and International Relations and previously held the post of Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law at the University of Bristol. She has a strong connection with the ESRC having held previous positions as Director of the ESRC South West Doctoral Training Centre and as a member of the Training and Skills Committee, Impact Network and Peer Review College. She is a member of the REF Sub-panel 21, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). Professor Judith Squires has been
appointed to Council for four years from 1 September 2014 to 31 August 2018.
LORD STERN HONOURED BY THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF ENERGY ECONOMICS Professor Lord Stern of Brentford, Chair of the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE, has received a prize from the British Institute of Energy Economics (BIEE) for the greatest contribution to British energy economics over the last ten years. Members of the BIEE nominated the individual whom they believe has made the greatest contribution to British energy economics during the last decade. The committee was unanimous in recommending that Lord Stern should receive the prize. It was noted that his 2006 Review
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of the Economics of Climate Change has been the most influential single piece of energy economics published over the last decade, with important implications for both government policy and company strategies. Lord Stern said: “It’s a tremendous
honour to be given this award by the British Institute of Energy Economics. The Institute has played a leading role in public discussion of issues around energy and the economics of energy for a very long time. Indeed I think it has defined in many ways what a serious discussion on those issues should be.”
BRISTOL ACADEMICS ELECTED FELLOWS OF THE BA Professor Carol Propper of the Department of Economics and Professor Tony Prosser of the University of Bristol Law School have been elected Fellows of the British Academy, the national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Currently Professor of Economics
at Imperial College Business School, Carol Propper CBE helped to found the Centre for Market and Public Organisation at the University of Bristol, which has attracted major research funding from a number of bodies. She was Director of the Centre from 1998-2009. She acted as Senior Economic
Advisor to NHS Executive on Regulation of the NHS Internal Market 1993-4 and Co-Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion at London School of Economics from 1997-2007, and chaired the ESRC research grants board until 2009. Tony Prosser was appointed Professor of Public Law at the University of Bristol in 2002, having previously been John Millar Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow and having taught at the Universities of Sheffield and Hull. He was also a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence. His main research interests are in Public Law relating to economic management, privatisation and regulation. n
CHANGING WORLD –
PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2015
Can you capture one aspect of the changing world in a single image? Are you aged 14 to 18 and have an interest in photography or the social sciences? If so, then this competition is for you. In 2015 the ESRC celebrates 50 years of supporting world-class social science research. Over the last 50 years our research has helped change the world, providing deep insights into key social and economic questions. Social science research plays a vital role in our society. From big ideas to the most detailed observations, social science affects us all every day - at work, in school or college, within our communities, when exploring our identities and expressing our beliefs. As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, this year’s photographic competition will examine how the world has changed over the last 50 years, how will it continue to change and what social sciences can tell us. The competition offers six diverse
categories for you to enter, ranging from the family to technology to the environment. Your images should convey how you think the world has changed or will continue to change. Submit your images using the online entry form:
www.esrc.ac.uk/news- and-events/events/photographic-competition/
enter.aspx Any questions? Email us at
photocomp@esrc.ac.uk
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