New Generation Thinkers 2018

Dr Des Fitzgerald of Cardiff University's School of Social Sciences has been selected as one of the New Generation Thinkers 2018. BBC Radio 3, BBC Arts and the Arts Humanities and Research Council (AHRC) announced yesterday 2018's cohort of New Generation Thinkers; 10 academics at the start of their careers who have a flair for communicating to the public. The scheme includes the opportunity to make radio and television programmes for the BBC. Dr Fitzgerald is a sociologist at the School of Social Sciences, lecturing on the sociology of science, health and illness. He was the recipient of a prestigious £100,000 Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2017 for research in Sociology and Social Policy. The 10 New Generation Thinkers were selected after a nationwide search for the best academic ideas with the potential to be shared through the media. They will now have the opportunity to make programmes for BBC Radio 3 and other outlets, as well as contributing to wider media through the AHRC.
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