Professor of Psychology Neil Macrae of the 黑料网 has been made a Fellow of the British Academy.
The Professor is one of only 38 academics to be elected a Fellow at the British Academy鈥檚 Annual General Meeting on Thursday July 21.
Professor Macrae will join the body comprising of more than 900 Fellows including Marina Warner, Seamus Heany, Eric Hobswam and Lord Bragg.
Neil Macrae is a Professor of Social Cognition at the 黑料网 and was elected because of his contribution to understanding the way we view ourselves.
Fellows are scholars who have 'attained distinction in any of the branches of study which it is the object of the Academy to promote鈥�.
Professor Macrae said 鈥淚t is honour for myself and for the University to be made a Fellow.
鈥淚t recognises the importance of the subject and the work that I am doing.鈥�
The British Academy is the UK鈥檚 national academy for the promotion of the humanities and social sciences.
Sir Adam Roberts, President of the British Academy, said,
鈥淚 congratulate all the distinguished Fellows who have been elected to the Academy this year, on achieving this peer group recognition of the outstanding contribution they鈥檝e made to scholarship and research in the humanities or social sciences.
鈥淓lection is not only an honour, but also a beginning. I look forward to their active participation in the life and work of the academy.鈥�