Campaign for Social Science

The Campaign for Social Science was launched in 2011 to advocate social science to the UK Government and to the public, at a time of significant change in the higher education system. It campaigns for the restoration of the post of Government Chief Social Science Advisor, promotes social science in the media and on the web, and organises roadshows and other events to emphasise the value of social science.

The Campaign was established by the Academy of Social Sciences and was formally launched at the House of Lords in January 2011, at an event that featured speakers including Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Polly Toynbee, the Guardian columnist, and David Willetts, the then Universities and Science Minister in the Coalition Government.

The Campaign’s Board is chaired by James Wilsdon, Professor of Research Policy, Department of Politics, Director of Impact and Engagement, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield and founding director of the Science Policy Centre at the Royal Society. Other members are: Stephen Anderson, Executive Director of the Academy of Social Sciences; Nick Bibby, Communications Officer at the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh; Dr Jacqui Briggs, FAcSS, Head of School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln; Professor Colin Copus FAcSS, Professor of Local Politics and Driector of the Local Governance Research Unit, De Montfort University; Professor Rick Delbridge FAcSS, Dean of Research, Innovation & Enterprise, Cardiff University, and Professor of Organizational Analysis, Cardiff Business School; Barbara Doig, FAcSS, former Scottish Executive Chief Researcher; Dr Claire Donovan, Reader in the Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University London; Professor Patrick Dunleavy FAcSS, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Chair, London School of Economics and Political Science; Professor Jon Glasby FAcSS, Professor of Health and Social Care and Head of School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham; John Goddard OBE FAcSS, Emeritus Professor of Regional Development Studies at Newcastle University; Desiree Lopez, CEO of TNS BMRB; Ziyad Marar, Executive Vice President and Global Publishing Director at SAGE; Professor Andrew Russell, Professor of Politics, University of Manchester; Dr Olivia Stevenson, Public Policy Impact Facilitator with the Office of the Vice-Provost (Research), University College London; Professor Neil Ward FAcSS, Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of East Anglia; Sharon Witherspoon MBE FAcSS, former Director of the Nuffield Foundation and Acting Head of Policy at the Academy of Social Sciences and its Campaign for Social Science; Dr Milly Zimeta, freelance journalist, writer and lecturer at the University of Roehampton.

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